Prince George native was with national women's team for 17 years until her death at age 33 in January in a skiing accident
Amanda Asay’s knowledge of the game of baseball made her an on-field expert like no other on her team.
Blessed with a sharp analytical mind that paved her way a doctorate in her professional career in forestry management, Asay’s never-ending curiosity to learn the strategies of the game and desire to improve as an athlete helped make Canada a perennial World Cup medal threat for the 17 years she with the team and led her to individual honors as an international all-star and team MVP.
Game organizer Paul Wilson is trying to line up a team of female players and is inviting Asay’s friends and/or teammates, either on the national team or during the six years she played fastball as a teenager for the Prince George Thunderbirds. If there are enough players to form a team, they would play an all-star team selected from the five-team Prince George men’s league.
“I always say to people, as amazing as an athlete she was, she was an even better person just to be around,” said Wilson. “She was one of the best women’s baseball players in the world and if she was a male playing in the major leagues she’d be worth about $300 million. “It’s been so amazing what everybody has done, right from the people of Nelson, the people of Prince George, the national team, the Blue Jays, it’s incredible,” said George Asay. “Loris and I had no idea about the extent of the impact that she had on other people’s lives.”
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