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Lovieanne Jung

Lovieanne Leimomi Jung[1] (born January 11, 1980) is an American, former collegiate All-American, two-time medal winning Olympian, retired softball player. She began her college softball career at Fresno State as a second baseman, then transferred to Arizona and played as a shortstop. She represented the United States women's national softball team winning a gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics, and a silver medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics.[2]

Lovieanne Jung
Personal information
Born (1980-01-11) January 11, 1980 (age 44)
Honolulu, Hawaii
Height5 ft 6 in (168 cm)
Sport
College teamArizona Wildcats
PartnerJon Garland
Medal record
Women's softball
Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2004 Athens Team competition
Silver medal – second place 2008 Beijing Team competition
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2006 Beijing Team competition
Gold medal – first place 2002 Saskatoon Team competition
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2007 Rio Team competition
Gold medal – first place 2003 Sto Domingo Team competition

College

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Beginning her NCAA collegiate career at Fresno State University, Jung had her debut on February 15, 1999, vs. the UCSB Gauchos, swatting a home run in her first at-bat.[3] She was named a National Fastpitch Coaches Association Second Team All-American and recognized Second Team All-WAC Conference.[4] The Bulldogs returned to defend their Women's College World Series championship title and she led the team with a .500 average and was named All-Tournament after the team was eliminated on May 29 by the California Golden Bears.[5] As a sophomore, she repeated honors from both the NFCA and moving to the First Team for the conference. She would leave ranking top-10 in career batting average (.359) for the Bulldogs.[6][7]

Jung transferred to the University of Arizona. She began in 2002 by being named Pac-10 Newcomer of the Year, unique as a third-year player. She also earned First Team conference honors. Jung once again led her team in average at the World Series and helped them to the finale game on May 27. She walked all three of her plate appearances in a loss to the California Golden Bears.[8] For a final year, she captured her last NFCA (First Team) and conference awards, led the Nation in home runs, RBIs, total bases and slugging percentage to be named a top-3 finalist for USA Softball Player of The Year.[9][10] Jung belted a two-run homer on May 18 to help defeat the Texas A&M Aggies in the NCAA Tournament Regionals, driving in her 200th career RBI.[11] She played her last game on May 25 in another loss to Cal at the WCWS, recording a hit.[12] She earned her second WCWS All-Tournament mark and again led the team in average.[13][14] For a second time, Jung would rank top-10 in career average (.409) as well as slugging (.838%, which also is a Pac-10 top-5 record), at the school upon her graduation.[15] In all of the NCAA, Jung was ranked 8th and now is still in the top-25 overall for career total bases.[16]

As a standout player, appearing in three Women's College World Series, Jung's WCWS stats included batting .375 (12/32) with two RBIs, a double, and seven base on balls.[17][18]

Personal

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Born in Honolulu, Hawaii, Jung moved with her family to California at a young age.[19] She is of Filipino, Spanish, Hawaiian, Chinese and Lithuanian descent.[20]

She won a gold medal at the 2004 Olympics and a silver medal at the 2008 Olympics before retiring from softball.[21] Lovieanne Jung is currently working as a Firefighter/Paramedic for The City of Riverside Fire Department.[22]

Jung's longtime boyfriend is Jon Garland.[18] She currently works as a firefighter.[23]

Statistics

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Fresno State Bulldogs & Arizona Wildcats
YEAR G AB R H BA RBI HR 3B 2B TB SLG BB SO SB SBA
1999 75 233 41 77 .330 50 6 6 12 119 .510% 19 19 11 12
2000 67 207 41 81 .391 34 1 4 14 106 .512% 15 19 7 7
2002 67 206 64 75 .364 40 16 2 13 140 .679% 44 28 9 10
2003 63 178 70 82 .460 79 25 2 21 182 1.022% 55 18 9 11
TOTALS 272 824 216 315 .382 203 48 14 60 547 .664% 133 84 36 40

