Sandy Lewis (softball)

Sandy Lewis
Medal record
Representing Australia
Women's softball
Olympic Games

Sandra Lewis (born Sandra Louise Allen; 11 October 1978 in Sydney, Australia) is a softball player from Australia, who won a silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics, and bronze medals at the 2000 and 2008 Summer Olympics.^[1]

In 2003 she was named Co-Big Ten Player of the Week, when playing for Michigan State.^[2]

An alumni from Michigan State University, Sandy Lewis was a Third-Team All-American center fielder for the Spartans. Throughout her college career she earned Co-Big Ten Player of the Week and Big Ten Player of the Week honors. Sandy Lewis also helped break the 5-year winning streak University of Michigan had over Michigan State in 2003, with a walk-off two-run home run in the bottom of the fifth inning. She ended up in fourth place with her batting average, which was a .400 for the Big Ten Conference. In 2003, Sandy Lewis was also named in the Verizon Academic All-America Softball University Division First Team. Lewis's overall GPA was a 3.63 majoring in Human Biology. As an elite player for the Spartans she led Michigan State on-base percentage (.472), runs batted in (37), runs (39), Batting average (.369) and tying for first in hits (65). She was awarded first-team in the All-Great Lakes Region, first-team All-Big Ten along with the NCAA Region 2 All-Tournament team.

References

^ "Sandra Lewis". Australian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
^ "Sandy Lewis Named Co-Big Ten Softball Player of the Week". Michigan State University Athletics. 5 May 2003. Archived from the original on 5 June 2021. Retrieved 5 June 2021.

External links

Queensland Academy of Sport profile

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[1] "Sandra Lewis". Australian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 5 June 2021.

[2] "Sandy Lewis Named Co-Big Ten Softball Player of the Week". Michigan State University Athletics. 5 May 2003. Archived from the original on 5 June 2021. Retrieved 5 June 2021.

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