GILBERT Jen

Baseball/Softball

Date of Birth: 3 Feb 1992

Age: 29

Gender: Female

Height (m/ft): 1.83/6'0''

Place of birth: SASKATOON, SK

Birth Country:

Canada

Place of residence : DENTON, TX

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 CAN Canada	3

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Fukushima Azuma Baseball Stadium	Softball Opening Round #3 MEX Mexico 0 CAN Canada 4	Finished
	Fukushima Azuma Baseball Stadium	Softball Opening Round #4 USA United States 1 CAN Canada 0	Finished
	Yokohama Baseball Stadium	Softball Opening Round #7 AUS Australia 1 CAN Canada 7	Finished
	Yokohama Baseball Stadium	Softball Opening Round #11 CAN Canada 0 JPN Japan 1	Finished
	Yokohama Baseball Stadium	Softball Opening Round #14 CAN Canada 8 ITA Italy 1	Finished
	Yokohama Baseball Stadium	Softball Bronze Medal Game #16 MEX Mexico 2 CAN Canada 3	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Softball World Championship

Rank	Event	Year	Location
3	Softball	2018	Chiba, JPN
5	Softball	2012	Whitehorse, YT, CAN

Pan American Games

Rank	Event	Year	Location
2	Softball	2019	Lima, PER

Jenny, Jen. (espn.com, 14 Feb 2014)

Training, travelling, shopping, reading, spending time with friends and family. (olympic.ca, 11 Aug 2019)

Occupation:

Exercise Science - Ball State University, Muncie, IN, USA

Languages spoken:

Canadian Wild [United States of America]

Mark Smith [national, club], CAN

Position style:

Outfield (softball.ca, 19 Nov 2019)

Bats left, throws right (softball.ca, 19 Nov 2019)

2012 for Canada (olympic.ca, 01 Jun 2019)

She began playing softball at age four and started competing at age eight. (olympic.ca, 11 Aug 2019)

She was inspired after seeing the College World Series. (olympic.ca, 11 Aug 2019)

US softball player Jenny Finch. (olympic.ca, 11 Aug 2019)

Philosophy:

"Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence." [Vince Lombardi] (olympic.ca, 11 Aug 2019)

While playing for Ball State University in 2014 she was named Mid-American Conference Player of the Year for the third consecutive year. In 2013 she became the first Ball State University softball player to receive All American honours after being named to the National Fastpitch Coaches Association [NFCA] All-American Third Team. (getsomemaction.com, 21 Feb 2014; jengilbert25.com, 01 Sep 2019)

General Interest

General
RAISED IN TEXAS
Her family moved from Canada to Denton, TX, United States of America when she was a baby. Despite spending most of her life in the United States of America, she dreamed of one day playing softball for Canada. "I was born there [Canada]. That's my home country." (espn.com, 14 Feb 2014)

COACHING, FURTHER EDUCATION
After completing her bachelor's degree at Ball State University she remained at the university for a master's degree in athletic coaching, and coached softball there in 2015 and 2016. (ballstatesports.com, 20 Jan 2015; softball.ca, 19 Nov 2019; olympic.ca, 11 Aug 2019)

PROFESSIONAL SOFTBALL
She was the 10th overall pick in the 2014 National Pro Fastpitch draft by the Akron Racers. She featured in 114 games over four seasons for the Racers. (softball.ca, 19 Nov 2019; olympic.ca, 11 Aug 2019; jengilbert25.com, 01 Sep 2019)

Social Media

https://instagram.com/jen_gilbert25/
https://twitter.com/jengilbert25
Athlete Website: http://www.jengilbert25.com/

Legend

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

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