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Born | (1968-03-04) March 4, 1968 (age 56) Wilmington, Delaware | ||||||||||||||
Alma mater | Temple University | ||||||||||||||
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Updated on 28 May 2014 |
Dionna M. Harris (born 4 March 1968) is an American, former collegiate right-handed softball second baseman and outfielder, originally from Wilmington, Delaware. She played two years for the defunct Temple Owls softball team from 1989 to 1990 in the Atlantic 10 Conference, where as a junior was named Player of The Year. She was also an Olympic champion and competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.
Career
Harris attended and played softball at Delcastle Technical High School in Wilmington, Delaware and Delaware Technical Community College. After graduating from community college, she attended Temple University, where she played second base and was named the 1990 Temple University Player of the Year. Following college, Harris joined the Amateur Softball Association and played outfielder for the Connecticut Brakettes (1990–1994) and the California Jazz (1995–1996). Harris made the United States National team from 1993 to 1996, earning gold medals at the 1993 Intercontinental Cup, 1994 PanAm Games, 1995 Australian Games and 1996 Olympic Games. In 2001, Harris was inducted into the Delaware Sports Hall of Fame.
Statistics
Temple Owls
YEAR | G | AB | R | H | BA | RBI | HR | 3B | 2B | TB | SLG | BB | SO | SB | SBA |
1989 | 49 | 159 | 38 | 53 | .333 | 26 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 98 | .616% | 10 | 9 | 7 | 7 |
1990 | 46 | 152 | 37 | 60 | .394 | 26 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 102 | .671% | 10 | 5 | 10 | 15 |
TOTALS | 95 | 311 | 75 | 113 | .363 | 52 | 12 | 21 | 9 | 200 | .643% | 20 | 14 | 17 | 22 |
Team USA
YEAR | G | AB | R | H | BA | RBI | HR | 3B | 2B | TB | SLG | BB | SO |
1996 OLYMPICS | 9 | 19 | 5 | 8 | .421 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .421% | 1 | 1 |
References
- "2014 Temple Softball" (PDF). Owlsports.com. Retrieved July 13, 2020.
- "Atlantic 10 Softball Record Book" (PDF). Atlantic10.com. Retrieved July 13, 2020.
- "1996 Summer Olympics – Atlanta, United States – Softball". databaseOlympics.com. Archived from the original on September 7, 2008. Retrieved November 1, 2008.
- Lauletta, Daniel (March 16, 2012). "Olympic Gold Medalist Dionna Harris Speaks to Wilmington Student-Athletes at Academic All-Star Banquet". Wilmington Wildcats. Wilmington University. Retrieved May 28, 2014.
- "Dionna Harris". USA Softball. teamusa.org. 2014. Archived from the original on March 1, 2014. Retrieved May 28, 2014.
- "2001 Inductees". Delaware Sports Museum and Hall of Fame Association. Archived from the original on September 28, 2011. Retrieved May 28, 2014.
- "Final 1989 Women's Softball Statistics Report" (PDF). Ncaa.org. Retrieved June 19, 2018.
- "Final 1990 Women's Softball Statistics Report" (PDF). Ncaa.org. Retrieved June 19, 2018.
- "Olympic Games Schedule/Results". Teamusa.org. Archived from the original on December 29, 2015. Retrieved July 13, 2020.
External links
- Olympic gold medalist Dionna Harris talks to softball players in Smyrna on YouTube
- Dionna Harris at Olympedia
- Dionna Harris at Team USA (archived)
- Dionna Harris at the Delaware Sports Hall of Fame
- 1968 births
- Living people
- Softball players from Delaware
- Temple Owls softball players
- Olympic softball players for the United States
- Softball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for the United States in softball
- Softball players
- Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Junior college softball players in the United States