FAMA Amanda

Baseball/Softball

Date of Birth: 13 Aug 1989

Age: 31

Gender: Female

Height (m/ft): 1.80/5'10''

Place of birth: ANAHEIM, CA

Birth Country:

United States of America

Place of residence : ORANGE, CA

Residence Country:

United States of America

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Baseball/Softball	Softball ITA Italy	6

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Fukushima Azuma Baseball Stadium	Softball Opening Round #2 ITA Italy 0 USA United States 2	Finished
	Fukushima Azuma Baseball Stadium	Softball Opening Round #6 ITA Italy 0 AUS Australia 1	Finished
	Yokohama Baseball Stadium	Softball Opening Round #9 JPN Japan 5 ITA Italy 0	Finished
	Yokohama Baseball Stadium	Softball Opening Round #12 ITA Italy 0 MEX Mexico 5	Finished
	Yokohama Baseball Stadium	Softball Opening Round #14 CAN Canada 8 ITA Italy 1	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Softball World Championship

Rank	Event	Year	Location
7	Softball	2018	Chiba, JPN

European Championship

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Softball	2021
1	Softball	2019

Asia Pacific Cup

Rank	Event	Year	Location
6	Softball	2019	Blacktown, NSW, AUS

Occupation:

Liberal Studies - Concordia University Irvine, United States of America

Languages spoken:

Federico Pizzolini [national]

Position style:

Infield (olympicsoftball.wbsc.org, 27 Jul 2019)

Bats right, throws right (olympicsoftball.wbsc.org, 27 Jul 2019)

Sporting relatives:

Her cousin Lauren Lappin represented the United States of America in softball, winning silver at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. Her sister Ashley has played college softball in the United States of America for Concordia University Irvine. (cuieagles.com, 01 Jul 2011; SportsDeskOnline, 31 Jan 2020)

She began playing the sport at age four. (fibs.it, 21 Oct 2018)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (Instagram profile, 23 Jan 2021)

Her sister Ashley Fama. (Instagram profile, 03 Feb 2021)

She was named Best Hitter of the 2018 Super 6 Tournament in Hoofddorp, the Netherlands. (knbsb.nl, 22 Sep 2018)

In 2017 she was inducted into the Cypress College Athletics Hall of Fame. (sports.cypresscollege.edu, 01 Jan 2019)

While playing for Concordia University Irvine she was named to the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics [NAIA] All-America First Team in 2012, and was named All-Golden State Athletic Conference [GSAC] Player of the Year in 2012. She was named to the All-GSAC Team in 2011. (fibs.it, 21 Oct 2018; naia.org, 24 May 2012; cuieagles.com, 01 Jul 2011)

General Interest

General
CLUB HISTORY
She played in Italy for the Turin-based La Loggia team from 2013-2015, before joining the National Pro Fastpitch [NPF] team the Scrap Yard Dawgs in the United States of America in 2016/17. In 2017 she returned to Italy to play with Sardinia-based Nuoro Softball, where she served as a player-coach. In 2018 she joined the Bollate Softball 1969 team. (fibs.it, 01 Sep 2019; LinkedIn profile, 01 Dec 2020; baseballmania.eu, 26 Jul 2017; bollatesoftball.it, 11 Feb 2018)

DUAL NATIONALITY
She was born and raised in the United States of America, but her family's Italian heritage enabled her to gain Italian citizenship in 2018 and play for the national team. "I recently received my Italian citizenship so I now officially can call myself a European." (europeansoftball.org, 27 May 2018)

OCCUPATION
She has worked as a primary school sports and fitness teacher in Irvine, CA, United States of America. She has also served as a volunteer coach at Concordia University Irvine. (LinkedIn profile, 01 Dec 2020)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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