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Karissa Hovinga

University of Oregon '15

Hometown: Omaha, Nebraska

2015 Pan American Games gold medalist with Canada

Hovinga grew up in Omaha, Nebraska. She is a dual citizen of the U.S. and Canada - where her mom was born and raised in Edmonton, Alberta. After graduating from Oregon, Hovinga worked as a graduate manager for the University of Minnesota softball team (2017, 2018), and was a volunteer assistant with the Stanford softball team in 2019 and 2020. 

Hovinga competed with the NPF’s Canadian Wild in 2019, going 3-2 with 1 save and a 3.02 ERA in 41.2 innings pitched. With Team Canada, she won a gold medal at the 2015 Pan American Games, and bronze medals at the 2016 and 2018 WBSC World Championships.

2014 NCAA All-Regional Team

Headshot of Karissa Hovinga

Career Stats

Year
W-L
ERA
APP
GS
CG
SHO
SV
IP
H
R
ER
HR
BB
HP
SO
NP
B
S
WP
B/AVG
2020 Championship*
1-0
8.40
8
-
-
-
-
15.0
31
20
18
6
2
2
6
274
89
185
-
.431
Career Totals
1-0
8.40
8
-
-
-
-
15.0
31
20
18
6
2
2
6
274
89
185
-
.431

*The AUSL All-Star Cup was known as the Championship season through 2024.

Game Log

Date
Home Team
Away Team
W-L
ERA
APP
CG
SHO
SV
IP
H
R
ER
HR
BB
HP
SO
NP
B
S
WP
B/AVG
9/28/20
Team OstermanTeam Warren
0-0
41.79
1
-
-
-
0.2
3
4
4
-
1
-
1
26
12
14
-
.600
9/27/20
Team WarrenTeam Piancastelli
0-0
5.24
1
-
-
-
2.2
6
2
2
-
-
1
1
39
9
30
-
.500
9/26/20
Team WarrenTeam Ocasio
0-0
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
9/20/20
Team ReedTeam Hayward
0-0
9.01
1
-
-
-
2.1
5
4
3
3
-
1
1
27
11
16
-
.500
9/19/20
Team ReedTeam Warren
0-0
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
9/13/20
Team PiancastelliTeam Reed
1-0
1.40
1
-
-
-
5.0
5
2
1
-
-
-
2
65
17
48
-
.238
9/12/20
Team PiancastelliTeam Sanders
0-0
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
9/7/20
Team OstermanTeam Show
0-0
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
9/6/20
Team OcasioTeam Osterman
0-0
100.00
1
-
-
-
-
2
1
1
-
-
-
-
14
3
11
-
1.000
9/5/20
Team OstermanTeam Hayward
0-0
-
1
-
-
-
1.0
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
8
2
6
-
-
8/31/20
Team PendleyTeam Fagan
0-0
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
8/30/20
Team WarrenTeam Pendley
0-0
20.90
1
-
-
-
0.2
4
2
2
-
1
-
1
33
14
19
-
.800
8/29/20
Team WagnerTeam Pendley
0-0
13.11
1
-
-
-
2.2
6
5
5
3
-
-
-
62
21
41
-
.429

*The AUSL All-Star Cup was known as the Championship season through 2024.

Awards & Honors

2015 Pan American Games gold medalist with Canada

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