TRENDING NOW: NCAA TRANSFER TRACKER / COLLEGE COACHING TRACKER Clemson is shoring up their support staff with the addition of Alyssa Bilodeau as a graduate assistant. Bilodeau completed her playing career at Jacksonville University with the 2021 season, finishing as the JU program leader in a number of statistical categories, including strikeouts; innings pitched; and appearances in the circle. An ASun All-Freshman selection in 2017, Bilodeau was the conference’s Preseason Pitcher of the Year in 2019 and earned Second Team all-conference honors in her “super senior” season in 2021. The most recent graduate assistant for the Tigers, Jake Combs, was recently named an…
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TRENDING NOW: NCAA TRANSFER TRACKER / COLLEGE COACHING TRACKER Former Texas A&M standout Kristen Cuyos has joined the coaching staff at East Texas Baptist, the school announced on Thursday. Cuyos most recently served as head coach of the Texas Bombers 16U Select Team and worked with Easton Diamond Sports in California. The ETBU position is her first at the collegiate level. During her playing career at Texas A&M, Cuyos helped lead the Aggies to the Women’s College World Series in 2017 and was selected to the program’s All-Decade Team for the 2010s. She finished her Aggie playing career ranked fourth in program history…
TRENDING NOW: NCAA TRANSFER TRACKER / COLLEGE COACHING TRACKER Birmingham-Southern has named Amanda Locke as head coach, the school announced on Wednesday. Locke spent the last three seasons as associate head coach at Northwestern State, working with the team’s offense. It was her second stint with the Lady Demons, following an inaugural tenure from 2013-14. Her coaching resume also includes four seasons as the pitching coach at Texas Tech. “It was important for us to be able to find a leader for our student-athletes who could continue to build this nationally competitive program,” BSC athletic director Kyndall Waters said in a statement. “Amanda…
TRENDING NOW: NCAA TRANSFER TRACKER / COLLEGE COACHING TRACKER Binghamton has promoted Jessica Bump to their head coaching role, the school announced on Wednesday. Bump spent the last five seasons as the Bearcats’ top assistant, helping lead the program to the 2017 America East conference title and also served as the acting head coach for the first portion of the 2021 season while then-head coach Michelle Johnston was on maternity leave. Prior to joining the staff at Binghamton, Bump spent a single season as a graduate assistant at Kentucky in 2015 and one year as an assistant at Lafayette in 2016. A two-time…
TRENDING NOW: NCAA TRANSFER TRACKER / COLLEGE COACHING TRACKER McNeese is adding Kendall Talley via transfer, the school announced on Wednesday morning. Talley is transferring from the Ragin’ Cajuns and has two seasons of eligibility remaining following the NCAA’s extended eligibility waiver following the COVID-19 pandemic. During the 2021 season, Talley batted .343 and finished the year with 39 runs scored and 26 RBIs. She added fourteen stolen bases and a .984 fielding percentage, making just one error in the outfield. She was a starting outfielder for the Cajuns during both the 2020 and 2021 season after taking a redshirt in 2019. Prior…
TRENDING NOW: NCAA TRANSFER TRACKER / COLLEGE COACHING TRACKER Columbia is adding Paige Smith as an assistant coach, the school announced on Thursday. Smith resigned as the head coach at Seton Hall in May after spending nine years as the Pirates’ leader. Smith will come out of her brief coaching retirement to now join the Lions’ staff. During Smith’s tenure at Seton Hall, the Pirates won 165 games and were 61-99 in Big East conference play. The program appeared in the conference tournament twice during her first three seasons at the helm, and enjoyed their best season in 2019 when they went 24-24…
TRENDING NOW: NCAA TRANSFER TRACKER / COLLEGE COACHING TRACKER Wofford College, a member of the Division I Southern Conference (the “SoCon”), has announced intentions to begin a softball program and has named a head coach. According to a news release on July 22nd, the Terriers will enroll their first recruiting class this fall and will begin play with the 2024 season. A softball facility is also currently under construction. Mark Line, a veteran of more than three decades in the Wofford athletic program, most recently served as an athletic administrator for the Terriers and has been named as the program’s inaugural softball coach.…
TRENDING NOW: NCAA TRANSFER TRACKER / COLLEGE COACHING TRACKER Japan successfully defended their gold medal from 2008 in a 2-0 win over the United States in Tokyo on Tuesday. The victory marks Japan’s second Olympic gold medal in softball and is also the second-consecutive Olympics where the Japanese bested the Americans in the gold medal matchup. Yukiko Ueno and Cat Osterman started for Japan and the US, respectively, in a mirror image of the 2008 Olympic Gold medal game. Osterman departed after two innings without giving up a run. Ally Carda came on in relief, giving up one run and was charged with…
Stetson has promoted Shellie Robinson to head coach, the program announced on Monday. Robinson spent the past two seasons on staff with the Hatters, serving as an assistant to Frank Griffin prior to his retirement this summer. “The opportunity to lead the Stetson Softball program is truly a dream come true,” Robinson said in a school relese. “DeLand is home for me, and the past two years have really shown that there is nowhere else I would rather be. The passion that I have for this team, this university and this community is unmatched. I am ready to get to…
Oregon has added Alyssa Palomino-Cardoza to their coaching staff, the Ducks announced on Monday. Palomino-Cardoza will serve as the program’s volunteer assistant coach. Her hiring rounds out Missy Lombardi’s coaching staff, following the announced hirings of assistant coaches Sam Marder and Nikki Udria-Ragin earlier in the summer. As a player at Arizona from 2016-21, Palomino-Cardoza was a 2-time All-American and a defensively stellar outfielder for the majority of her career. “APC” earned a quartet of all-conference honors, hit 69 career home runs, and 53 career doubles; the latter number ranks fourth in Arizona program history. During her Wildcat career, Palomino-Cardoza…