Lovieanne Jung

Lovieanne Jung (born January 11, 1980) is a Filipino-American, former collegiate All-American, two-time medal winning Olympian, right-handed hitting retired softball player, originally from Fountain Valley, California. She began her career with the Fresno State Bulldogs in the Western Athletic Conference as a second baseman from 1999-00. She later transferred to play for the Arizona Wildcats in the now named Pac-12 Conference suiting up as shortstop from 2002-03. She joined Team USA softball for the 2004 Summer Olympics, winning a Gold Medal; in 2008, she went on to win a silver medal with the team before retiring.[1]

Lovieanne Jung
Personal information
Born (1980-01-11) January 11, 1980
Honolulu, Hawaii
Height5 ft 6 in (168 cm)
Sport
College teamArizona Wildcats
PartnerJon Garland
Medal record
Women's softball
Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
2004 Athens Team competition
2008 Beijing Team competition
World Championships
2006 Beijing Team competition
2002 Saskatoon Team competition
Pan American Games
2007 Rio Team competition
2003 Sto Domingo Team competition

College

Beginning her NCAA collegiate career at Fresno State University, Jung had her debut on February 15, 1999, vs. the UCSB Gauchos, swatting a home run in her first at-bat.[2] She was named a National Fastpitch Coaches Association Second Team All-American and recognized Second Team All-WAC Conference.[3] The Bulldogs returned to defend their Women's College World Series championship title and she led the team with a .500 average and was named All-Tournament after the team was eliminated on May 29 by the California Golden Bears.[4] As a sophomore, she repeated honors from both the NFCA and moving to the First Team for the conference. She would leave ranking top-10 in career batting average (.359) for the Bulldogs.[5][6]

Jung transferred to the University of Arizona. She began in 2002 by being named Pac-10 Newcomer of The Year, unique as a third-year player. She also earned First Team conference honors. Jung once again led her team in average at the World Series and helped them to the finale game on May 27. She walked all three of her plate appearances in a loss to the California Golden Bears.[7] For a final year, she captured her last NFCA (First Team) and conference awards, led the Nation in home runs, RBIs, total bases and slugging percentage to be named a top-3 finalist for USA Softball Player of The Year.[8][9] Jung belted a two-run homer on May 18 to help defeat the Texas A&M Aggies in the NCAA Tournament Regionals, driving in her 200th career RBI.[10] She played her last game on May 25 in another loss to Cal at the WCWS, recording a hit.[11] She earned her second WCWS All-Tournament mark and again led the team in average.[12][13] For a second time, Jung would rank top-10 in career average (.409) as well as slugging (.838%, which also is a Pac-10 top-5 record), at the school upon her graduation.[14] In all of the NCAA, Jung was ranked 8th and now is still in the top-25 overall for career total bases.[15]

As a standout player, appearing in three Women's College World Series, Jung's WCWS stats include .375 (12/32) 2RBIs, 2B, 7BBs.[16][17]

Personal

Born in Honolulu, Hawaii, Jung moved with her family to California at a young age.

She won a gold medal at the 2004 Olympics and a silver medal at the 2008 Olympics before retiring from softball.[18] Lovieanne Jung is currently working as a Firefighter/Paramedic for The City of Riverside Fire Department.[19]

Jung's longtime boyfriend is Jon Garland.[17] She currently works as a firefighter.[20]

Statistics

Fresno State Bulldogs & Arizona Wildcats

[21][22][23]

YEAR G AB R H BA RBI HR 3B 2B TB SLG BB SO SB SBA
1999 75 233 41 77 .330 50 6 6 12 119 .510% 19 19 11 12
2000 67 207 41 81 .391 34 1 4 14 106 .512% 15 19 7 7
2002 67 206 64 75 .364 40 16 2 13 140 .679% 44 28 9 10
2003 63 178 70 82 .460 79 25 2 21 182 1.022% 55 18 9 11
TOTALS 272 824 216 315 .382 203 48 14 60 547 .664% 133 84 36 40

Team USA Olympic Games

[24][25]

YEAR G AB R H BA RBI HR 3B 2B TB SLG BB SO SB SBA
2004 9 20 5 6 .300 3 0 0 2 8 .400% 5 4 2 2
2008 9 21 3 7 .333 5 0 0 0 7 .333% 2 4 0 0
TOTALS 18 41 8 13 .317 8 0 0 2 15 .366% 7 8 2 2

References
  1. "Lovieanne Jung Profile". Arizonawildcats.com. Retrieved 2020-08-31.
  2. "No. 1 Fresno State Softball Opens 1999 Season In Style". Gobulldogs.com. Retrieved 2020-08-30.
  3. "1999 NSCA Division I All-America Teams". Nfca.org. Retrieved 2020-08-30.
  4. "1999 WCWS Stats". Retrieved 2020-08-30.
  5. "2000 NSCA Division I All-America Teams". Nfca.org. Retrieved 2020-08-30.
  6. "Fresno State Bulldogs 2019 Media Guide" (PDF). Gobulldogs.com. Retrieved 2020-08-31.
  7. "California vs Arizona (May 27, 2002)". Retrieved 2020-08-30.
  8. "2003 NSCA Division I All-America Teams". Nfca.org. Retrieved 2020-08-30.
  9. "Pac-12 Conference 2020 Softball Media Guide". E-digitaleditions.com. Retrieved 2010-08-30.
  10. "Wildcats Take Down Texas A&M For Region 1 Championship". Arizonawildcats.com. 2003-05-18. Retrieved 2020-08-30.
  11. "Bears Beat UA Second Time, Send Cats Home". Arizonawildcats.com. 2003-05-25. Retrieved 2020-08-30.
  12. "2003 WCWS Stats". Retrieved 2020-08-30.
  13. "Division I Softball Championships Records Book" (PDF). Ncaa.org. Retrieved 2020-08-30.
  14. "Arizona Softball Record Book" (PDF). Arizonawildcats.com. Retrieved 2020-08-30.
  15. "Division I Records" (PDF). Ncaa.org. Retrieved 2020-08-30.
  16. "Women's College World Series Statistics". Ncaa.org. Retrieved 2020-08-31.
  17. Pinto, Greg (June 21, 2011). "Jon Garland and Lovie Jung". Bleacher Report. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
  18. "5 U.S. softball players retire, 3 from L.A. area". Los Angeles Times. 2008-08-23. Retrieved 2012-09-16.
  19. Smith, Marcia C (Aug 27, 2012). "Ex-Olympic softball gold medalist Jung living in real world". OC Register. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
  20. "Firecrackers Legacy – Lovieanne Jung". Firecrackersoftball.com. Retrieved 2020-08-30.
  21. "Final 1999 Softball Statistics Report" (PDF). Ncaa.org. Retrieved 2018-06-18.
  22. "Final 2000 Softball Statistics Report" (PDF). Ncaa.org. Retrieved 2018-06-18.
  23. "Archived Team-By-Team Final Statistics". Ncaa.org. Retrieved 2018-06-18.
  24. "Olympic Games Athens, Greece". Teamusa.org. Retrieved 2018-06-26.
  25. "Olympic Games Beijing China". Teamusa.org. Retrieved 2018-06-26.
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