(Baseball Canada).

By Aaron Schulze

Amanda Asay

Prince George baseball legend Amanda Asay passes away at 33

Jan 9, 2022 | 2:34 PM

PRINCE GEORGE — A Prince George woman who was the longest serving member of Canada’s women’s baseball team has passed away.

Amanda Asay succumbed to her injuries following a skiing accident in Nelson, according to Baseball Canada.

Asay joined the women’s national baseball team in 2005 and recently participated in the Women’s National Team Showcase last summer in Trois-Rivières, Que. She was part of national teams that captured five WBSC Women’s Baseball World Cup medals, including bronze in 2006, 2012 and 2018, and silver in 2008 and 2016. She was also part of Canada’s silver medal winning team at the 2015 Pan Am Games in Toronto – the first time that women’s baseball was included in a major, multi-sport games.

“This is really difficult news for our Women’s National Team program,” Baseball Canada’s André Lachance, who managed Asay on various national teams from 2005 to 2018, says. “Amanda was an amazing person who meant a great deal to our program. She was a competitor who possessed all of the characteristics that you look for in a baseball player. She was versatile, intelligent and competitive who rose to the challenge on many occasions. Above all, she was a terrific person who will leave a lasting impact on many people, not only with the Women’s National Team program but all of those who were lucky enough to meet her.”

Asay was only 17 years old when she caught the attention of the national team evaluators. She played in her first Women’s Baseball World Cup in Taiwan where she earned all-tournament honours at first base and later took home the Women’s National Team Most Valuable Player Award. She captured MVP honours again in 2016 as a pitcher, by shutting down Chinese Taipei at the Women’s Baseball World Cup in South Korea with a complete game, 2-1 victory to send Canada to the gold medal contest.

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“Amanda was a one-of-a-kind teammate, the type of player and person who you loved to compete with every game,” Asay’s former teammate and coach Ashley Stephenson says. “Under the circumstances, I cannot put into words how tragic this loss is for everyone who knew Amanda. My thoughts at this time and my heart go out to her family.”

Asay was 33 years old.