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Team USA
YEAR G AB R H BA RBI HR 3B 2B TB SLG BB SO SB SBA
2004 9 20 5 6 .300 3 0 0 2 8 .400% 5 4 2 2
2008 9 21 3 7 .333 5 0 0 0 7 .333% 2 4 0 0
TOTALS 18 41 8 13 .317 8 0 0 2 15 .366% 7 8 2 2

References

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  1. ^ Luis, Cindy (August 6, 2004). "Jung is second to none in sport of softball". Honolulu Star-Bulletin. Retrieved November 21, 2024.
  2. ^ "Lovieanne Jung Profile". Arizonawildcats.com. Retrieved August 31, 2020.
  3. ^ "No. 1 Fresno State Softball Opens 1999 Season In Style". Gobulldogs.com. Retrieved August 30, 2020.
  4. ^ "1999 NSCA Division I All-America Teams". Nfca.org. Retrieved August 30, 2020.
  5. ^ "1999 WCWS Stats". Retrieved August 30, 2020.
  6. ^ "2000 NSCA Division I All-America Teams". Nfca.org. Retrieved August 30, 2020.
  7. ^ "Fresno State Bulldogs 2019 Media Guide" (PDF). Gobulldogs.com. Retrieved August 31, 2020.
  8. ^ "California vs Arizona (May 27, 2002)". Retrieved August 30, 2020.
  9. ^ "2003 NSCA Division I All-America Teams". Nfca.org. Retrieved August 30, 2020.
  10. ^ "Pac-12 Conference 2020 Softball Media Guide". E-digitaleditions.com. Retrieved August 30, 2010.
  11. ^ "Wildcats Take Down Texas A&M For Region 1 Championship". Arizonawildcats.com. May 18, 2003. Retrieved August 30, 2020.
  12. ^ "Bears Beat UA Second Time, Send Cats Home". Arizonawildcats.com. May 25, 2003. Retrieved August 30, 2020.
  13. ^ "2003 WCWS Stats". Retrieved August 30, 2020.
  14. ^ "Division I Softball Championships Records Book" (PDF). Ncaa.org. Retrieved August 30, 2020.
  15. ^ "Arizona Softball Record Book" (PDF). Arizonawildcats.com. Retrieved August 30, 2020.
  16. ^ "Division I Records" (PDF). Ncaa.org. Retrieved August 30, 2020.
  17. ^ "Women's College World Series Statistics". Ncaa.org. Retrieved August 31, 2020.
  18. ^ a b Pinto, Greg (June 21, 2011). "Jon Garland and Lovie Jung". Bleacher Report. Retrieved March 7, 2013.
  19. ^ "Saluting ex-Cat Lovieanne Jung for Asian-American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month". Zona Zealots. May 1, 2021. Retrieved October 3, 2024.
  20. ^ Miller, Ann (August 6, 2008). "Memories made at Games". Honolulu Advertiser. Retrieved November 21, 2024.
  21. ^ "5 U.S. softball players retire, 3 from L.A. area". Los Angeles Times. August 23, 2008. Retrieved September 16, 2012.
  22. ^ Smith, Marcia C (August 27, 2012). "Ex-Olympic softball gold medalist Jung living in real world". OC Register. Retrieved March 7, 2013.
  23. ^ "Firecrackers Legacy – Lovieanne Jung". Firecrackersoftball.com. Retrieved August 30, 2020.
  24. ^ "Final 1999 Softball Statistics Report" (PDF). Ncaa.org. Retrieved June 18, 2018.
  25. ^ "Final 2000 Softball Statistics Report" (PDF). Ncaa.org. Retrieved June 18, 2018.
  26. ^ "Archived Team-By-Team Final Statistics". Ncaa.org. Retrieved June 18, 2018.
  27. ^ "Olympic Games Athens, Greece". Teamusa.org. Archived from the original on December 29, 2015. Retrieved June 26, 2018.
  28. ^ "Olympic Games Beijing China". Teamusa.org. Archived from the original on August 9, 2014. Retrieved June 26, 2018.
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