ROMERO Sydney

Baseball/Softball

Date of Birth: 8 Mar 1997

Age: 24

Gender: Female

Place of residence : UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Baseball/Softball	Softball MEX Mexico	4

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 #5 MEX Mexico 2 JPN Japan 3	Finished
	Yokohama Baseball Stadium	Softball Opening Round #8 USA United States 2 MEX Mexico 0	Finished
	Yokohama Baseball Stadium	Softball Opening Round #12 ITA Italy 0 MEX Mexico 5	Finished
	Yokohama Baseball Stadium	Softball Opening Round #15 MEX Mexico 4 AUS Australia 1	Finished
	Yokohama Baseball Stadium	Softball Bronze Medal Game #16 MEX Mexico 2 CAN Canada 3	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Syd, Simba [her dad called her Simba due to her fondness for the character from the Lion King movie]. (oudaily.com, 22 Mar 2021; flosoftball.com, 13 Apr 2016)

Listening to music, movies. (flosoftball.com, 13 Apr 2016)

Occupation:

Criminology - University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, USA

Languages spoken:

Carlos Bernaldez [national]

Position style:

Infield (usssapride.com, 01 Sep 2019)

Bats right, throws right (usssapride.com, 01 Sep 2019)

Sporting relatives:

Her sister Sierra is a professional softballer who has represented the United States of America in international competitions including the World Cup in 2015. Her father Mike played baseball with San Diego State University in the United States of America. (usssapride.com, 01 Sep 2019; flosoftball.com, 13 Apr 2016)

She was born into a sports family, and wanted to follow her sister Sierra into softball so badly that her parents had to buy her a matching uniform despite being too young to play in Sierra's team. (flosoftball.com, 13 Apr 2016)

She was named to the All-National Pro Fastpitch Team at Large in 2019. (usssapride.com, 01 Sep 2019)

While representing the University of Oklahoma she was named Big 12 Conference Player of the Year in 2019 and was a top-three finalist for the USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year. She was also a finalist for the 2019 Senior CLASS Award presented to the most outstanding student athlete by the National Collegiate Athletic Association [NCAA], and was named to the National Fastpitch Coaches Association [NFCA] All-American Team in 2018 and 2019. She was named to the All-Big 12 Conference First Team in 2018 and to the Women's College World Series All-Tournament Team in 2016 and 2019. (usssapride.com, 01 Sep 2019)

General Interest

General
REPRESENTING MEXICO
She and her sister Sierra have represented the United States of America in international competitions, and both were named to the US team at the 2015 World Cup. In 2018 she was invited by the Mexican Softball Federation to represent Mexico, as she has dual citizenship through her paternal grandfather who was born in Mexico. Her father also has dual citizenship. (flosoftball.com, 13 Apr 2016; oklahoman.com, 25 Jan 2019)

NPF DRAFT
She was drafted by the USSSA Pride in the first round, third pick overall, of the 2019 NPF Draft. (mynews13.com, 20 Jul 2019)

COACHING
Since 2019 she has served as a volunteer assistant coach on the University of Oklahoma softball team. (oudaily.com, 22 Mar 2021)

SHARED NAME, TATTOO
She, her sisters Sierra and Sophia, and their mother Melissa have the same middle name, Joy, and all four of them have the same tattoo of a flower with 'Joy' on it. "I wanted my girls to always have a little piece of me," said her mother. (flosoftball.com, 13 Apr 2016)

Social Media

Legend

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

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