{{short description|American softball player (born 1993)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2024}} {{Infobox baseball biography | image = Ally Carda (Reverta).jpg | caption = Carda in 2023 | name = Ally Carda | position = Pitcher/Utility | team = Texas Volts | number = | bats = Right | throws = Right | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1993|01|15|mf=yes}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.uclabruins.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=3734|title=Ally Carda - Softball}}</ref> | birth_place = Sacramento, California, U.S. | debutdate = | debutyear = | debutteam = | teams = * UCLA Bruins (2012–2015) * United States National Team (2015–present) * Texas Charge (2017) * Chicago Bandits (2018) * Honda Reverta (2019) * Texas Volts (2026–present) |medaltemplates= {{MedalSport|Women's softball}} {{MedalCountry|{{USA}}}} {{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}} {{MedalSilver|2020 Tokyo|Team}} {{MedalCompetition|World Cup}} {{MedalSilver|2024 Castions di Strada|Team}} {{MedalCompetition|World Games}} {{MedalGold|2022 Birmingham|Team}} {{MedalGold|2025 Chengdu|Team}} {{MedalCompetition|Pan American Games}} {{MedalGold|2023 Santiago | Team}} {{MedalSilver|2015 Toronto | Team}} }} '''Allyson "Ally" Nicole Carda''' (born January 15, 1993) is an American professional softball pitcher and first baseman for the Texas Volts of the Athletes Unlimited Softball League (AUSL). She has been a member of the United States women's national softball team since 2015 and represented Team USA at the 2020 Summer Olympics and won a silver medal.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.teamusa.org/usa-softball/team-usa/2020-olympic-team |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191007043704/https://www.teamusa.org/usa-softball/team-usa/2020-olympic-team |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 7, 2019 |title=2020 U.S. Olympic Softball Team |location=Teamusa.org |date= |accessdate=2019-10-07}}</ref> She played college softball for the UCLA Bruins from 2012 to 2015, and won back-to-back conference Player of the Year awards in 2014 and 2015.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://pac-12.com/article/2013/05/15/pac-12-announces-softball-all-conference-honors |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130817122755/http://pac-12.com/article/2013/05/15/pac-12-announces-softball-all-conference-honors |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 17, 2013 |title=Pac-12 announces softball all-conference honors |website=Pac-12.com |date=2013-05-12 |accessdate=2019-10-07}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://pac-12.com/news/2014/5/14/pac-12-announces-softball-all-conference-honors.aspx |title=Pac-12 announces softball all-Conference honors |website=Pac-12.com |date=2014-05-14 |access-date=2019-10-07}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://pac-12.com/news/2015/5/13/pac-12-announces-2015-softball-all-conference-honors.aspx |title=Pac-12 announces 2015 softball all-Conference honors |website=Pac-12.com |date=2015-05-13 |access-date=2019-10-07}}</ref> She also earned back-to-back National Fastpitch Coaches Association First Team All-American honors.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://nfca.org/category/ncaa-i?awarddivision=ncaa-i&awardtype=all-american&awardyear=2014 |title=2014 ALL-AMERICAN AWARDS |location=Nfca.org |date= |accessdate=2019-10-07}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://nfca.org/category/ncaa-i?awarddivision=ncaa-i&awardtype=all-american&awardyear=2015 |title=2015 ALL-AMERICAN AWARDS |location=Nfca.org |date= |accessdate=2019-10-07}}</ref>

==Early life== Carda was born on January 15, 1993, in Sacramento, California, to parents Heather and Jim Carda. Carda and her family moved to Elk Grove, California,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ip |first=Jennifer |date=2021-08-02 |title=Silver Medal For Elk Grove Native Ally Carda In Softball |url=https://elkgrovetribune.com/ally-carda-takes-home-silver-medal/ |access-date=2025-04-17 |website=Elk Grove Tribune}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2011-03-05 |title=Ally Carda: National Softball Superstar |url=https://patch.com/california/elkgrove/ally-carda-national-softball-superstar |access-date=2025-04-17 |website=Elk Grove, CA Patch}}</ref> where she attended Pleasant Grove High School,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ip |first=Jennifer |date=2021-08-02 |title=Silver Medal For Elk Grove Native Ally Carda In Softball |url=https://elkgrovetribune.com/ally-carda-takes-home-silver-medal/ |access-date=2024-04-02 |website=Elk Grove Tribune}}</ref> from where she graduated in 2011. She is openly lesbian and her partner is Kelly Kretschman.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Schultz|first=Ken|date=2021-07-13|title=Out Olympian Ally Carda turns to her partner for Olympic inspiration|url=https://www.outsports.com/2021/7/13/22575427/usa-softball-ally-carda-olympics-kelly-kretschman-tokyo|access-date=2021-07-29|website=Outsports}}</ref>

