Valerie Arioto
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Born: [1] Pleasanton, California | April 10, 1989|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Valerie "Val" Ann Arioto (born April 10, 1989) is an American, former collegiate All-American, medal-winning Olympian, softball pitcher and first baseman. She was a pitcher and infielder for the California Golden Bears in the Pac-12 Conference. She has also served as a member of the United States women's national softball team since 2012, and at the 2020 Summer Olympics helped the team win a silver medal.
Career
[edit]Arioto attended Foothill High School and the University of California, Berkeley from 2008–2010, 12, where she earned a Second Team and two First-Team All-Pac-12 honors, including being named 2012 Pac-12 Player of The Year.[2][3] She was also recognized by the National Fastpitch Coaches Association as a Third Team and two-time First Team All-American.[4][5][6] With United States women's national softball team she won 2011 World Cup of Softball and has since been a member for 8 years.[7]
International career
[edit]Arioto represented Team USA at the 2020 Summer Olympics and won a silver medal.[8] Arioto recorded three hits and two walks for the team during the tournament. Team USA was defeated by Team Japan in the gold medal game.[9][10]
Statistics
[edit]YEAR | G | AB | R | H | BA | RBI | HR | 3B | 2B | TB | SLG | BB | SO | SB | SBA |
2008 | 70 | 219 | 55 | 71 | .324 | 29 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 102 | .465% | 48 | 51 | 14 | 16 |
2009 | 58 | 163 | 41 | 53 | .325 | 37 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 91 | .558% | 41 | 36 | 15 | 16 |
2010 | 63 | 138 | 61 | 49 | .355 | 60 | 19 | 0 | 7 | 113 | .819% | 81 | 40 | 12 | 12 |
2012 | 65 | 137 | 65 | 50 | .365 | 60 | 23 | 0 | 6 | 125 | .912% | 94 | 24 | 5 | 5 |
TOTALS | 256 | 657 | 222 | 223 | .339 | 186 | 54 | 5 | 36 | 431 | .656% | 264 | 151 | 46 | 49 |
YEAR | W | L | GP | GS | CG | Sh | SV | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | ERA | WHIP |
2008 | 8 | 3 | 30 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 87.0 | 60 | 37 | 24 | 57 | 105 | 1.93 | 1.34 |
2009 | 14 | 9 | 37 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 160.1 | 139 | 82 | 55 | 68 | 173 | 2.40 | 1.29 |
2010 | 21 | 9 | 35 | 26 | 19 | 11 | 0 | 205.2 | 126 | 49 | 42 | 66 | 264 | 1.43 | 0.93 |
2012 | 20 | 3 | 24 | 24 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 127.0 | 92 | 31 | 24 | 33 | 155 | 1.32 | 0.98 |
TOTALS | 63 | 24 | 126 | 74 | 43 | 20 | 2 | 580.0 | 417 | 199 | 145 | 224 | 697 | 1.75 | 1.10 |
YEAR | G | AB | R | H | BA | RBI | HR | 3B | 2B | TB | SLG | BB | SO | SB |
2020 | 13 | 32 | 9 | 9 | .281 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 17 | .531% | 10 | 3 | 0 |
2021 | 31 | 75 | 13 | 16 | .213 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 39 | .520% | 22 | 12 | 0 |
Olympics | 6 | 17 | 1 | 3 | .176 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .176% | 2 | 3 | 0 |
TOTAL | 50 | 124 | 23 | 28 | .226 | 27 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 59 | .476% | 34 | 18 | 0 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Valerie Ann Arioto". California Birth Index, 1905–1995. Archived from the original on January 28, 2019. Retrieved January 28, 2019.
- ^ "Pac-12 Announces Softball All-Conference". Pac-12.com. 2012-05-16. Archived from the original on October 7, 2019. Retrieved 2019-10-06.
- ^ "2011-12 Softball Roster Valerie Arioto". Calbears.com. Retrieved 2019-10-06.
- ^ "2009 Louisville Slugger/NFCA Division I All-America Teams". NFCA.org. Retrieved 2019-10-06.
- ^ "2010 Louisville Slugger/NFCA Division I All-America Teams". NFCA.org. Retrieved 2019-10-06.
- ^ "2012 NFCA Division I All-Americans". NFCA.org. Retrieved 2019-10-06.
- ^ "U.S. wins World Cup of Softball". 26 July 2011. Retrieved July 29, 2011.
- ^ "2020 U.S. Olympic Softball Team". teamusa.org. Archived from the original on October 7, 2019. Retrieved 2019-10-06.
- ^ "JPN 2, USA 0". olympicssoftball.wbsc.org. 2021-07-27. Retrieved 2021-07-27.
- ^ "Arioto". olympicssoftball.wbsc.org. 2021-07-27. Retrieved 2021-07-28.
External links
[edit]- Valerie Arioto at USA Softball (archive March 27, 2012)
- California Golden Bears at the Wayback Machine (archived December 17, 2012)
- Valerie Arioto at Team USA (archive February 4, 2022)
- Valerie Arioto at Olympedia
- Valerie Arioto at Olympics.com
- Valerie Arioto at the Lima 2019 Pan American Games (archive)
- 1989 births
- Living people
- California Golden Bears softball players
- Olympic softball players for the United States
- Sportspeople from Pleasanton, California
- Softball players from California
- Scrap Yard Dawgs players
- Softball players at the 2011 Pan American Games
- Softball players at the 2015 Pan American Games
- Softball players at the 2019 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in softball
- Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States in softball
- Softball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists for the United States in softball
- Olympic medalists in softball
- Foothill High School (Pleasanton, California) alumni
- American softball biography stubs