Faces of Tamworth: Australian softball captain Stacey Porter

Updated August 9 2018 - 10:02am, first published August 6 2018 - 6:30am
Stacey Porter has played 400 games for the Australian women's national softball team. Photo: Sam Donkin Photography
Stacey Porter has played 400 games for the Australian women's national softball team. Photo: Sam Donkin Photography

Stacey Porter’s list of accomplishments is a long one. Tamworth’s first home-grown Australian softball representative, Porter became the first Indigenous athlete to represent Australia in softball at the Olympics when she competed at the 2004 Athens Olympics, where she helped the Aussie Spirit win silver. Four years later she won bronze in Beijing, later being bestowed the honour of captaining her country. Regarded as one of the world’s best hitters, in 2005 she was named Australian Softballer of the Year, and the Female Sportsperson of the Year at the Deadly Awards female. The former Peel High student was also recognised as NAIDOC Sportsperson of the Year in 2008. Currently leading the Aussie Spirit at the XVI Women’s Softball World Championships, Porter in February this year reached the milestone of 400 games for her country.

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