Jenny Topping joins the 2025 softball support staff as an assistant specializing in player development. Topping is a 2004 Team USA Gold Medalist, three-time All-American and Hall of Fame inductee at the Olympic level and Titan Softball program.
The All-American played as a Titan during the 2001-03 seasons, winning three straight Big West titles Player of the Year honors each year. As a Titan, Topping slashed a sweeping program record line of .443/.573/.771 with 137 walks. She remains ranked top five in doubles (44) and home runs (33), while holding the seventh most runs batted in (128).
Topping, a Cal State Fullerton letter winner and 2015 hall of fame inductee, was a constant figure on the international stage since returning to Southern California after playing at Washington for a year. She competed with the USA Blue squad at the 2001 Pan Am Qualifier and the Canada Cup before being invited to be a member of the U.S. National Training Team in 2002.
Topping competed in four major international tournaments in 2003 culminating in a trip to Athens, Greece, for the 2004 Summer Olympics where she helped Team USA to a third consecutive Olympic gold medal. Topping also had a chance to compete for a second gold medal as a member of the U.S. National Team in 2008 for the Summer Games in Beijing, but was named as one of three alternates.
Topping went on to become a professional All-Star in the National Pro Fastpitch League where she won a championship with the Akron Racers in 2005. She also played three seasons in Japan for the Toyota Shokki.
Before retiring as a player, Topping became an inductee to the Olympic Hall of Fame, a two-time Top 9 player in Japan, a four-time First Team All-American, the PAC-10 Newcomer of the Year and NPF Champion.
Off the field, Topping graduated with a degree in sociology and is the owner of Gold Medal Training Softball. She is a wife to Josephine Topping, and a mother to Faith Topping and David Johnson.
