23 Facts About Dot Richardson

Dorothy Gay Richardson was born on September 22,1961 and is an American physician and former two-time gold medal-winning Olympian softball player at shortstop.

Dot Richardson played college softball at UCLA and won the inaugural NCAA Division I softball tournament in 1982.

Dot Richardson is a USA Softball Hall of Fame honoree.

Dot Richardson attended Western Illinois University for one year and the University of California Los Angeles for four years.

Dot Richardson has a master's degree in exercise physiology and health from Adelphi University in Garden City, New York.

Dot Richardson then entered her five-year orthopedic residency program at the University of Southern California.

Dot Richardson took a one-year leave of absence to participate in the 1996 Olympic Games, where she and her teammates captured the first ever Olympic gold medal in softball.

Dot Richardson is the aunt of entrepreneur and inventor, Lisa Seacat DeLuca.

Dot Richardson began her softball career in 1972 playing for the Union Park Jets in Orlando.

In early 1975, at the age of 13, Dot Richardson was a member of the Orlando Rebels in the ASA, She became the youngest player ever to play in the ASA Women's Major Fast-Pitch National Championships.

Dot Richardson then joined the Raybestos Brakettes of Stratford, Connecticut in 1984, where she remained until 1994.

Dot Richardson ended her professional career with the California Commotion of Woodland Hills, California.

Dot Richardson was a key part of the United States national team that won the gold medal during the sport's Olympic debut in 1996 hitting the home run that won the game.

Dot Richardson was part of the 2000 gold medal-winning team in Sydney.

Dot Richardson was Executive Director and Medical Director of the National Training Center until 2012.

Dot Richardson is the head softball coach at Liberty University, in Lynchburg, Virginia.

Dot Richardson now serves as a board chair for the Fellowship of Christian Athletes Softball Ministry, where her husband Bob Pinto is the national director.

Dot Richardson was named as the head softball coach at Liberty University on July 17,2013.

Dot Richardson then posted her first winning record in 2016 and followed that year with two straight regular season Big South titles in 2017 and 2018 with 45+ wins in both seasons, winning the Big South conference tournament in 2018 and receiving a regional automatic qualifying spot to play at South Carolina.

Dot Richardson coached the Flames to the NISC postseason tournament title in 2017.

Dot Richardson is the recipient of the 1998 Sports Legends Award, the 1997 Babe Zaharias Award, the 1996 Amateur Athletic Foundation Athlete of the Year, inducted into the UCLA Hall of Fame in 1996, Nuprin Comeback of the Year Award in 1990, four-time Sullivan Award nominee and inducted into the Florida State Hall of Fame in 1999.

Dot Richardson was named MVP in the Women's Major Fast Pitch National Championship four times.

Dot Richardson is an inductee of the National Softball Hall of Fame.