Crystl Bustos

Crystl Bustos is a two-time Team USA Olympian playing in the 2000 and 2004 Olympic Games, winning two gold medals. Bustos played collegiality at Palm Beach Community College and played professional softball from 1998-2006. She is now a professional softball coach and owner of Ruthless Sports Training LLC.

Crystl is one of the world’s best fastpitch softball holders. She holds multiple world records for her performance at the Olympic Games. She now spends her time traveling the country passing on her knowledge to younger hitters, fielders and fastpitch players.

Career Highlights

• 2008 Softball Player of the Year
• Silver Medalist at the Beijing Games hitting .500 (11-for-22) with a team-high six home runs and 10 RBI.
• Broke two of her own records as well as tied one.
• Broke the record of most home runs hit (5) in an Olympic Games with six and broke her Olympic slugging percentage of .923 from 2004 hitting 1.318 in 2008.
• Recorded 12 runs as the U.S. outscored opponents 58-5, while tying her own RBI Olympic record with 10 from 2004.
• World Cup Champion (2006 & 2007)
• Three-time Pan American gold medalist (1999, 2003 & 2007)
• World Champion (2006)
• Two-time Olympic Gold medalist (2000 & 2004)

Team USA Softball Experience

2007

• One of three girls on the team to compete in all 20 games of the summer, either as designated player or at third base.
• Gold medalist at Pan American Games
• Hit .375 (3-for-8); scored four runs with a double and a homerun for five RBI
• World Cup Champion
• Hit .538 (7-for-13) with two homeruns and eight RBI, scoring six runs

2006

• Gold medalist at ISF World Championships
• Hit a team-tying high .500 (17-34) average with 14 RBI and a team-high 6 doubles.
• Scored 10 runs with two homeruns including one in the championship game to pad the lead to 3-0, a World Championship victory.
• World Cup Champion
• Hit .353 (6-for-17) with a two home runs and 10 RBI

2005

• Gold medalist at Pan Am qualifier in Guatemala City

2004

• Gold medalist at Olympic Games in Athens, Greece
• Hit .346 with five homeruns and 10 RBI

2003

• Gold medalist at Pan American Games
• Hit .320 with eight hits and nine RBI

2002

• Member of U.S. Women’s Elite Team
• Hit .560 with four doubles, four homeruns and 13 RBI at Canada Cup

2000

• Gold medalist at Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia
• Led the team with 10 hits, three homeruns and five runs scored

1999

• Gold medalist at the Pan American Games
• Led the team with 18 hits, three homeruns and 15 RBIs

Palm Beach Community College Highlights

• Team won two NJCAA National Championships
• Two-time NJCAA first team All American
• Two-time NJCAA Player of the Year

USA Professional Softball Experience

• Member of NPF Akron Racers (2006)
• Member of NPF Champions, Akron Racers (2005)
• Played for WPSL Gold, professional team consisting of 2000 Olympians (2001)
• Played for the Akron Racers of WPSL (1999)
• WPSL League MVP while leading the Orlando Wahoos to the Championship (1998)

Bustos's love for the game shows by how much she is still involved in the softball community. As the owner of Ruthless Sports Training LLC she also travels the country as a National Fastpitch College Association Speaker, motivational speaker, conducting private lessons and softball camps and clinics and is also a Jennie Finch Softball Camp Instructor.