Nationality American Height 1.83 m Name Krista Donnenwirth | Sport Softball Country USA | |
Full name Krista Lynn Donnenwirth Born June 12, 1989 (age 34) ( 1989-06-12 ) Torrance, California, USA College team Arizona State Sun Devils softball | ||
Education Arizona State University | ||
Krista Lynn Donnenwirth (born June 12, 1989, in Torrance, California) is an All-American softball player. She attended Capistrano Valley High School. After graduating from high school, she went on to attend Arizona State University, where she plays shortstop and third base.
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Early life and family
Born in Torrance, California, Donnenwirth is the daughter of Bill Donnenwirth and Sarah Donnenwirth. She has one older brother, Dana Donnenwirth. At a young age Donnenwirth and her family moved to Mission Viejo, California where they still reside today. She attended Capistrano Valley High School where she played softball and basketball. Donnenwirth lettered in both sports, but she excelled at softball, winning the league MVP and making All-CIF First Team.
Arizona State softball career
During the 2008 season she was named NFCA Third-Team All-American, First-Team All-Pac-10 and Pac-10 Newcomer of the Year after posting a .354 batting average, fifteen home runs, 74 RBIs, 37 runs and a .632 slugging percentage in leading the Sun Devils to the 2008 National Championship, the team's first NCAA title. Donnenwirth delivered a dominating performance during game one of the 2008 NCAA Championship Series, going 3-for-3 and driving in all three Sun Devil runs in a 3–0 shutout victory over Texas A&M.
During the 2009 season she posted a .322 batting average, nine home runs, 47 RBIs, 31 runs and a .523 slugging percentage.
In the 2010 season, she made her season debut on February 26, 2010, going 0 for 4 with a strikeout and a sacrifice bunt in an 8–7 win over South Florida. She finished the 2010 season with a .307 batting average, five home runs, 25 RBIs, 24 runs and a .443 slugging percentage.
During the 2011 season she posted a .328 batting average, seven home runs, 54 RBIs, 31 runs and a .503 slugging percentage in leading the Sun Devils to the 2011 National Championship. In the first game of the final series against Florida, Donnenwirth hit two home runs leading the Sun Devils to a 14–4 victory. In the final game of her college career, Donnenwirth went 1 for 3 with a walk, as Arizona State clinched the 2011 title with a 7–2 victory over Florida.
Arizona State education
Donnenwirth graduated in 2012, receiving both a Bachelor of Science in Nutrition and Bachelor of Arts in Psychology
Personal life
In 2009, Donnenwirth was charged with driving under the influence and was cooperative during the on-scene investigation