American softball player

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.

Contents

• 1 Career
• 2 International career
• 3 Statistics
• 4 References
• 5 External links

Career

Arioto attended Foothill High School and the University of California, Berkeley from 2008-10, 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 *ociation 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 8 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 *an in the gold medal game.

Statistics

References

External links

• USA Softball
• California Golden Bears at the Wayback Machine (archived December 17, 2012)