Anna Kimbrell (born October 4, 1990) is a member of the

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which won a gold medal at the

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Playing career

Kimbrell, a pitcher and catcher, has been affiliated with Team USA women's baseball since 2006. Growing up, she played baseball throughout Little League. She played for Nation Ford High, where she was the first girl to play high school baseball in South Carolina, and later went on to be the first girl to play American Legion baseball in the state. She began playing at age 8 with Rock Hill Little League baseball. With the Piedmont Patriots in 2003, she was the only girl to play in a 64-team tournament in Cooperstown. On July 14, 2016, Kimbrell became the third female player to join the

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where she joined

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teammates

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and

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. On July 22, 2016, Kimbrell and Whitmore combined to make history as the first all-female professional

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in nearly 70 years.

Softball

AK played Division I softball at

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before transferring to the

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from where she graduated in 2013. In her senior season, she was the starting catcher for the

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Awards and honors

* Conference USA All-Second Team

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kimbrell, Anna 1990 births Living people American female baseball players Baseball players at the 2015 Pan American Games UAB Blazers athletes Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States Pan American Games medalists in baseball Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games