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Jenna Caira
Personal information
Full nameEujenna Afrodite Caira[1]
Born (1989-04-01) 1 April 1989 (age 35)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Sport
SportWomen's softball
PositionPitcher
TeamCanadian Wild (2019-present)
Jenna Caira
Medal record
Women's softball
Representing  Canada
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2015 Toronto
Silver medal – second place 2011 Guadalajara
Silver medal – second place 2019 Lima
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Caracas
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Chiba

Jenna Caira (born 1 April 1989) is a Canadian softball player. She is a pitcher and bats and throws right-handed. She has played for the Canadian Senior Women's softball team since June 2009.

College Career

Jenna attended Syracuse University from 2009 until 2012 and played for the women's softball team. She is the only player to record 1000 strikeouts in the Big East Conference, finishing with 1051 total. She is the all-time leader in many categories for Syracuse softball in many categories including games played, wins, and strikeouts. She served as team captain in both 2011 and 2012.[2] She returned to Syracuse in 2013 and 2014 and served as an Assistant Coach and Pitching Coach. [3]

National Team

Caira has played with the Senior National team since 2009. She has won five medals competing for Canada - one Gold and two Silver at the Pan American Games and two Bronze medals at the World Championships. She retired from the National Team following the 2015 gold medal performance at the Pan-Am Games, [4] but eventually returned to compete with the national team soon after.

Personal

Jenna has one brother and two sisters. She wears #29 in honour of her pitching coach, Todd Martin.[5]

She guest starred on an episode of Canadian sitcom Mr. D, as herself, in 2015.[6]

Notes

  1. ^ "Canada Roster". World Baseball Softball Confederation.
  2. ^ "Profile at Syracuse". Retrieved 7 August 2019.
  3. ^ "Profile at Olympic Canada". Retrieved 7 August 2019.
  4. ^ "Softball Canada Announces 2016 Women's National Team Roster". April 18, 2016.
  5. ^ "Profile at Olympic Canada". Retrieved 7 August 2019.
  6. ^ "Profile at IMDb". Retrieved 8 August 2019.