Gillian Dewey Boxx (born September 1, 1973) is an American, former collegiate four-time All-American, Gold Medal winning 1996

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, right-handed

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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

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. Boxx played collegiate softball at the University of California at Berkeley from 1992-95 in the

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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.

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California Golden Bears

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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 {{US-softball-bio-stub