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Donna Mills (baseball)

Donna Mills (baseball)

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Donna Mills (born July 13, 1973) is a baseball player who competed with the United States women's national baseball team.

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Playing career

Baseball

As a child, she played in the Pine Hill Little League. In 1999, she was invited to play with the Boston Blue Sox, an all-women's baseball team.[1]

With the United States national women's team, she was a starting infielder at the 2004, 2006 and 2008 Women's World Cup of Baseball.

Recognized with MVP honors at the 2006 World Cup, she donated her batting gloves to the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York. Said gloves are on permanent display at an exhibition titled "Diamonds and Dreams".[2]

In 2011, she was invited by USA Baseball to be one of eight coaches at the 2011 Friendship Series, held at their national training complex in Cary, North Carolina.[3]

Softball

Playing softball for the Peabody Raiders, the team qualified in 1990 and 1991 for the Junior Olympics Nationals in Lodi, California. She earned an NCAA scholarship to play softball at Division II University of Massachusetts Lowell.

Awards and honors

Personal

She gave birth to a daughter named Gianna. Currently, she is employed as a court officer for the District Court of Massachusetts.[citation needed]

References

Notes

  1. [1]
    Ring 2015, p. 80.
  2. [2]
    Ring 2015, p. 72.
  3. [3]
    Ring 2015, p. 84.

Sources

  • Ring, Jennifer (2015). A Game of Their Own: Voices of Contemporary Women in Baseball. Lincoln, London: University of Nebraska Press. ISBN 978-0-8032-4480-1.
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