Jenna Flannigan

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  • Bats Left, Throws Left
  • Height 5' 4", Weight 140 lb.

Biographical Information[edit]

Jenna Flannigan has played baseball for the University of Ottawa men's team. She then played for Team Canada in the 2012 Women's Baseball World Cup. In a 5-4 win over Australia, she drove in the final (and decisive run) by singling off Kim McMillan to drive in Becky Hartley. She had four hits and four runs from the #9 slot in Canada's 17-13 Bronze Medal game win over Australia. For the tournament, she hit .586/.625/.828 with 14 runs and 11 RBI in 9 games; defensively, she had 9 putouts, two assists and no errors in the outfield. She tied Christina Kreppold for second in the Cup in total bases (24, 5 behind Tamara Holmes), tied for third in doubles (5, one behind Holmes and Malaika Underwood), tied Bradi Wall for 4th in RBI, was second in hits (17, 2 behind Holmes), was second in runs (two behind Shae Lillywhite), was 4th in OBP (behind Holmes, Kate Psota and Nicole Luchanski), was 3rd in slugging (after Holmes and Stéphanie Savoie) and was second in average (.093 behind Holmes). She made the All-Star team for the outfield alongside Iori Miura and Hsiao-Mei Chen.

Flannigan was named the best hitter in Canada's 2013 national tournament to help Team Ontario to the title. In the 2015 Pan American Games, she was a regular for the hosts and Silver Medalists, leading the team in innings played at both CF (20, one ahead of Nikki Boyd) and LF (21, 9 ahead of Hartley), hitting .353/.476/.412 with 4 runs and 4 RBI in six games. She tied for 7th in the Games in RBI and tied for 10th in runs.

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