==College career== Carda signed a letter of intent to play for UCLA during her senior year of High School. Carda became one of the all-time greats in the winningest program in history, becoming the best 2 way player for the Bruins since Lisa Fernandez.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Ally Carda - Softball |url=https://uclabruins.com/sports/softball/roster/ally-carda/4018 |access-date=2024-04-02 |website=uclabruins.com}}</ref>

==Professional career== On December 1, 2025, Carda was drafted sixth overall by the Volts in the AUSL allocation draft.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/olympics/story/_/id/47164742/athletes-unlimited-softball-league-holds-first-expansion-draft |title=Athletes Unlimited Softball League holds expansion and allocation draft |website=ESPN.com |date=December 1, 2025 |access-date=December 1, 2025}}</ref>

==International career== Carda was named to the United States women's national softball team roster in 2015.<ref name=":0" /> Carda also played for the Red, White, and Blue in 2016<ref>{{Cite web |title=Four Players, Two Coaches on Team USA |url=https://uclabruins.com/news/2016/1/9/210622710 |access-date=2024-04-03 |website=uclabruins.com}}</ref> and 2017.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Three Bruins Named to USA Women's National Team |url=https://uclabruins.com/news/2017/1/6/softball-three-bruins-named-to-usa-womens-national-team |access-date=2024-04-03 |website=uclabruins.com}}</ref> Carda helped the Red, White, and Blue to a World Cup of Softball Gold Medal in 2015, and a Silver in 2016. Carda also won a silver medal at the 2015 Pan American Games and a gold medal at the 2016 Women's Softball World Championship. Carda represented Team USA at the 2020 Summer Olympics and won a silver medal.<ref>{{cite web | title=Ally Carda | website=Team USA | date=3 June 2022 | url=https://www.teamusa.org:443/usa-softball/athletes/Ally-Carda | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150330065549/http://www.teamusa.org/usa-softball/athletes/Ally-Carda | url-status=dead | archive-date=March 30, 2015 | access-date=31 May 2023}}</ref> At the Tokyo Games, Carda suffered the loss in the gold medal game to Team Japan in two innings of work on July 27, 2021. For the tournament, Carda pitched eight innings and scored a run for Team USA.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://olympicsoftball.wbsc.org/en/2021/schedule-and-results/box-score/6289 |title=JPN 2, USA 0 |location= Olympicssoftball.wbsc.org|date=2021-07-27 |access-date=2021-07-27}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://olympicsoftball.wbsc.org/en/2021/teams/USA/players/74689 |title=Carda |location= Olympicssoftball.wbsc.org |date=2021-07-27 |access-date=2021-07-28}}</ref>

On August 31, 2023, Carda was named to the U.S. women's national team for the 2023 Pan American Games.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.usasoftball.com/news/2023/08/31/usa-softball-announces-16-player-womens-national-team-roster-set-to-represent-team-usa-at-2023-pan-american-games/ |title=USA Softball announces 16-player Women's National Team roster set to represent Team USA at 2023 Pan American Games |website=usasoftball.com |date=August 31, 2023 |access-date=September 8, 2023}}</ref>

Carda represented the United States at the 2024 Women's Softball World Cup and won a silver medal.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wbsc.org/en/events/2024-womens-softball-world-cup-finals/news/2024-women-softball-world-cup-final-usa-japan |title=Japan outscore USA in the final to become Women's Softball World Champions |website=wbsc.org |date=July 20, 2024 |access-date=July 20, 2024}}</ref>

==Statistics== {| class="wikitable" |+UCLA Bruins |- align=center | '''Year''' | '''W''' | '''L''' | '''GP''' | '''GS''' | '''CG''' | '''Sh''' | '''SV''' | '''IP''' | '''H''' | '''R''' | '''ER''' | '''BB''' | '''SO''' | '''ERA''' | '''WHIP''' |- align=center | '''2012''' | 13 | 5 | 37 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 120.0 | 101 | 65 | 58 | 71 | 97 | 3.38 | 1.43 |- align=center | '''2013''' | 23 | 10 | 46 | 27 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 206.2 | 154 | 87 | 71 | 88 | 217 | 2.41 | 1.17 |- align=center | '''2014''' | 32 | 5 | 46 | 32 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 220.2 | 169 | 79 | 60 | 65 | 230 | 1.90 | 1.06 |- align=center | '''2015''' | 32 | 8 | 49 | 33 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 240.0 | 184 | 106 | 90 | 123 | 281 | 2.62 | 1.28 |- align=center | '''TOTALS''' | '''100''' | '''28''' | '''178''' | '''117''' | '''54''' | '''22''' | '''6''' | '''787.1''' | '''608''' | '''337''' | '''279''' | '''347''' | '''825''' | '''2.48''' | '''1.21''' |}

