Danielle Lawrie
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Danielle Elaine Lawrie (born April 11, 1987)
From 2010 to 2014 and in 2019, Lawrie played for the
Early life
Danielle, the daughter of Cheryl and Russ Lawrie, grew up and currently resides in Langley, British Columbia.
Her younger brother, Brett, a former major league baseball player with the Toronto Blue Jays, Oakland Athletics and Chicago White Sox, began playing with the Canadian national junior team at the age of 15, and played for Team Canada in the 2008 Summer Olympics.[3]
Her older sister named Nicole died in an accident when she was only 5, before Brett was even born. She and Brett have special tattoos in her memory.
She attended Brookswood Secondary School, where she lettered in softball, also helping the team to three league championships. She was named Most Valuable Player in her freshman and senior years, and was a first team All-Star four years and team captain three times. In addition to softball, Lawrie also lettered in basketball.[1] She played summer ball for the White Rock Renegades for five years under coach Rick Sullivan, and was named the MVP of the 2005 Canadian National Team.[4] After graduating from Brookswood, she went on to the University of Washington, becoming the first Canadian on the team.[1]
University of Washington
Lawrie began her career by being named to the then
On March 16, Lawrie combined with
As a sophomore, Lawrie earned National Fastpitch Coaches Association First Team
.In a win over the
For her junior campaign, Lawrie repeated honors from the NFCA, as well as being named
Beginning on February 7, 2009 with a win over
In the
In her final season, Lawrie earned 2010 First Team from the NFCA and the
To start the 2010 season, Lawrie won her first 18 decisions to combine with a last three from 2009 for a 21 consecutive game win streak. The
Lawrie holds the
Lawrie did not play for the
Team Canada
Lawrie was one of 15 players selected to represent Canada in the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China, where she made three appearances and pitched 12 innings. In her first Olympic appearance, she earned a victory in Canada's 9–2 win over the Netherlands, striking out four in four innings of work, while allowing just one run on two hits. She also hurled a complete game against Venezuela in which she struck out nine batters, allowing just two runs on four hits, but Canada was unable to support her in a 2–0 loss. In all, she struck out 13 batters in 12 innings at Beijing.[4]
Prior to the 2008 Olympic Games, Lawrie was a member of the Canadian National Team in 2005, '06, '07 and '08. She also spent one season on the Canadian Junior National team, and one on the Developmental Team. She helped the National Team qualify for the 2008 Olympics at the 2006 World Cup. In October 2007 at the China Cup, held in Beijing, the Canadians won all three of the games in which Lawrie started, and received the Silver Medal. Lawrie finished the seven-day tournament with a 3–0 record and a team-best 1.29 ERA. Her 21⅔ innings pitched and 18 strikeouts also led the team. She had her best performance of the China Cup against Australia, which had already defeated the Canadians twice in the tournament, pitching seven shutout innings while giving up just two hits and striking out three in leading the team to a 4–0 win. At the 2006 World Cup, Lawrie threw a complete-game shutout against Australia with seven strikeouts. She was named Most Valuable Pitcher at the 2006 Canada Cup, where the team was awarded a silver medal. She threw 6⅔ innings of relief against the Netherlands, giving up just one run and striking out 13 batters. She tossed a complete-game shutout with five strikeouts against Italy at the 2006 ISF World Championships, where she also earned a shutout victory over Chinese Taipei with eight strikeouts. She was named to Beat Team USA at the 2005 World Cup, tossing a complete game and striking out seven.[4]
Lawrie returned from retirement to retrain to compete for the 2020 Summer Olympics and helped Canada qualify as runner-up at the 2019 Americas Qualifier. She clinched their spot with a run-rule shutout of Brazil, allowing a hit and fanning 8.[47] At the Tokyo Olympics, she went 1-1 and earned the win in the Bronze medal game, defeating Team Mexico 3-2 on July 27, 2021.[48]
National Pro Fastpitch
