Lovieanne Jung (born January 11, 1980) is a Filipino-American, former collegiate All-American, two-time medal winning Olympian, retired

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player. She began her

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career at

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as a second baseman, then transferred to

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and played as a

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. She represented the

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winning a gold medal at the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

, and a silver medal 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 ...

College

Beginning her

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collegiate career at

Fresno State University California State University, Fresno (Fresno State) is a public university in Fresno, California. It is one of 23 campuses in the California State University system. The university had a fall 2020 enrollment of 25,341 students. It offers bache ...

, Jung had her debut on February 15, 1999, vs. the

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, swatting a

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in her first at-bat. She was named a National Fastpitch Coaches Association Second Team All-American and recognized Second Team All-WAC Conference. The Bulldogs returned to defend their

Women's College World Series The Women's College World Series (WCWS) is the final portion of the NCAA Division I softball tournament for college softball in the United States. Eight teams participate in the WCWS, which begins with a double-elimination tournament. In other wo ...

championship title and she led the team with a .500 average and was named All-Tournament after the team was eliminated on May 29 by the

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. As a sophomore, she repeated honors from both the NFCA and moving to the First Team for the conference. She would leave ranking top-10 in career

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(.359) for the Bulldogs. Jung transferred to the

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. She began in 2002 by being named Pac-10 Newcomer of the Year, unique as a third-year player. She also earned First Team conference honors. Jung once again led her team in average at the World Series and helped them to the finale game on May 27. She walked all three of her plate appearances in a loss to the

. For a final year, she captured her last NFCA (First Team) and conference awards, led the Nation in home runs, RBIs,

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and

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to be named a top-3 finalist for USA Softball Player of The Year. Jung belted a two-run homer on May 18 to help defeat the

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in the NCAA Tournament Regionals, driving in her 200th career RBI. She played her last game on May 25 in another loss to Cal at the WCWS, recording a hit. She earned her second WCWS All-Tournament mark and again led the team in average. For a second time, Jung would rank top-10 in career average (.409) as well as slugging (.838%, which also is a Pac-10 top-5 record), at the school upon her graduation. In all of the NCAA, Jung was ranked 8th and now is still in the top-25 overall for career total bases. As a standout player, appearing in three

, Jung's WCWS stats included batting .375 (12/32) with two RBIs, a

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, and seven

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Personal

Born in

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, Jung moved with her family to

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at a young age. She won a gold medal at the

2004 Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

and a silver medal at the

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before retiring from softball. Lovieanne Jung is currently working as a Firefighter/Paramedic for The City of Riverside Fire Department. Jung's longtime boyfriend is

Jon Garland Jon Steven Garland (born September 27, 1979) is an American former professional baseball starting pitcher. After being drafted by the Chicago Cubs of Major League Baseball (MLB) in 1997, Garland played for the Chicago White Sox, Los Angeles Angel ...

. She currently works as a firefighter.

Statistics

References

External links

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USA Softball biography

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jung, Lovieanne 1980 births Living people Softball players from California Arizona Wildcats softball players Fresno State Bulldogs softball players Olympic softball players of the United States Olympic gold medalists for the United States in softball Olympic silver medalists for the United States in softball Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Softball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Softball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States Softball players at the 2007 Pan American Games Sportspeople from Los Angeles Sportspeople from Orange County, California Pan American Games medalists in softball Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games