Female+Us+Team+Standouts+5

Emma S. and Lucy C.

__Softball__ Jennie Finch Lisa Fernandez Crystl Bustos Cat Osterman __Swimming__ Dana Vollmer Amanda Beard Kathleen Hershey __Gymnastics__ Nastia Liukin __Tennis -__ Venus Williams Serena Williams __Sailing__ Christina Bassadone Saskia Clark __Soccer__ Natasha Kai Heather O’Reilly Tobin Heath __Basketball__ Lisa Leslie

Slides on VoiceThread

 * Jennie Finch**

-started playing softball at age 5
-has five pitches. riser,curveball,screwball,drop ball, and changeup - throws 70 mph on radar gun -won many gold medals at olympics and tournaments -used to pitch at Arizona -outstanding softball player all around -mainly known for her pitching

-from Moscow, Russia -four time US National Champion in artisic gymnastics -2005 was World Champion on balance beam -2007 was World Champion on balance beam -2005 was World Champion on uneven bars -has nine World Champion medals - seven of the nine medals were individual -goes down in history as winning most World Champion medals of any American gymnast
 * Nastia Liukin**

-born in Hawaii - one of the most famous female athlets from Hawaii -went to Unversity of Hawaii - was Confrence Player of the Year three times -plays forward and subsitutes for offense -under pressure doing her best to represent the state of Hawaii -plays for United States Womens National Soccer Team
 * Natasha Kai**