Autumn Mills

Autumn Mills
Born (1988-07-24) July 24, 1988 (age 36)
London, Ontario, Canada
Height 5 ft 3 in (160 cm)
Weight 130 lb (59 kg; 9 st 4 lb)
OUA team York Lions
National team  Canada
Playing career 2007–2011
Medal record
Women's baseball
Representing  Canada
Women's Baseball World Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Taiwan Team competition
Silver medal – second place 2008 Japan Team competition
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Canada Team competition
Pan American Games
Silver medal – second place 2015 Toronto Team competition

Autumn Mills (born July 24, 1988) is a former competitor with the York Lions women's ice hockey program. She is a member of the Canada women's national baseball team which won a silver medal at the 2015 Pan American Games.[1][2][3]

Playing career

Hockey

In 2009, she was recognized by Ontario University Athletics as one of the top female scholar-athletes. She was recognized at the sixth annual Women of Influence Luncheon on February 10, 2009.[4]

On January 29, 2011, she registered five points in a 6–4 victory over the Western Mustangs women's ice hockey team.[5] The game took place in her hometown of London, Ontario. After the 2010–11 season, Mills was the Ontario University Athletics (OUA) nominee for the 2011 Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) Marion Hillard Award.[6]

Baseball

Mills joined the Canadian national women's baseball team at the age of 16 years. She has been a pitcher with the squad since 2005 and won a national championship with Team Ontario. She has competed in five IBAF World Cup competitions, capturing three medals (two bronze and one silver). At the 2012 Women's Baseball World Cup, Mills got the save in the bronze medal game victory over Australia in Edmonton, Alberta. During 2015, she was one of three women (including teammate Ashley Stephenson that served as instructors at the Toronto Blue Jays Baseball Academy.

Awards and honours

  • 2007-08 Canadian Interuniversity Sport Academic All-Canadian honour roll
  • 2009 OUA top female scholar-athletes
  • York University's selection for OUA Woman of Influence (2009)[7]
  • York University female athlete of the week for the period ending Jan. 30, 2011.[5]
  • York University's Bryce M. Taylor Award (2011)[8]
  • Pioneer Petroleums Ontario University Athletics (OUA) female athlete of the week for the period ending Jan. 30, 2011.[9]
  • Runner-up, 2011 Marion Hillard Award.[6]

Personal

Earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree in kinesiology from York University. Currently, she is employed as a police officer

References

  1. ^ "Baseball - Event Overview - Women". Toronto2015.org. Pan American Games. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved January 13, 2016.
  2. ^ "Baseball: Women: Team Roster: CAN - Canada" (PDF). Toronto2015.org. Pan American Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved January 13, 2016.
  3. ^ "Baseball Canada | Canadian Women's Baseball Team Named For TORONTO 2015 Pan Am Games". Baseball.ca. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
  4. ^ "Lions women's hockey player named one of Ontario's top female scholar-athletes". YFile. 2009-01-28. Retrieved 2024-09-29.
  5. ^ a b "MILLS' FIVE POINTS TAKE DOWN MUSTANGS: York Lions". Archived from the original on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2015-07-02.
  6. ^ a b "MILLS RECEIVES Oua's MARION HILLARD AWARD: York Lions". Archived from the original on 2012-03-14. Retrieved 2015-07-02.
  7. ^ "LIONS COMPETING AT THE TORONTO 2015 PAN AM GAMES". Yorkulions.ca. 9 July 2015. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
  8. ^ "2010-11 YORK AWARD WINNERS". Yorkulions.ca. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
  9. ^ "MILLS NAMED OUA ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: York Lions". Archived from the original on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2015-07-02.