Michelle Venturella

Michelle Ruether Venturella is an American, former collegiate All-American, gold medal-winning Olympian, left-handed softball player and former Head Coach. Venturella played for the Indiana Hoosiers in the Big Ten Conference, being named a three-time all-conference honoree and the 1994 Player of The Year. She later served as an alternate for the 1996 Olympics and then winning a gold medal at the 2000 [Sydney Olympics] for United States women's [national softball team|Team USA] softball. She is the former head coach at Washington [University Bears|Washington University in St. Louis].

Career

She competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney where she received a gold medal with the American team.
Ventruella played NCAA softball at Indiana University. She was the head coach of the Washington University in St. Louis softball team.