Angelique makes her pitch for Uni Games glory | UTS News Room

UTS's Angelique Temple is touted by her softball team mates as the best player on the team, and with very good reason.? The 26 year old started pitching for a softball team at the age of ten, and last year she was awarded a university scholarship to study overseas in America where she played as a pitcher at college level.

This year Temple is back pitching at her first ever Australian University Games (AUG) in Adelaide, having recovered from a shoulder reconstruction upon her return from America.?

Angelique explains that her style of pitching takes its toll physically. "I'm going to be pretty sore tonight, it's pretty dangerous if you don't know what you're doing," Temple said.

The aspiring athlete's biggest achievement to date has been as a four-time representative for NSW at state level in Australia which lead to her being able to play at college level in America. Eventually Temple hopes to represent Australia at a national level.

At UTS she is undertaking a Graduate Diploma in Marketing part-time and working for UTS Union as its Marketing, Communications and Brand Manager.

Though she may have played at a higher level than some of her counterparts, at this week's AUG Temple has still got a good level of humility to display as she explained, "I still get hit for the occasional home run in my local competition. I got hit for a home run one a week ago. It was devastating, I could have cried," she said.

After the Uni Games she will focus on being selected from state level to play at a national level, but until then it's all fun and games in Adelaide before the journey back to Sydney.

UTS Union Sport and Recreation Manager Aimee Purcell said the UTS softball team was second on the table with two games to go today before the grand final.

"We have a number of medal chances with semi-finals all starting today," she said.

"Our mixed handball and men's tennis teams are undefeated so far, and mixed netball, women's touch, men's basketball and men's football have all made the semis.

"We are also getting results in some of the individual sports ? our athletics women have won several medals in the 10km and 3km steeplechase and are currently sitting in fourth place overall, and our swimmers have also won a gold and a bronze.

"We are hoping for a top 10 finish overall this year ? the final results will be announced on Friday night."

Source: http://newsroom.uts.edu.au/news/2012/09/angelique-makes-her-pitch-for-uni-games-glory

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