Sheila Marie Cornell-Douty (born February 26, 1962) is an American, two-time Gold Medal winning Olympian and former collegiate right-handed

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first basemen, originally from

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. Cornell-Douty won two National Championships with the

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in 1982 and 1984. After graduating from UCLA she played for the Stratford Brakettes from 1988 through 1994. She also competed at the

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where she received a gold medal with the American team. She was also a member of the American gold winning team at the

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in Sydney. She was inducted into the

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in 2006, and the International Softball Federation Hall of Fame in 2007.

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Team USA

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* * * * 1962 births Living people UCLA Bruins softball players Olympic softball players for the United States Olympic gold medalists for the United States in softball Softball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Softball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics People from Encino, Los Angeles Softball players from California {{US-softball-bio-stub