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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 109. Not illustrated. Chapters: Lisa Fernandez, Dot Richardson, Ivelisse Echevarria, Tanya Harding, Laura Berg, Michele Mary Smith, Sheila Cornell-Douty, Natalie Ward, Peta Edebone, Melanie Roche, Leah O'brien, Brooke Wilkins, Natalie Titcume, Tao Hua, Wei Qiang, Joanne Brown, Kerry Dienelt, Zhang Chunfang, Sally Mcdermid, Sue Fairhurst, Wang Lihong, Dionna Harris, Christa Lee Williams, an Zhongxin, Wang Ying, Yan Fang, Xu Jian, Ma Ying, Michele Granger, Shelly Stokes, Julie Smith, Kim Maher, Dani Tyler, He Liping, Liu Yaju, Lei Li, Carolyn Crudgington, Liu Xuqing, ou Jingbai, Chen Hong, Francine Mcrae, Jennifer Holliday, Nicole Richardson, Jocelyn Lester, Kim Cooper, Haylea Petrie. Excerpt: Lisa Fernandez (born February 22, 1971, in New York City) is a right-handed softball pitcher of Cuban-Puerto Rican descent, who established an Olympic record in softball with 25 strikeouts in a game as a member of the United States Women's team. Lisa's father immigrated from Cuba, where he played baseball. In New York, he met Lisa's mother, who had migrated from Puerto Rico and whom he married. Lisa's mother played stickball, a street game similar to baseball played with a broom stick and a rubber ball, with her brother in the streets. Lisa began playing at the age of eight. At twelve, she played in a local children's league; when she tried out as a pitcher, her coach told her that she would never make it because she didn't have the right size and build. In 1986, Lisa and her family moved to Lakewood, California, where she attended St. Joseph High School. She joined her school's girls' softball team and she and her teammates won the CIF Championship. Upon graduating from high school, she was accepted to the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), where she played softball and earned a degree in psychology. Fernandez played at UCLA from ...
