Amanda Asay

Amanda Asay
Asay before a UBC Thunderbirds women's hockey game
Personal information
Full nameAmanda Karlene Asay[1]
Born(1988-05-16)May 16, 1988
Prince George, British Columbia, Canada
DiedJanuary 7, 2022(2022-01-07) (aged 33)
Nelson, British Columbia, Canada
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[2]
Weight85 kg (187 lb)[2]
Sport
SportBaseball, ice hockey
College teamBrown Bears
UBC Thunderbirds
Medal record
Women's baseball
Representing  Canada
Women's Baseball World Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Taiwan Team competition
Silver medal – second place 2008 Japan Team competition
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Canada Team competition
Silver medal – second place 2016 South Korea Team competition
Pan American Games
Silver medal – second place 2015 Toronto Team competition

Amanda Karlene Asay (May 16, 1988 – January 7, 2022) was a Canadian baseball and ice hockey player. She played on the Canada women's national baseball team from 2005 to 2021, and was its longest-serving member at the time of her death. She batted and threw right-handed,[3] and played at catcher, first base, and starting pitcher.

Asay joined the national team when she was 17 years old. She played in the World Cup one year later, where she was named to the all-tournament team as first baseman and won the national team's Most Valuable Player (MVP) award. She proceeded to compete in six more World Cup tournaments, earning two silver and two bronze medals in total. She was also part of the roster which secured a silver medal at the 2015 Pan American Games. At the 2016 World Cup, she played as a pitcher, won both her starts by pitching complete games, and was again bestowed the team MVP award.

  1. ^ "Amanda Asay – Women's Ice Hockey". Brown University Athletics. Archived from the original on January 10, 2022. Retrieved January 10, 2022.
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Team Canada was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Amanda Asay Bio" (PDF). Ottawa: Baseball Canada. Retrieved January 13, 2022.