Chelsea Spencer (born May 15, 1983) is an American, former collegiate All-American, professional four-time All-Star,

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player, who is currently the head coach at

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. She played

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as a

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for the

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in the

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, and helped them to the

2002 Women's College World Series The 2002 NCAA Division I softball tournament was the twenty-first annual tournament to determine the national champion of NCAA women's collegiate softball. Held during May 2002, forty-eight Division I college softball teams contested the champio ...

national title and two runner-up finishes in 2003 and 2004.

Playing career

After graduating from Arroyo High School in

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, Spencer played softball at the

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(UCB) and started at shortstop from 2002 to 2005. During her time at California, she helped the Golden Bears to 4 straight Women's College World Series berths and a Pac-10 Title. Spencer graduated from UCB with a degree in American Studies in 2005. Spencer was drafted twenty-second overall in the 2005 NPF Draft by the New York/New Jersey Juggernaut of the

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league and played for several teams from 2005 to 2010, and won a title in 2009.

Coaching career

Texas

On July 10, 2018, Spencer was announced as an assistant coach for the Texas Longhorns softball team.

California

On May 20, 2020, Spencer was announced as the new head coach for the California Golden Bears softball team. She is the first openly LGBT head coach to lead the Cal program.

Statistics

Head Coaching Record

College

External links

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Texas profile

References

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