Former North Dakota State pitcher KK Leddy has joined the North Florida coaching staff as the program’s volunteer assistant coach. Leddy completed her playing career at NDSU with the 2019 season, when she was named the Summit League’s Pitcher of the Year after posting a 1.85 ERA and twenty-one wins in the circle on the year. She posted a strikeout/walk ratio better than 3/1 and also recorded her first career no-hitter during her senior year. A four-time all-conference selection, Leddy earned a nod to the all-Summit second-team in each of the first three seasons of her career, before headlining the…
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Rhonda Revelle will be immediately reinstated as the head coach at Nebraska softball, the school announced on Sunday night. Revelle was placed on administrative leave on July 9th; at that time, Nebraska athletics released a statement that read, in part, “We take seriously any concerns raised regarding our student athletes. As part of our due diligence, Coach Revelle has been placed on paid administrative leave pending the completion of a review.” A July 18th article by Sam McKewon of the Omaha World-Herald included a quote from Moos, who noted that Nebraska received enough concerns from outgoing players to “look into…
Twelve nations will be represented when softball kicks off in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada on Sunday, August 25th. The national teams hail from North, South, and Central America, and are all vying for the same coveted prize: A berth in the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. The second of three inter-continental Olympic qualifiers this summer, the Americas qualifier is unique in that two spots in the Tokyo field are up for grabs. A pair of teams will emerge from Surrey with their Olympic dreams fulfilled. After the opening day of games on Sunday, the tournament will stretch across an eight-day span.…
UPDATE 08/26/19: Loyola-Chicago officially announced Golitko’s hiring in a press release today. ORIGINAL STORY: Western Illinois head coach Beth Golitko is leaving the Leathernecks to accept an assistant coaching position at Loyola Chicago. The news was released by Golitko on her personal social media pages. Neither school has confirmed the transactions. Golitko spent two seasons as the head coach at Western Illinois, serving as the interim head coach in 2018 before being named to the full-time position prior to the 2019 campaign. Under Golitko’s guidance, the Leathernecks posted a 37-51 record over the past two seasons, including a 21-12 conference…
Tennessee Tech has hired Michelle DePolo as the program’s new head coach, the school announced earlier in the week. DePolo most recently spent nine years as the head coach at Army, a tenure that ended prior to the 2019 season. During her time at the helm of the Black Knights, DePolo collected 280 wins and led the program to an NCAA tournament berth in 2013. While at Army, DePolo shepherded the Black Knights to a number of program firsts, including a number of offensive and defensive program records. She was twice named the Patriot League’s Coach of the Year and…
James Madison announced the addition of transfer pitcher Alexis Bermudez on Wednesday afternoon. Bermudez, who entered the NCAA’s transfer portal in early August, heads to Harrisonburg with two years of eligibility remaining. She will join a Dukes pitching staff that includes reigning all-American Odicci Alexander; sophomore Isabel Kelly, who did not play in 2019; and fellow transfer Kayla Boseman, formerly of Mississippi State. A native of Santa Fe Springs, California, Bermudez has a full trophy case from her two years at BCU, including being named the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference’s Pitcher of the Year after the 2019 season. She was named the…
Heather Gelbard has been hired as the volunteer assistant coach at South Carolina, the school announced on Monday. Gelbard spent the 2019 season as the interim head coach at Florida International, leading the Panthers to a 26-25 overall record, with a 7-16 conference showing. The squad batted .233 as a unit, with eighteen home runs and 172 runs scored. Prior to her single season leading the Panthers, Gelbard spent two years as the head coach at UMBC, where she assembled a 34-61 overall record and a 12-20 conference record in America East play. She shepherded the program to conference tournament…
Indiana junior Maddie Westmoreland has entered the NCAA’s transfer portal, sources informed JWOS on Monday. Westmoreland’s name first appeared in the transfer portal on Monday, according to JWOS sources. The fall semester at IU officially begins on August 26th, based on the university’s online calendar. During her first two seasons in Bloomington, Westmoreland recorded a .311 batting average, with eighteen home runs and seventy-six RBIs. She scored twenty-five runs and collected eighty-nine base hits. The Glendale, Arizona native was twice named to the All-Big Ten first-team and also earned a pair of all-region honors, including a second-team nod in 2019…
UPDATE 08/22/19: Southern Utah officially announced Williams’ hiring on Thursday afternoon. ORIGINAL STORY: Southern Utah is hiring Don Don Williams to be the program’s new head coach, sources have confirmed to JWOS. Williams will take the helm at SUU after more than two decades as the head coach at North Idaho College, a community college in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. During her tenure at North Idaho, Williams shepherded more than fifty all-region selections and led her team to two national tournaments. In 2007, the Cardinals finished as the runners-up at the NJCAA national tournament; Williams earned the region’s Coaching Staff of the Year award…
Georgia Southern has named Brock Van Faussien as the program’s new assistant coach. Van Faussien spent the 2019 season as an assistant coach at Pittsburgh. In his new position, he will work with the Georgia Southern offense. During the 2019 season, Van Faussien shepherded the Panthers to a .244 team batting average, while the squad hit fifty-five home runs and posted a .402 slugging percentage. Prior to joining the staff at Pittsburgh, Van Faussien spent a single season as the volunteer assistant at Georgia, where he was part of the coaching staff that led the Bulldogs to a berth in the…