Amanda Asay
Asay before a UBC Thunderbirds women's hockey game in 2012 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Amanda Karlene Asay | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | May 16, 1988 Prince George, British Columbia, Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | January 7, 2022 (aged 33) Nelson, British Columbia, Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Baseball, ice hockey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | Brown Bears UBC Thunderbirds | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Amanda Karlene Asay (May 16, 1988 – January 7, 2022) was a Canadian baseball and ice hockey player. She was on the Canada women's national baseball team from 2005 to 2021 and was its longest-serving member at the time of her death. She batted and threw right-handed, and played at catcher, first base, and starting pitcher.
Asay joined the national team when she was 17 years old. She played in the World Cup one year later, when she was named to the all-tournament team as first baseman and won the national team's Most Valuable Player (MVP) award. She competed in six more World Cup tournaments, earning two silver and three bronze medals. She was also part of the team that won a silver medal at the 2015 Pan American Games. At the 2016 World Cup, she played as a pitcher, won both her starts by pitching complete games, and again won the team MVP award.
After Asay died in a skiing accident in 2022, Baseball Canada retired her jersey number in her honour at a memorial game. She was inducted into the BC Sports Hall of Fame and the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame in 2024 and 2025, respectively.