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}} Leah Marie O'Brien-Amico (born September 9, 1974 in Garden Grove, California) is an American, former All-American, left-handed-hitting softball player from Chino, California. O'Brien-Amico is best known for playing for the Arizona Wildcats (1993–1997, winning three National Championships) and earning gold medals at the 1996, 2000 and 2004 Olympics. ==Arizona Wildcats== O'Brien-Amico was named to the First Team All-Pac-10 for her freshman efforts. At the 1993 Women's College World Series, the Wildcats faced rival UCLA in the finale and with the only hit allowed, she drove in the game-winning run off Lisa Fernandez.〔http://web1.ncaa.org/ncaa/event.do?championship=400016&division=400016400012&event=400456〕 It was Arizona's second title. O'Brien-Amico earned First Team All-American honors to accompany conference honors.〔https://nfca.org/index.php/awards/awards-history/4158-1994-di-all-american-teams-〕 Her 16 doubles were the second best total and still rank top-10 for the Wildcats. Returning to defend their title at the WCWS, O'Brien-Amico hit .750 (9/12 with 5 RBIs, a home run and two doubles) to set the tournament record for batting average.〔http://web1.ncaa.org/ncaa/eventlist.do?championship=400019&division=400019400012〕〔http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/softball_champs_records/2009/DI/champs.pdf〕 Eventually the Wildcats were able to successfully defend their title, besting the Cal State Northridge Matadors on May 30, 1994. O'Brien-Amico was perfect at the plate (3/3) and scored two runs against pitchers Jennifer Richardson and Amy Windmiller to be named All-Tournament.〔http://web1.ncaa.org/ncaa/event.do?championship=400019&division=400019400012&event=400542〕 For her junior year after red-shirting for the Atlanta Olympics, O'Brien-Amico earned all-season honors for a third straight year.〔https://nfca.org/index.php/awards/awards-history/3932-1995-di-all-american-teams-〕 She broke the school record for doubles and her 101 hits was a top-5 record. She still ranks top-10 all-time in both categories. With her third straight appearance in the WCWS finals, O'Brien-Amico and the Wildcats again faced the UCLA Bruins but were defeated 4-2 on May 29, 1995. O'Brien-Amico went 2/3 with an RBI and was again named All-Tournament.〔http://web1.ncaa.org/ncaa/event.do?championship=400020&division=400020400012&event=400602〕 The title was later vacated by the NCAA due to rules violations.〔http://tucsoncitizen.com/wildcatreport/2010/06/08/uclas-cheating-in-1995-still-stings-softball-wildcats/〕 She earned her final First Team All-American and All-Pac-10 honors.〔https://nfca.org/index.php/awards/awards-history/3906-1997-di-all-american-teams-〕 With a career best .467 average, O'Brien-Amico collected 99 hits to rank top-5 for both stats and remains in the top-10 all-time for the Wildcats. Concluding her finals streak at the WCWS, O'Brien-Amico won her third National Championship over the UCLA Bruins and was a perfect 2/2 with two RBIs and two base on balls against hurler Christa Williams. She also scored two of Arizona's 10 runs in the mercy rule victory.〔http://web1.ncaa.org/ncaa/event.do?championship=400022&division=400022400012&event=400740〕 She was named to the All-Tournament Team for a third series. With combined stats from previous seasons, O'Brien-Amico had a WCWS career of .563 (31/55) with 19 RBIs, two home runs, 4 doubles and 7 walks, striking out just once with a slugging percentage of .745%. She also hit safely in 17 of 18 games, being shut out just once by Melanie Roche and the Oklahoma State Cowgirls on May 30, 1993.〔http://web1.ncaa.org/ncaa/event.do?championship=400016&division=400016400012&event=400461〕 Beginning the next game of that doubleheader day with the ULL Ragin’ Cajuns, O'Brien-Amico went on a 15-consecutive-game hit streak ending with her title in 1997. O'Brien-Amico graduated atop the list for the Arizona Wildcats in career average and doubles. She also ranked top-10 for hits in the NCAA and still does at Arizona for her average and doubles.〔http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/ariz/sports/w-softbl/auto_pdf/2010SoftballMediaGuide.pdf〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Leah O'Brien」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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