American softball player
Baseball player
Valerie "Val" Ann Arioto (born April 10, 1989) is an American, former collegiate All-American, medal-winning Olympian , softball pitcher and first baseman. She was a pitcher and infielder for the California Golden Bears in the Pac-12 Conference . She has also served as a member of the United States women's national softball team since 2012, and at the 2020 Summer Olympics helped the team win a silver medal.
Career
Arioto attended Foothill High School and the University of California, Berkeley from 2008–2010, 12, where she earned a Second Team and two First-Team All-Pac-12 honors, including being named 2012 Pac-12 Player of The Year. She was also recognized by the National Fastpitch Coaches Association as a Third Team and two-time First Team All-American. With United States women's national softball team she won 2011 World Cup of Softball and has since been a member for 8 years.
International career
Arioto represented Team USA at the 2020 Summer Olympics and won a silver medal. Arioto recorded three hits and two walks for the team during the tournament. Team USA was defeated by Team Japan in the gold medal game.
Statistics
California Golden Bears
YEAR
G
AB
R
H
BA
RBI
HR
3B
2B
TB
SLG
BB
SO
SB
SBA
2008
70
219
55
71
.324
29
2
4
17
102
.465%
48
51
14
16
2009
58
163
41
53
.325
37
10
1
6
91
.558%
41
36
15
16
2010
63
138
61
49
.355
60
19
0
7
113
.819%
81
40
12
12
2012
65
137
65
50
.365
60
23
0
6
125
.912%
94
24
5
5
TOTALS
256
657
222
223
.339
186
54
5
36
431
.656%
264
151
46
49
YEAR
W
L
GP
GS
CG
Sh
SV
IP
H
R
ER
BB
SO
ERA
WHIP
2008
8
3
30
8
2
1
1
87.0
60
37
24
57
105
1.93
1.34
2009
14
9
37
16
7
2
1
160.1
139
82
55
68
173
2.40
1.29
2010
21
9
35
26
19
11
0
205.2
126
49
42
66
264
1.43
0.93
2012
20
3
24
24
15
6
0
127.0
92
31
24
33
155
1.32
0.98
TOTALS
63
24
126
74
43
20
2
580.0
417
199
145
224
697
1.75
1.10
Team USA
YEAR
G
AB
R
H
BA
RBI
HR
3B
2B
TB
SLG
BB
SO
SB
2020
13
32
9
9
.281
11
2
0
2
17
.531%
10
3
0
2021
31
75
13
16
.213
15
6
0
5
39
.520%
22
12
0
Olympics 6
17
1
3
.176
1
0
0
0
3
.176%
2
3
0
TOTAL
50
124
23
28
.226
27
8
0
7
59
.476%
34
18
0
References
"Valerie Ann Arioto" . California Birth Index, 1905–1995. Archived from the original on January 28, 2019. Retrieved January 28, 2019."Pac-12 Announces Softball All-Conference" . Pac-12.com . May 16, 2012. Archived from the original on October 7, 2019. Retrieved October 6, 2019."2011-12 Softball Roster Valerie Arioto" . Calbears.com . Retrieved October 6, 2019."2009 Louisville Slugger/NFCA Division I All-America Teams" . NFCA.org . Retrieved October 6, 2019."2010 Louisville Slugger/NFCA Division I All-America Teams" . NFCA.org . Retrieved October 6, 2019."2012 NFCA Division I All-Americans" . NFCA.org . Retrieved October 6, 2019."U.S. wins World Cup of Softball" . July 26, 2011. Retrieved July 29, 2011."2020 U.S. Olympic Softball Team" . teamusa.org . Archived from the original on October 7, 2019. Retrieved October 6, 2019."JPN 2, USA 0" . olympicssoftball.wbsc.org . July 27, 2021. Archived from the original on July 27, 2021. Retrieved July 27, 2021."Arioto" . olympicssoftball.wbsc.org . July 27, 2021. Archived from the original on July 29, 2021. Retrieved July 28, 2021.
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United States roster – 2020 Summer Olympics silver medalists 
