Stacey Porter

Stacey Porter (born 29 March 1982) is an Australian professional indigenous softball first/third baseman.

Porter, an Indigenous Australian,[2][3][4][5] was born on 29 March 1982 in Tamworth, New South Wales.

[6] She attended Peel High School,[6] while playing club field hockey.

[10] She moved to the Sydney area from Tamworth to gain access to better training facilities.

[12] The Eastern Reporter and Stirling Times describe her as the "woman regarded as the worlds best batter".

[5][13] The team she coached drew players from Parnngurr, Warralong, Jigalong, Kiwirrkurra, Nullagine and Punmu.

[3] In March 2012, it was announced that she and Vanessa Stokes would be part of a programme funded by Softball Australia and the federal government to increase aboriginal involvement in the sport.

She was twice named to all-tournaments teams, once for the Malihini Tourney and the second time for the Hawai`i Invitational.

She sat out her senior year to spend more time with the Australian national team.

In 1999, she represented Australia as a member of the U19 team at the Junior World Championships in Taipei.

[2][9][20] In the gold medal match, she hit a double that allowed Sandra Allen to score.

[20] This was the only time at the 2004 Games where an opposition hitter scored a run off an American pitcher.

[24] She competed in a March 2012 test series against the Japan women's national softball team in Canberra.

[25] Porter was selected for the Australian women's national softball team at the 2020 Summer Olympics.

The team came away with one win out of five, beating Italy 1-0 in their second match of the Round Robin and finished fifth overall.

Porter and Parnaby with the Galaxy Stars in 2023