UT-Arlington and head coach Peejay Brun have agreed to a contract extension through the 2022 season. Brun completed her second season at the program’s helm in 2019, when she led the Mavericks to the National Invitational Softball Championship title. The program’s thirty-six wins during the championship season marked the highest single-season win total in more than a decade. The Mavs offense set five single-season program records during the 2019 season, including total bases and hits. The squad posted four wins over ranked Power Five teams, including a win over eventual Women’s College World Series-participant Oklahoma State. After two seasons under…
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San Diego State has added a pair of former Power Five players via transfer. Former Oregon State catcher Sara Lillie and ex-Oklahoma outfielder Alexa Schultz will both join the Aztecs for the 2020 season. Each player has two seasons of eligibility remaining. Lillie appeared in thirty games during her pair of seasons at Oregon State, with eleven starts. She owns a .200 career batting average (9-45) and a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage during her career. Schultz, for her part, appeared in sixty games during her pair of seasons as an Oklahoma Sooner, starting just once. She holds a career .090…
Michael Steuerwald has been hired as an assistant coach at Syracuse, the school announced on Wednesday. Steuerwald spent the 2019 season on staff at Utah Valley and is currently the head coach of the Scrap Yard Fastpitch professional franchise. In his single season on the Utah Valley staff, Steuerwald held the title of Associate Head Coach and helped lead the squad to a 7-11 conference record and a non-conference win over PAC-12 foe Utah. Prior to his time at Utah Valley, Steuerwald spent time as an assistant coach at Elon and Rockford College, as well as head coach at Cuesta…
Mississippi State has parted ways with head coach Vann Stuedeman, sources informed JWOS on Tuesday. Stuedeman led the Bulldogs for eight seasons after taking the program’s helm in June 2011. Her tenure included seven NCAA tournament appearances; she ends her tenure in Starkville with an overall record of 276-189. The Bulldogs posted a record of 69-127 in SEC play under Stuedeman; the Bulldogs earned the #12 seed in the SEC tournament in 2019. The squad bested tournament host Texas A&M in the tournament’s play-in game before losing to Ole Miss in the tournament’s opening round. Before taking the helm at Mississippi State, Stuedeman…
Former Boston College pitcher Camryn Dolby is transferring to South Florida. Dolby announced her decision on social media late last week. “Excited to announce that I will be continuing my softball career at the University of South Florida!!” Dolby posted on Instagram last week, captioning a photo of the USF program logo. Dolby spent her freshman season at Boston College in 2019, with fifteen starts and forty-three appearances. She finished the year with a 10-10 overall record and 116 strikeouts in 101 innings of work. The strikeout mark led the BC pitching staff. In addition to her strikeouts, Dolby finished…
Belmont has named Megan Rhodes Smith as the program’s new head coach. Smith most recently was the pitching coach at Lipscomb for six years, and earned the title of associate head coach prior to the 2018 season. She was part of a coaching staff that led the Bisons to a pair of NCAA tournament appearances, in 2014 and ’19. Under Smith’s guidance, the Lipscomb pitching staff saw four pitchers earn all-ASun Conference honors since 2014. The Bisons staff ranked in the top-25 nationally in ERA, and twice led the conference in strikeouts under her shepherding. Prior to joining the staff…
Division III Southwestern University has named Emerald Doria as the program’s new head coach. Doria spent the last five seasons on the coaching staff at Louisiana Tech, including two years as the Lady Techsters’ associate head coach. She helped lead the squad to 30+ wins in five consecutive seasons, as well as a pair of NCAA tournament appearances. The primary hitting coach during her tenure at Louisiana Tech, Doria shepherded a record-breaking offense during her time in Ruston and saw two Lady Techsters hitters earn back-to-back Conference USA Player of the Year awards, in Morgan Turkoly (2018) and Jazlyn Crowder…
Green Bay has hired Sara Kubuske as the program’s new head coach. Kubuske takes the reins of the Phoenix after a decade as the top assistant at Division II Indianapolis, where she helped lead the program to a regional appearance in each year of her tenure with the team. Kubuske was part of the Midwest regional Coaching Staff of the Year three times while at UIndy. In 2017, Kubuske was named the NFCA’s Division II Assistant Coach of the Year. Prior to joining the staff at UIndy, Kubuske spent time as an assistant coach at Bemidji State. As a player…
Jexx Varner has been named the permanent head coach at Robert Morris, a school spokesperson confirmed to JWOS on Monday. Varner spent the 2019 season as the program’s interim head coach, a title he assumed following the retirement of Dr. Craig Coleman in the fall. Varner led the Colonials to a 14-37 overall record during his time as the interim coach. A 2007 graduate of Robert Morris, Varner spent two seasons as a Colonials assistant coach following his graduation. He later went on to stints as an assistant coach at Kent State and Division II Ashland before being hired as…
Former Alabama pitcher Madison Preston is transferring to Arizona State, the school announced via social media on Monday. Preston appeared sparingly during the 2019 season, appearing in eight games with one start. She collected 12.2 innings of work with fourteen strikeouts, allowing ten earned runs. She did not earn a decision in any of her eight appearances, and did not appear in the postseason for her team. During the 2018 season, Preston posted a 3.17 ERA and a 7-5 overall record in twenty-one appearances, including twelve starts. She earned a victory over Auburn in the SEC tournament that same season…