Betty Veenstra

Betty Veenstra was born on 11 October 1945 and is a former Dutch softball player who batted and threw right-handed. The Dutch Wikipedia article says she played for the first women's team of the Pinguïns in Heemstede and moved in 1974 to HHC in Haarlem, the club later called Sparks, playing shortstop, first base, catcher and later center field. She won personal annual awards from the KNBSB, including most valuable player in 1979 and best batter in 1982. She played for the Dutch women's softball team from 1964 to 1982, the last fourteen years as captain, winning the European championship in 1979 and 1981 and playing three world championships, in the United States in 1974, El Salvador in 1978 and Taiwan in 1982, with 65 official international matches. This entry is written from the Dutch Wikipedia article on Betty Veenstra, because the subject has no English Wikipedia article.