Joanne Brown

Joanne Brown, born on 7 April 1972 in Canberra, is an Australian former softball catcher and outfielder who won bronze medals at the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics. She was inducted into the Softball Australia Hall of Fame in 2004 and the International Softball Federation Hall of Fame in 2005. She played for the UCLA Bruins from 1991 to 1993, was a 1992 NCAA All-American and won the 1992 NCAA title with UCLA, and she played 244 games for the Australian national team after her debut in 1990. A famous walk-off home run against the United States in the 1996 Olympic preliminary round drew the attention of American softball executives, and she played 18 games for the Durham Dragons in the inaugural season of the Women's Pro Fastpitch league.