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Foothill Gold teams up with Monica Abbott and the Scrap Yard Dawgs To bring you a college recruiting and instructional camp! February 25th 9am-12pm or 1pm-4pm ages 8-12 February 26th 9am-12pm or 1pm-4pm ages 13 and up Location: Folsom High School Cost $110 Visit our website at www.foothillgoldasa.org to register in the store Any questions email or text JD Stinson @ [email protected] 530-748-6933

Abbott was born in Santa Cruz, and attended North Salinas High School from 1999 to 2003.

==College career== Abbott pitched for the [[University of Tennessee]] Lady Volunteers team from 2004 to 2007.On April 21, in Abbott's 33rd game started of the season, she struck out her 500th batter of the season, thus becoming the first in NCAA Division I history to record 500 in all four years of her collegiate career. Abbott finished her college career with significant season awards as the USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year and the winner of the Honda Award for Top Collegiate Softball Player.On October 16, 2007, Abbott won the Women's Sports Foundation Sportswoman of the Year award for Team Sports athletes.

== 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, == Abbott was selected for the final 15-person Olympic squad as one of three . On August 11, 2008, Abbott made her Olympic debut for Team USA, pitching the final inning (in relief of starter ) of a 5-inning no- victory by Team USA over Venezuela. On August 18, 2008, Abbott pitched 5 perfect innings, striking out 8, as Team USA defeated the Netherland 8–0 to extend its Olympic winning streak to 20 games. In its first six matches of the Beijing games, the USA pitching staff (Finch, Osterman, Abbott) had allowed a total of one hit. Team USA finished with a silver medal, losing to Japan in the championship game, which was started by Osterman and finished by Abbott.

== Post-college career == On February 2, 2009, Abbott announced her signing with Toyota Motor Corporation on a six-month contract to play professional softball in Japan.On July 23, 2015, Abbott pitched her second [[]] as a member of the [[ Bandits]], beating the [Dallas Charge] 10-0. On August 3, 2015, Abbott pitched a no-hitter against the [[]], winning 3–0. In May 2016, the [[Scrap Yard Dawgs]], a [[]] team, signed Abbott to a six-year contract, believed to be worth $1 million; the contract is believed to be the most lucrative ever paid by an individual American professional franchise to an active female athlete in any team sport.

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