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Melissa Armstrong (born September 18, 1990, in
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player. She is a member of the Canada women's national baseball team which won a silver medal at the
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Playing career


Baseball

Armstrong made her debut with the Canadian national team prior to her senior year of high school. Of note, she has competed in five IBAF Women's World Cups (2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016). Competing with Team Alberta, she helped the squad capture the gold medal at the 2014 Senior Women's Invitational (also known as the Canadian women's baseball championships).


Personal

Aside from baseball, Armstrong attended the UoS to receive an undergraduate degree in history and political studies, a master's degree in African studies from Oxford University and a PhD in history from Carleton University. She is currently in medical school at the University of Saskatchewan. She just married Benjamin


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Armstrong, Melissa 1990 births Sportspeople from Saskatoon Canadian female baseball players Baseball people from Saskatchewan Living people Baseball players at the 2015 Pan American Games Pan American Games silver medalists for Canada Pan American Games medalists in baseball Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games 20th-century Canadian women 21st-century Canadian women