Caitlin Anne Lever (born March 12, 1985) is an American-Canadian
softball
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outfielder.
Early life
Lever was born in
Morristown, New Jersey
Morristown () is a Town (New Jersey), town in and the county seat of Morris County, New Jersey, Morris County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. , when her father
Don Lever played for the
New Jersey Devils
The New Jersey Devils are a professional ice hockey team based in Newark, New Jersey. The Devils compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Metropolitan Division in the Eastern Conference (NHL), Eastern Conference. The club w ...
of the
National Hockey League
The National Hockey League (NHL; , ''LNH'') is a professional ice hockey league in North America composed of 32 teams25 in the United States and 7 in Canada. The NHL is one of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Cana ...
(NHL). Due to her
birth in the US, Lever is a dual citizen of the United States and Canada. In her youth, she played
ice hockey
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.
She graduated from the
Georgia Institute of Technology
The Georgia Institute of Technology (commonly referred to as Georgia Tech, GT, and simply Tech or the Institute) is a public university, public research university and Institute of technology (United States), institute of technology in Atlanta, ...
in 2007. In her final year playing for the
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets softball
The Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets softball team represents Georgia Institute of Technology in NCAA Division I college softball. The team participates in the Atlantic Coast Conference
The Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) is a collegiate List o ...
team, she set team records for hits and on-base percentage.
Career
She played
for Canada at the 2008 Summer Olympics
The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and officially branded as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes fro ...
.
[
From 2008 to 2011, Lever played for the ]Chicago Bandits
The Chicago Bandits were a women's professional softball team based in Rosemont, Illinois. Since the 2005 season, they have played as a member of National Pro Fastpitch (NPF). The Bandits won the 2008 NPF championship, defeating the Washington ...
of National Pro Fastpitch
National Pro Fastpitch (NPF), formerly the Women's Pro Softball League (WPSL), was a professional women's softball league in the United States. The teams battled for the Cowles Cup.
The WPSL was founded in 1997 and folded in 2001; the NPF revive ...
.
Personal
She currently resides in Buffalo, New York
Buffalo is a Administrative divisions of New York (state), city in the U.S. state of New York (state), New York and county seat of Erie County, New York, Erie County. It lies in Western New York at the eastern end of Lake Erie, at the head of ...
.[
Her father and uncle are both former ]NHL
The National Hockey League (NHL; , ''LNH'') is a professional ice hockey league in North America composed of 32 teams25 in the United States and 7 in Canada. The NHL is one of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Cana ...
players: Don Lever and Rick Ley
Richard Norman Ley (born November 2, 1948) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) and World Hockey Association (WHA).
Playing career
Ley was drafted by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the thir ...
, respectively.[
]
References
External links
*
Profile at CBC Olympics
Caitlin Lever: Canisius Player Bio
1985 births
Living people
Softball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Olympic softball players for Canada
Sportspeople from Buffalo, New York
Sportspeople from Morristown, New Jersey
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets softball players
Canisius Golden Griffins softball players
Softball players from New Jersey
Chicago Bandits players
Carolina Diamonds players
Canadian softball players
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