In 1999, she was invited to play with the Boston Blue Sox, an all-women's baseball team.

Recognized with MVP honors at the 2006 World Cup, she donated her batting gloves to the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York.

[2] In 2011, she was invited by USA Baseball to be one of eight coaches at the 2011 Friendship Series, held at their national training complex in Cary, North Carolina.

[3] Playing softball for the Peabody Raiders, the team qualified in 1990 and 1991 for the Junior Olympics Nationals in Lodi, California.

She earned an NCAA scholarship to play softball at Division II University of Massachusetts Lowell.