Amanda Asay
Canadian baseball player
Died when: 33 years 237 days (403 months)Star Sign: Taurus
Amanda Karlene Asay (May 16, 1988 – January 7, 2022) was a Canadian baseball and ice hockey player.She played on the Canada women's national baseball team from 2005 to 2021, and was its longest-serving member at the time of her death.
She batted and threw right-handed, and played at catcher, first base, and starting pitcher.Asay joined the national team when she was 17 years old.
She played in the World Cup one year later, where she was named to the all-tournament team as first baseman and won the national team's Most Valuable Player (MVP) award.
She proceeded to compete in six more World Cup tournaments, earning two silver and two bronze medals in total.She was also part of the roster which secured a silver medal at the 2015 Pan American Games.
At the 2016 World Cup, she played as a pitcher, won both her starts by pitching complete games, and was again bestowed the team MVP award.
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