In 2010, Lawrie joined the professional ranks of the NPF as a pitcher for the USSSA Pride. Danielle wears number 15 for Pride as she did for the Washington Huskies. Danielle pitched her first game for the Pride on July 30, 2010 against the Chicago Bandits. The final score of Lawrie's first game was 8–3 in favor of the Chicago Bandits. In 2011, Lawrie was named an All-Star for the Pride.[49] Beginning on June 26-August 3, she won 8 consecutive games for a career best. For those wins, Lawrie threw 52.0 and gave up 24 hits, 10 earned runs, 18 walks and collected 55 strikeouts for a 1.34 ERA and 0.81 WHIP. Beginning on the same day until July 9, Lawrie achieved 27.1 consecutive scoreless innings with 10 hits, 7 walks and 29 strikeouts for a 0.62 WHIP. To open the 2012 season, she struck out a career best 13 batters in a 9–3, June 8 win vs. the Chicago Bandits. Lawrie would also bookend her first tenure by winning two Cowles Cup Championships in 2010 and 2014. In 2019, she joined the Canadian Wild.[50] Lawrie currently ranks top-10 all-time in career strikeout ratio.[51]
Career statistics
YEAR | W
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L
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GP | GS | CG | Sh
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SV | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | ERA | WHIP
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2006 | 23 | 16 | 45 | 35 | 29 | 9 | 2 | 257.2 | 170 | 70 | 53 | 76 | 387 | 1.44 | 0.95 |
2007 | 31 | 13 | 49 | 39 | 33 | 11 | 3 | 278.0 | 168 | 86 | 61 | 104 | 457 | 1.53 | 0.98 |
2009 | 42 | 8 | 52 | 50 | 46 | 21 | 0 | 352.2 | 165 | 60 | 49 | 76 | 521 | 0.97 | 0.68 |
2010 | 40 | 5 | 48 | 44 | 41 | 24 | 2 | 302.1 | 169 | 53 | 48 | 46 | 495 | 1.11 | 0.71 |
TOTALS | 136 | 42 | 194 | 168 | 149 | 65 | 7 | 1190.2 | 672 | 269 | 211 | 302 | 1860 | 1.24 | 0.82 |
YEAR | G | AB
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R | H | BA | RBI | HR
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3B | 2B | TB | SLG | BB | SO | SB | SBA |
2006 | 45 | 38 | 2 | 9 | .237 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15 | .394% | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
2007 | 54 | 149 | 15 | 43 | .288 | 30 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 81 | .543% | 12 | 28 | 0 | 0 |
2009 | 56 | 112 | 16 | 30 | .268 | 30 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 54 | .482% | 17 | 21 | 0 | 0 |
2010 | 59 | 169 | 33 | 53 | .313 | 57 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 103 | .609% | 28 | 23 | 1 | 1 |
TOTALS | 214 | 468 | 66 | 135 | .288 | 120 | 34 | 0 | 16 | 253 | .540% | 61 | 82 | 1 | 1 |
NPF USSSA Pride & Canadian Wild
YEAR | W
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L
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GP | GS | CG | SHO | SV
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IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | ERA | WHIP
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2010 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 50.0 | 57 | 25 | 23 | 17 | 39 | 3.22 | 1.48 |
2011 | 9 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 86.0 | 54 | 30 | 24 | 24 | 85 | 1.95 | 0.90 |
2012 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 70.0 | 59 | 37 | 29 | 20 | 88 | 2.90 | 1.13 |
2014 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 48.0 | 46 | 22 | 18 | 13 | 47 | 2.62 | 1.23 |
2019 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 39.2 | 32 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 29 | 2.14 | 1.02 |
TOTALS | 25 | 11 | 58 | 45 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 293.2 | 248 | 128 | 106 | 82 | 288 | 2.53 | 1.12 |
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- ^ "Danielle Lawrie". Stats.805stats.com. Retrieved 2019-11-14.[permanent dead link]
External links
- Danielle Lawrie on Twitter
- NPF career stats
- 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics | Danielle Lawrie Profile & Bio Archived 2018-09-14 at the Wayback Machine
- Baird, Dick. "Is Danielle Lawrie Babe Ruth Reincarnated?" UCLA BruinReportOnline.com (June 3, 2009)
- Brewer, Jerry. "UW's Lawrie may be Seattle's most dominant athlete ever" (Seattle Times, June 3, 2009)
- "Huskies claim first NCAA softball title" ESPN College Sports (June 3, 2009)
- Krell, Lexie. "Back from Beijing (Part 2 of 2): Danielle Lawrie brings back experience from summer games" (The Daily (of the University of Washington), October 14, 2008)
- Naito, Jon. "UW pitcher Danielle Lawrie, brother Brett both poised for Beijing Olympics" (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, July 15, 2008)
- Wood, Terry. "UW's Danielle Lawrie wins USA Softball National Collegiate Player of the Year" (Seattle Times, May 27, 2009)