Amanda Freed
Amanda Louise Freed (born December 26, 1979) is an American softball player.
Freed was born in Fountain Valley, California. She attended UCLA where she played softball.
The UCLA Bruins have one of the best softball traditions in the nation, having won 10 of 24 championships. Freed led the Bruins back in 2000 while striking out 13 (second best record for a championship; Bruins alum Debbie Doom notched 15 to win the 1984 title) only to lose to first-time winner Oklahoma.
Freed was also part of the 2004 gold medal winning United States softball team.
Awards and honors
- 2005 International Sports Invitational Champion
- Member of National Pro Fastpitch Texas Thunder
- 2004 Gold medalist at Athens Olympic Games
- 2003 Gold medalist at Pan American Games
- 2002 Gold medalist at ISF World Championships
- Tops UCLA's list for career wins at 97
- Original Top 25 selection for USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year
- NFCA First-Team All-American
- First-team All-Pac-10 and All-Pacific Region
- 2001 Gold medalist at U.S. Cup, led team in hitting .444
- NFCA Second-Team All-American
- First-team All-Pac-10 and All-Pacific Region
- 2000 Alternate on USA Olympic Softball Team
- Pitched 26 of 28 innings at College World Series
- College World Series All-Tournament Team
- First-team All-Pac-10
- 1999 Gold medalist at U.S. Olympic Cup
- Led Bruins to NCAA College World Series title
- NFCA First-Team All-American
- First-team All-Pac-10 and All-Pacific
- 1997 Orange County Register Female Athlete of the Year
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