Valerie "Val" Ann Arioto (born April 10, 1989) is an American, former collegiate All-American, medal-winning Olympian, softball pitcher and first baseman. She was a pitcher and infielder for the California Golden Bears in the Pac-12 Conference. She has also served as a member of the United States women's national softball team since 2012, and at the 2020 Summer Olympics helped the team win a silver medal.
Career Arioto attended Foothill High School and the University of California, Berkeley from 2008–2010, 12, where she earned a Second Team and two First-Team All-Pac-12 honors, including being named 2012 Pac-12 Player of The Year. She was also recognized by the National Fastpitch Coaches Association as a Third Team and two-time First Team All-American. With United States women's national softball team she won 2011 World Cup of Softball and has since been a member for eight years.
International career Arioto represented Team USA at the 2020 Summer Olympics and won a silver medal. Arioto recorded three hits and two walks for the team during the tournament. Team USA was defeated by Team Japan in the gold medal game.
Statistics +California Golden Bears YEAR G AB R H BA RBI HR 3B 2B TB SLG BB SO SB SBA 2008 70 219 55 71 .324 29 2 4 17 102 .465% 48 51 14 16 2009 58 163 41 53 .325 37 10 1 6 91 .558% 41 36 15 16 2010 63 138 61 49 .355 60 19 0 7 113 .819% 81 40 12 12 2012 65 137 65 50 .365 60 23 0 6 125 .912% 94 24 5 5 TOTALS 256 657 222 223 .339 186 54 5 36 431 .656% 264 151 46 49
YEAR W L GP GS CG Sh SV IP H R ER BB SO ERA WHIP 2008 8 3 30 8 2 1 1 87.0 60 37 24 57 105 1.93 1.34 2009 14 9 37 16 7 2 1 160.1 139 82 55 68 173 2.40 1.29 2010 21 9 35 26 19 11 0 205.2 126 49 42 66 264 1.43 0.93 2012 20 3 24 24 15 6 0 127.0 92 31 24 33 155 1.32 0.98 TOTALS 63 24 126 74 43 20 2 580.0 417 199 145 224 697 1.75 1.10
+Team USA YEAR G AB R H BA RBI HR 3B 2B TB SLG BB SO SB 2020 13 32 9 9 .281 11 2 0 2 17 .531% 10 3 0 2021 31 75 13 16 .213 15 6 0 5 39 .520% 22 12 0 Olympics 6 17 1 3 .176 1 0 0 0 3 .176% 2 3 0 TOTAL 50 124 23 28 .226 27 8 0 7 59 .476% 34 18 0
References
External links Valerie Arioto at USA Softball (archive March 27, 2012)