{"id":15435,"date":"2016-10-06T12:00:55","date_gmt":"2016-10-06T16:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/history\/?p=15435"},"modified":"2024-07-03T19:53:06","modified_gmt":"2024-07-03T23:53:06","slug":"history-phd-student-melissa-armstrong-pitches-silver-medal-canada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/history\/2016\/history-phd-student-melissa-armstrong-pitches-silver-medal-canada\/","title":{"rendered":"History PhD Student Melissa Armstrong Pitches a Silver Medal for Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        History PhD Student Melissa Armstrong Pitches a Silver Medal for Canada\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<div class=\"articletext\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-15436\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/Melissa-Armstrong-240x160.jpg\" alt=\"Melissa Armstrong in the middle of throwing a baseball pitch\" width=\"240\" height=\"160\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/Melissa-Armstrong-240x160.jpg 240w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/Melissa-Armstrong-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/Melissa-Armstrong-160x107.jpg 160w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/Melissa-Armstrong-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/Melissa-Armstrong-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/Melissa-Armstrong.jpg 435w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/figure><p><em>This <a href=\"https:\/\/gradstudents.carleton.ca\/2016\/phd-student-pitches-silver-medal-canada\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">post originally appeared<\/a> on the <a href=\"https:\/\/gradstudents.carleton.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Affairs<\/a> site.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Pitcher <a href=\"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/history\/people\/melissa-armstrong\/\">Melissa Armstrong<\/a>, a Ph.D. History student at Carleton University, helped Canada win the silver medal at the World Baseball Confederation\u2019s World Cup in Gijang City, Korea.<\/p>\n<p>Armstrong pitched 5.2 innings in three games, posted a 2.47 ERA and had a 1-0 record.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, Armstrong was a pitcher during the Pan Am Games \u2013 the team won silver.<\/p>\n<p>Armstrong was part of <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cu75\/profile\/melissa-armstrong\/\">Carleton\u2019s CU75<\/a> campaign in 2015.<\/p>\n<p>She also won a <a href=\"https:\/\/gradstudents.carleton.ca\/2014\/two-carleton-phd-students-excel-vanier-awards-competition\/\">Vanier award in 2014<\/a> \u2013 one of the most prestigious awards given to PhD students.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This post originally appeared on the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Affairs site.&nbsp; Pitcher Melissa Armstrong, a Ph.D. History student at Carleton University, helped Canada win the silver medal at the World Baseball Confederation\u2019s World Cup in Gijang City, Korea. 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