Caitlin Anne Lever (born March 12, 1985) is an American-Canadian

softball Softball is a game similar to baseball played with a larger ball on a smaller field. Softball is played competitively at club levels, the college level, and the professional level. The game was first created in 1887 in Chicago by George Hanc ...

outfielder.

Early life

Lever was born in

Morristown, New Jersey Morristown () is a town and the county seat of Morris County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. ...

, when her father

Don Lever Donald Richard Lever (born November 14, 1952) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey left winger who played 15 seasons in the National Hockey League from 1972–73 until 1986–87. Playing career Lever was drafted 3rd overall by the Vanc ...

played for the

New Jersey Devils The New Jersey Devils are a professional sports, professional ice hockey team based in Newark, New Jersey. The Devils compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Metropolitan Division in the Eastern Conference (NHL), Eastern ...

of the

National Hockey League The National Hockey League (NHL; french: Ligue nationale de hockey—LNH, ) is a professional ice hockey league in North America comprising 32 teams—25 in the United States and 7 in Canada. It is considered to be the top ranked professional ...

(NHL). Due to her birth in the US, Lever is a dual citizen of the United States and Canada. In her youth, she played

ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. In ice hockey, two opposing teams use ice hock ...

. She graduated from the

Georgia Institute of Technology The Georgia Institute of Technology, commonly referred to as Georgia Tech or, in the state of Georgia, as Tech or The Institute, is a public research university and institute of technology in Atlanta, Georgia. Established in 1885, it is part of ...

in 2007. In her final year playing for the

Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets softball The Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets softball team represents Georgia Institute of Technology in NCAA Division I college softball. The team participates in the Atlantic Coast Conference. The Yellow Jackets Yellowjacket or yellowjacket is the co ...

team, she set team records for hits and on-base percentage.

Career

She played for Canada at the

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...

. From 2008 to 2011, Lever played for the

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 ...

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 ...

Personal

She currently resides in

Buffalo, New York Buffalo is the second-largest city in the U.S. state of New York (behind only New York City) and the seat of Erie County. It is at the eastern end of Lake Erie, at the head of the Niagara River, and is across the Canadian border from South ...

. Her father and uncle are both former

NHL The National Hockey League (NHL; french: Ligue nationale de hockey—LNH, ) is a professional ice hockey league in North America comprising 32 teams—25 in the United States and 7 in Canada. It is considered to be the top ranked professional ...

players:

and

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, respectively.

References

External links

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Profile at CBC OlympicsCaitlin Lever: Canisius Player Bio
1985 births Living people Canadian sportswomen Softball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic softball players for Canada Sportspeople from Buffalo, New York Sportspeople from Morristown, New Jersey Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets softball players Canisius Golden Griffins softball players Softball players from New Jersey Chicago Bandits players Carolina Diamonds players {{Canada-softball-bio-stub