Gillian Dewey Boxx (born September 1, 1973) is an
American, former collegiate four-time
All-American, Gold Medal winning 1996
Olympian
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, right-handed
softball
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catcher
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, originally from
Torrance, California. She won an Olympic gold medal as a catcher on the United States women's national softball team at the
1996 Summer Olympics in
Atlanta, Georgia
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. Boxx played
collegiate softball at the
University of California at Berkeley from 1992-95 in the
Pac-12 Conference
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, where she ranks in several records and was a Second Team and three-time First Team All-Conference athlete. She is also the older sister of former
United States Women's National Soccer Team midfielder
Shannon Boxx.
Statistics
California Golden Bears
Team USA
References
External links
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1973 births
Living people
Softball players from California
Olympic gold medalists for the United States in softball
Olympic softball players of the United States
California Golden Bears softball players
People from Fontana, California
Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Sportspeople from San Bernardino County, California
Softball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics
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