PLAIN Gabrielle

Baseball/Softball

Date of Birth: 26 Aug 1998

Age: 22

Gender: Female

Place of birth: SYDNEY, NSW

Birth Country:

Australia

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Baseball/Softball	Softball AUS Australia	5

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Fukushima Azuma Baseball Stadium	Softball Opening Round #1 AUS Australia 1 JPN Japan 8	Finished
	Fukushima Azuma Baseball Stadium	Softball Opening Round #6 ITA Italy 0 AUS Australia 1	Finished
	Yokohama Baseball Stadium	Softball Opening Round #7 AUS Australia 1 CAN Canada 7	Finished
	Yokohama Baseball Stadium	Softball Opening Round #10 AUS Australia 1 USA United States 2	Finished
	Yokohama Baseball Stadium	Softball Opening Round #15 MEX Mexico 4 AUS Australia 1	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Junior World Championship

Rank	Event	Year	Location
7	Softball	2017	Clearwater, FL, USA

Gabbie, the smiling assassin ["As I am told that I never quit smiling when I pitch."] (softball.org.au, 08 May 2018; seattletimes.com, 24 Feb 2021)

Going to the beach, reading. (flosoftball.com, 01 Oct 2018)

Occupation:

Athlete, Student

Psychology - University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA

Languages spoken:

Macarthur Softball Association [AUS] / University of Washington Huskies [USA]

Laing Harrow [national], AUS

Position style:

Pitcher (Softball Australia, 07 Apr 2021; gohuskies.com, 01 Apr 2021)

She began playing softball at age six with the Harrington Park Scorpions club in Sydney, NSW, Australia. (softball.org.au, 01 Jun 2016)

She had played various sports as a child but enjoyed softball the most. "I really loved the sport. I had a lot of fun with it." (fastpitchnews.com, 31 Oct 2019)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (softball.org.au, 08 May 2018)

Australian softball players Harrison Peters and Kaia Parnaby. (softball.org.au, 01 Jun 2016; softballamerica.com, 22 Jan 2021)

Her father. (softball.org.au, 01 Jun 2016)

Philosophy:

"I think what makes any pitcher successful is just having control over their pitches. I try to maintain as much accuracy with all my pitches that I can, and rely on my teammates to have my back. I think I just try to get the best outcome for my team, whether that's locating the pitch as best as I can in order to get a groundout and easy play for the field, or a strikeout through just working well with the catcher and my pitching coach." (flosoftball.com, 01 Oct 2018)

While playing for the University of Washington in 2019 she was named on the National Fastpitch Coaches Association [NFCA] All-American First Team, the All-Pac-12 Conference First Team, and was a finalist for the USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year Award. She was also one of 50 athletes named on the USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year preseason watchlist in both 2020 and 2021. In 2017 she was a finalist for the NFCA Freshman of the Year award. (gohuskies.com, 22 Feb 2021)

She was named Most Valuable Player [MVP] and Best Pitcher at the 2015 U17 Australian national championship. (swsas.org.au, 18 Mar 2015)

General Interest

General
UNITED STATES MOVE
She moved from Sydney to the United States of America in 2017 after receiving a scholarship to play softball at the University of Washington [UW] in Seattle. In her freshman year she became the university's first softball player to throw 100+ innings and allow under 100 hits. In her junior year she became the fastest UW player to reach 50 career wins, and by her senior year in 2021 she held the second-highest number of perfect games and no hitters in UW history. "Travelling to the other side of the world and not only going to one of the best schools but also one of the best softball teams in America has definitely been a challenge. I've learnt a lot over there. To get me to this point I think it's definitely made me stronger, not just physically, but mentally as well." After a shortened season in 2020 due to COVID-19, she decided to return to the university in 2021 as she believed it would improve her chances of being selected for the Olympic Games in Tokyo. "That's one of the reasons why I came back to Washington, not only to do schooling but to play with my teammates. I just want to keep learning and to keep having fun. I tend to perform the best when I am having fun. It is difficult being so far away from my Australian teammates. I have to make sure that I'm communicating with the coaches back home as well as the coaches here to make sure that I'm doing everything that I need to do to make the [Olympic] team in their eyes." (portnews.com.au, 14 Aug 2019; gohuskies.com, 22 Feb 2020; uk.sports.yahoo.com, 26 Feb 2021; softballamerica.com, 22 Jan 2021)

Social Media

https://www.facebook.com/gabrielle.plain.92

Legend

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

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