Christa Williams (softball)

Christa Lee Williams-Yates (born February 8, 1978) is an American, former collegiate three-time All-American, two-time Gold Medal winning Olympian, retired three-time pro All-Star, right-handed hitting softball pitcher originally from Houston, Texas. She competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta where she received a gold medal with the American team. Four years later at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, she won her second gold medal. Williams-Yates began her college career with the UCLA Bruins before transferring to play softball with the Texas Longhorns. Joining in its inaugural year, she played three years in the National Pro Fastpitch with the Texas Thunder and still ranks top-10 in career wins, strikeouts and ERA. In 2018, Williams-Yates was named to the USA National Softball Hall of Fame.[1] Currently, Williams-Yates teaches high school softball in Houston.

Christa Williams
Personal information
Full nameChrista Lee Williams
Born (1978-02-08) February 8, 1978
Houston, Texas, U.S.
Medal record
Women's softball
Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
1996 Atlanta Team competition
2000 Sydney Team competition

Statistics

UCLA Bruins & Texas Longhorns

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YEAR W L GP GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB SO ERA WHIP
1997 21 8 34 29 28 14 4 205.0 149 64 53 84 218 1.81 1.13
1998 28 6 43 33 27 16 5 230.1 81 24 15 67 364 0.45 0.64
1999 23 9 38 30 23 11 1 223.1 97 46 31 54 314 0.97 0.67
TOTALS 72 23 115 92 78 41 10 658.2 327 134 99 205 896 1.05 0.81

Team USA Olympic Games

[5][6]

YEAR W L GP GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB SO ERA WHIP
1996 2 0 2 1 1 1 0 9.2 3 0 0 2 15 0.00 0.54
2000 2 0 5 1 0 0 2 16.0 5 0 0 3 23 0.00 0.50
TOTALS 4 0 7 2 1 1 2 25.2 8 0 0 5 38 0.00 0.51

National Pro Fastpitch Texas Thunder

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YEAR W L GP GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB SO ERA WHIP
2004 14 6 21 19 17 0 0 142.1 64 21 13 38 132 0.64 0.72
2005 17 5 24 23 18 0 1 157.1 85 24 17 37 172 0.75 0.77
2006 11 8 26 20 12 0 1 142.2 103 45 35 59 161 1.72 1.14
TOTALS 42 19 71 62 47 0 2 442.1 252 90 65 134 465 1.03 0.87

References
  1. "Some of softball's Finest inducted Into National Softball Hall of Fame At 38th Annual Induction Ceremony". Teamusa.org. 2018-10-27. Retrieved 2018-11-03.
  2. "Final 1997 Softball Statistics Report" (PDF). Ncaa.org. Retrieved 2018-06-19.
  3. "Final 1998 Softball Statistics Report" (PDF). Ncaa.org. Retrieved 2018-06-19.
  4. "Final 1999 Softball Statistics Report" (PDF). Ncaa.org. Retrieved 2018-06-19.
  5. "Olympic Games Atlanta, Georgia". Teamusa.org. Retrieved 2018-06-27.
  6. "Olympic Games Sydney, Australia". Teamusa.org. Retrieved 2018-06-27.
  7. "Individual Leader Board". Profastpitch.com. Retrieved 2018-11-03.
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