CECCHETTI Greta

General
CLUB HISTORY
She has played with Italian side Bollate Softball 1969 since she made her debut in the Italian Serie A1 in 2004. She has also played with the ACT Diamonds and the Victorian Titans in Australia. "Playing in Australia is an amazing experience. There are a lot of differences from the Italian league, I think the biggest one is the level of the competition which is a lot better in Australia. This kind of experience allows players like me to play against some of the best players in the world and learn from them. In the Australian championship there aren't any weak teams as there are in European competitions. Any team can beat you, so you always have to be on top of your game, you can never relax and waste a pitch or waste an at bat. And this is what makes you improve." (mitomorrow.it, 05 Feb 2019; europeansoftball.org, 09 Jan 2016; fibs.it, 01 Sep 2019)

COACHING CLINICS
She and club and national teammate Marta Gasparotto co-founded GretaMarta Softball Clinics to train young softball players around Italy. "The idea was born from a need, as growing up we never had bigger players as points of reference. And this is where the idea of the clinics was born. We aim to make young players more passionate [about softball]. Sometimes just a word, or a piece of advice is enough. [We want] to make our experiences available to the youngsters and make them fall in love with this sport even more. Now [2020] we have obviously stopped due to the coronavirus. However, it is a long-term project." (milanosportiva.com, 02 Mar 2020)

STUDYING IN THE UNITED STATES
She entered Polk State College in Winter Haven, FL, United States of America, in 2018. After two years she switched to Texas A&M University Corpus Christi, where she earned a degree in psychology. (goislanders.com, 2011)

In 2018 while playing for Bollate Softball 1969 she became the first Serie A1 player in history to achieve three Triple Crown awards for leading the league in three specific statistical categories. As a pitcher, she led the league in wins, earned run average and strikeouts to achieve her third Triple Crown, after previously achieving it in the 2013 and 2016 seasons. (europeansoftball.org, 16 Sep 2020; corriereromagna.it, 24 Oct 2020)