Angelique "Angel" Bunner (born November 2, 1989) is an American, former professional

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. Bunner pitched collegiately for

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from 2008 to 2012. In the 2012 NPF Draft, she was drafted seventeenth overall by the

Carolina Diamonds The Carolina Diamonds, formerly known as the NPF Diamonds, Tennessee Diamonds, Rockford Thunder and Texas Thunder, was a women's softball team based in Charlotte, North Carolina. Since the 2004 season, they have played as a member of National Pro ...

. During her professional career in the

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 ...

, she played for the

USSSA Pride The USSSA Pride are a professional softball team based in Viera, Florida and a member of the WPF - Women's Professional Fastpitch League, U.S. Founded in 2009. They previously played in National Pro Fastpitch (NPF) from 2009 to 2019. They play th ...

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 Gl ...

, Pennsylvania Rebellion,

, NY/NJ Comets and most recently the

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. She currently ranks in career

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and won a

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championship with the Bandits in

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Early life

Bunner was born in

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to George and Debbie Bunner. Bunner has two older siblings. She attended at

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the same school

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attended. At

, Bunner lettered four times in softball and three in

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. Bunner currently has Conwell-Egan records for wins (70), strikeouts (818) and shutouts (38).

Career

College career

Bunner played

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from 2008 to 2012. She set the third-best single-season ERA at 1.53 in 2011, set ninth-best single-season batting average against at .205 in 2011, tied for seventh-most wins in single-season with 16 in 2011, and set single-season record for fewest walks with 22 in 2012. Bunner recorded eight wins in her freshman season; red shirted her sophomore year due to injury; 7 in her second full season; 16 in her third full year; and 13 in her last season for a career total of 44 wins. In that stretch, Bunner struck out a total of 326 batters. After Bunner finished college she ranked top ten in several categories, and currently ranks as fourth in

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, seventh in

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, and ninth in wins,

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and innings.

Professional career

Bunner was drafted seventeenth overall by the

in the 2012 NPF Draft. She was the first Auburn softball player to be taken in the NPF draft. In February 2013, it was announced that the team had folded and the roster would now be picked up by the NPF expansion team, the New York/New Jersey Comets. Bunner joined the

midway through the 2016 season. She was the winning pitcher, pitching in the first six innings of game 3 of the championship series against the

Personal life

In 2016, Bunner became a teacher at Belleview High School in

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Career statistics

References

External links

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Angel Bunner Pro FastPitch.com
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bunner, Angel 1989 births Living people Softball players from Pennsylvania Auburn Tigers softball players Beijing Eagles players Carolina Diamonds players Chicago Bandits players Pennsylvania Rebellion players USSSA Pride players Sportspeople from Bucks County, Pennsylvania