Victoria Noel Galindo-Piatt (born December 22, 1983), commonly known as Vicky Galindo, is an American, former collegiate
All-American, medal-winning
Olympian, three-time professional All-Star,
softball
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player and current
head coach
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at
West Valley College
West Valley College is a public community college in Saratoga, California. It is part of the California Community College system.
History
The college was founded as West Valley Junior College in 1963. It was to serve the footprint of the Campbell ...
. An infielder at
second and
third, Galindo played
college softball at West Valley and later for
California
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in the
Pac-12 Conference, helping them to back-to-back national runner-up finishes at the
2003 and
2004 Women's College World Series. She went undrafted but later 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 ...
of
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 ...
(NPF) winning two championships. She also played for the
, winning a silver medal at the
2008 Summer Olympics.
Career
Galindo played for the
University of California, Berkeley
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Golden Bears from 2003–2005 and was an undergrad assistant in 2006.
Galindo was on the US national team from 2005-2007. She was also the assistant coach for the San Jose State in 2007. Before her time at Cal, Galindo played for West Valley Junior College for the 2002 season. She went to high school at James Logan High School in
Union City, California
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where she graduated in 2001. Galindo started playing at age 4 when her dad coached her brother, baseball team. There was an extra jersey and he told her to go play.
Galindo was featured in ''
The Advocate'' as one of the
out athletes taking part in the
Beijing Olympics. She said she has had serious relationships with both men and women. When she came out to the team, she said they were unconditionally supportive. Galindo's decision to come out helped teammate
Lauren Lappin come out as well. In 2014, she married Eddie Piatt.
The couple have two children together.
James Logan High School
Vicky was the 2001 Best All Around Female Athlete her senior year.
Statistics
College Softball
;2002: Freshman Year
* Led West Valley Junior College to the state championship title
* Earned All-American honors
* First team all-league
** .510 batting average
;2003: Sophomore Year
* Named to the All-CWS tournament team
* All-region recognition after hitting .462 (6-13)
* Garnered All-Pacific Region second team honors
** Second among Bears in hitting, posting a .324 average
* 73 hits were the fifth highest total among Pac-10 players
* Posted 19 regular season multi-hit games
;2004: Junior Year
* Member of USA Schutt Elite Team at Canada Cup and Champions Cup
**Hit .415 (22-53) with 12 runs and a team-high five doubles and 12 RBI
* Led the Cal Bears to the WCWS runner-up
* Second team All-Pac-10
* First team All-American
* First team All Pacific Region
;2005: Senior Year
* Led the Cal Bears to the Women's College World Series
* Pac-10 Conference Honors
* First-Team All-American
US National Team
2005
* International Sports Invitational Champion
** Hit. 889
* Gold medalist at Pan Am qualifier
* Silver medalist at World Cup
** Hit .455 (5-11) for a team-high seven RBI
* Silver medalist at Japan Cup
** Hit .273 (3-11) with one RBI
2006
* Undergrad assistant for Cal Bears
* Gold Medalist at World Cup of Softball
2007
* Assistant Coach at San Jose State
* Gold medalist at World Cup.
Note: she batted .467 (7-15) for Team USA in the 2007 World Cup where she has played in all but one game. She appeared as a pinch runner for
Crystl Bustos in the game she did not start.
References
External links
*
Vicky Galindo - US National Team bio*
*
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1983 births
Living people
American softball coaches
California Golden Bears softball players
California Golden Bears softball coaches
Chicago Bandits players
West Valley Vikings softball players
West Valley Vikings softball coaches
San Jose State Spartans softball coaches
Olympic softball players of the United States
Olympic silver medalists for the United States in softball
Softball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Softball players at the 2007 Pan American Games
Bisexual sportspeople
Bisexual women
LGBT people from California
American LGBT sportspeople
People from Union City, California
Softball players from California
LGBT softball players
Pan American Games competitors for the United States