{"id":15365,"date":"2011-10-30T09:53:43","date_gmt":"2011-10-30T16:53:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/?p=15365"},"modified":"2011-10-30T09:56:49","modified_gmt":"2011-10-30T16:56:49","slug":"stacy-may-johnson-leads-usa-to-gold-medal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/?p=15365","title":{"rendered":"Stacy May-Johnson leads USA to gold medal"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Click for original news story.<\/figcaption><\/figure>From the Iowa Athletic Department via the Des Moines Register:<\/a><\/p>\n

\nUSA Softball Team goes 9-0 to win 2011 Pan American Games<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Stacy May-Johnson (click for bio)<\/figcaption><\/figure>
\nGUADALAJARA, Mexico — University of Iowa assistant softball coach Stacy May-Johnson led the USA Softball Team to the gold medal at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico. Team USA posted a perfect 9-0 record en route to its seventh straight gold medal.<\/p>\n

The Red, White and Blue were dominant, posting “mercy-rule” victories in seven of the nine games and outscoring the opposition, 78-8.<\/p>\n

Team USA posted victories over Venezuela (10-0 (4), Dominican Republic (10-0(4), Mexico (7-0(5), Cuba (3-0), Puerto Rico (4-1), Canada (12-5(5), Argentina (8-0(6), Cuba (13-1(5) and Canada (11-1(4) in the gold medal game.<\/p>\n

“This is simply just a great feeling to win and represent the United States” said May-Johnson shortly after winning the gold medal.<\/p>\n

May-Johnson collected hits in seven of the eight games in which she appeared, including her final seven contests. She finished with a .522 batting average in eight games, tying for the team lead with 12 hits (12-23), which included one double, one triple and two home runs. She also led the team with 12 RBI.<\/p>\n

She went 2-for-3 with a double, triple and four RBI against the Dominican Republic; 2-for-3 against Puerto Rico, 2-for-3 with a home run, two runs and two RBI against Canada; 2-for-3 with a home run and three RBI against Argentina; 1-for-3 with a run and RBI against Cuba and 2-for-3 with a run and two RBI in the championship game against Canada. <\/p>\n

It is the second gold medal May-Johnson has earned, as she helped Team USA to the title at the World Cup of Softball VI title in July.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From the Iowa Athletic Department via the Des Moines Register: USA Softball Team goes 9-0 to win 2011 Pan American Games GUADALAJARA, Mexico — University of Iowa assistant softball coach Stacy May-Johnson led the USA Softball Team to the gold medal at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico. Team USA posted a perfect […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15366,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,19,23,26],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-15365","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-asa","8":"category-players","9":"category-tournaments","10":"category-women","11":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15365","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15365"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15365\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15370,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15365\/revisions\/15370"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/15366"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15365"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15365"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}