Women of the World Series (WOW): Dot Richardson
Sept 22,1961 -
Place of Birth: Orlando, FL
- Began her Softball career in 1972 playing for the Union Pack Jets in Orlando.
- When Richardson retired after the 2000 Summer Olympics, she set a legacy for herself that will be hard just to equal. Between 1972-2000, Richardson won All-America honors 15 times, played on 10 championship teams, won the Erv Lind Award (top defensive player in Women’s Major Fast Pitch National Championship) seven times, won two Olympic Gold medals, was a member of five Pan American teams, and four ISF World Championship teams.
- Richardson hit the game winning home run that won the US team the Olympic Gold Medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics. That was also the first home run in Olympic Softball history.
- She was the older player at the 1996 and 2000 Olympics, where she turned 39.
- Since October of 2001, Dr. Richardson has been the director/medical director at the South Lake Hospital/National Training Center in Clermont, FL.