{| class="wikitable" |+UCLA Bruins |- align=center | '''Year''' | '''G''' | '''AB''' | '''R''' | '''H''' | '''BA''' | '''RBI''' | '''HR''' | '''3B''' | '''2B''' | '''TB''' | '''SLG''' | '''BB''' | '''SO''' | '''SB''' | '''SBA''' |- align=center | '''2012''' | 52 | 108 | 16 | 31 | .287 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 50 | .463% | 15 | 24 | 1 | 1 |- align=center | '''2013''' | 60 | 117 | 16 | 60 | .339 | 50 | 18 | 1 | 7 | 123 | .695% | 31 | 18 | 1 | 2 |- align=center | '''2014''' | 60 | 175 | 56 | 69 | .394 | 65 | 13 | 2 | 11 | 123 | .703% | 39 | 16 | 9 | 18 |- align=center | '''2015''' | 63 | 183 | 59 | 60 | .328 | 50 | 8 | 0 | 15 | 100 | .541% | 57 | 23 | 4 | 5 |- align=center | '''TOTALS''' | '''235''' | '''643''' | '''173''' | '''220''' | '''.342''' | '''180''' | '''43''' | '''4''' | '''38''' | '''395''' | '''.614%''' | '''142''' | '''81''' | '''15''' | '''26''' |}

{| class="wikitable" |+Team USA |- align=center ! Year ! W ! L ! GP ! GS ! CG ! SHO ! SV ! IP ! H ! R ! ER ! BB ! SO ! ERA ! WHIP |- align=center ! 2015 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 24.2 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 20 | 0.57 | 0.99 |- align=center ! 2016 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24.0 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 32 | 0.88 | 0.75 |- align=center ! 2020 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 23.1 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 33 | 3.03 | 0.95 |- align=center ! 2021 | 8 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51.2 | 29 | 7 | 6 | 25 | 52 | 0.82 | 1.05 |- align=center | '''Olympics''' | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 2.62 | 1.25 |- align=center ! '''TOTALS''' | '''17''' | '''1''' | '''43''' | '''20''' | '''4''' | '''2''' | '''0''' | '''131.2''' | '''75''' | '''29''' | '''24''' | '''53''' | '''148''' | '''1.28''' | '''0.97''' |}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://gc.com/t/united-states-554d2e2acb41bc0022c35f4c/p/ally-c-554d323e3698fa0022fd2cf3|title = United States &#124; Summer 2015 &#124; Adult Softball}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://gc.com/t/united-states-57105402b15b080022fbbb9c/p/ally-c-57105488162a0700207c3cc9|title = United States &#124; Summer 2016 &#124; Adult Softball}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" |+NPF |- align=center | '''YEAR''' | G | AB | R | H | BA | RBI | HR | 3B | 2B | TB | SLG | BB | SO | SB |- align=center | '''2017''' | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .166 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .166% | 1 | 1 | 0 |- align=center | '''2018''' | 26 | 21 | 4 | 9 | .428 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 14 | .666% | 3 | 3 | 0 |- align=center | '''2019''' | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .333% | 3 | 2 | 1 |- align=center | '''TOTALS''' | '''34''' | '''33''' | '''6''' | '''12''' | '''.363''' | '''5''' | '''1''' | '''1''' | '''0''' | '''17''' | '''.515%''' | '''7''' | '''6''' | '''1''' |}

{| class="wikitable" |- align=center | '''YEAR''' | W | L | GP | GS | CG | Sh | SV | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | ERA | WHIP |- align=center | '''2017''' | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23.1 | 21 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 28 | 1.51 | 1.17 |- align=center | '''2018''' | 5 | 3 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 44.0 | 26 | 12 | 10 | 21 | 45 | 1.59 | 1.07 |- align=center | '''2019''' | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7.2 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 5.83 | 1.39 |- align=center | '''TOTALS''' | '''8''' | '''4''' | '''37''' | '''11''' | '''1''' | '''0''' | '''5''' | '''75.0''' | '''54''' | '''23''' | '''21''' | '''30''' | '''81''' | '''1.96''' | '''1.12''' |}

==References== {{reflist|30em}}

==External links== * [https://www.usasoftball.com/roster/ally-carda/ Ally Carda] at USA Softball * {{Team USA|new_id=ally-carda-877397|old_id=CA/Ally-Carda|archive=20220204122421}} * {{Olympedia}} * {{Olympics.com|ally-carda}} * {{World Games}}

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