Miriam Gubo is the first female athletics player with a contract in the USA.
ATTNANG-PUCHHEIM, REGAU. With Miriam Gubo (18), the first player from the ASAK Athletics Attnang-Puchheim youth team signs a contract in the USA. In August she will move to “Bay College Norse” in the state of Michigan, where she will receive a two-year sports scholarship for Fastpitch Softball. Born in Regau, she started her athletic career at the age of ten with Athletics. She already showed her talent in the junior teams. Athletics junior manager Martin Libiseller: “Miriam has always played a leading role in all the junior teams and has taken on responsibility. We are happy for her that she can now take the step to the USA. ”Gubo will move to the USA from the summer.
Softball and art studies
She was in contact with over ten colleges and eventually chose Michigan Junior College. “I see the best overall package there to develop myself further, and I also have the opportunity to pursue my wish to study art,” she says. For the time being, the course, like the sports scholarship, is scheduled to last for two years. The fact that Michigan is only a stepping stone to a larger college for “gubs”, as they are called by their teammates, does not seem to be ruled out.
Love at second sight
The step from baseball to softball was not a matter of course. In Austria, male and female talents traditionally play together in baseball teams. Only when you are between 13 and 16 years old do you specialize in one of the sports. Fastpitch softball wasn’t love at first sight for Gubo. It took some persuasion from up-and-coming coach Libiseller before she dared take this step.
Title with Linz Witches
The switch to softball was soon followed by the jump to the U-21 and then women’s national team. In addition to the ASAK Athletics women’s team, Gubo took the opportunity early on to compete in the top league for the Linz Witches. Her previous career was then crowned with the 2020 state championship with the Witches.
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