Joanne Brown

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Joanne Brown
Medal record
Representing  Australia
Women's Softball
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1996 Atlanta Team
Bronze medal – third place 2000 Sydney Team

Joanne Brown (born 7 April 1972 in Canberra) is a former softball catcher and outfielder from Australia, who won a bronze medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics and 2000 Summer Olympics.

She was inducted into the Softball Australia Hall of Fame in 2004[1] and the International Softball Federation Hall of Fame in 2005.[2]

She played for the UCLA Bruins from 1991 -1993 and was a 1992 NCAA All American playing for the UCLA Bruins who won the 1992 NCAA Softball title.

She has played 244 games for the since her debut in 1990.[3]

Her famous walk-off homerun against the U.S. team in an Olympic preliminary round in the 1996 Olympics garnered the attention of numerous softball executives in the United States.[4] She was offered a contract for the inaugural season of WPF and played in 18 games for the before returning to Australia.[5]

References[]

  1. ^ "Softball Australia Hall of Fame". Archived from the original on 30 April 2012. Retrieved 25 October 2006.
  2. ^ "International Softball Federation Hall of Fame". Archived from the original on 17 July 2009. Retrieved 25 October 2006.
  3. ^ "Australian Olympic History"
  4. ^ Joanne Brown of Australia
  5. ^ NPF History


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