During her three years as an assistant coach at Indiana State, Erin Arevalo presided over some quality achievements with the team’s pitching staff. In her first season, the staff added some new numbers to the team’s all-time record book, and in 2020, she shepherded senior pitcher Gabbi Schnaiter to a season-opening gem of a victory over then-ranked Wisconsin. Happy and successful in her role at ISU, Arevalo had no plans to leave. Then, she got a phone call from a friend that put a new set of wheels in motion. The Oklahoma softball program needed a volunteer assistant coach, and…
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MEAC member Maryland-Eastern Shore will not compete in the 2020-21 athletic season. The school made the official announcement on November 19th, citing that the “risk to the health and safety of athletes and staff proves too great.” “As we approached the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference deadline for a decision on our participation in the 20-21 athletic year, it became clear that the responsible position would be to forego this athletic season. The health and safety of our student athletes, our coaches and our staff will always be our top priority,” UMES president Dr. Heidi M Anderson said in a school statement.…
The 2021 edition of the St. Pete/Clearwater Elite Invitational has been cancelled, sources confirmed to JWOS on Monday. Teams were informed of the cancellation on Monday, and programs that were committed to the 2021 event will be invited back in 2022, sources said. The Clearwater tournament, which has been viewed as one of softball’s premier multi-team events from its beginnings, would have played its third year in 2021. Difficulty in logistical planning due to the necessary safety precautions was given as the reasoning for the tournament’s cancellation for the coming season. Billed as ESPN Events’ first owned and operated softball…
UPDATE 12/13/20 01:00 – Last week, an update was posted on Lyndsey Burrow’s health. It is reposted below. The update was initially published by her mother on social media, and was shared to a GoFundMe page that has been set up to support Burrow and her family. That GoFundMe has raised over $26,000 to-date. “It has been 24 days since the accident. Lyndsey was stable enough to have an MRI. She has suffered severe brain damage, Stage 3 DAI (Diffuse Axonal Injury), lack of oxygen to the left side of her brain. It may be a minimum of six months before…
Following the sudden and unexpected firing of head coach Kayla Lucas last week – a move that JWOS exclusively reported on – the members of the Young Harris college softball roster have released a public statement. Published by numerous members of the team’s roster on their personal social media accounts, the statement expresses strong support for Lucas and her work with the team both on- and off-the-field. Multiple sources additionally confirmed to JWOS that, though not referenced in the statement, a contingent of affected persons have expressed to school officials their dissatisfaction with the termination. On Thursday, the school spoke…
Rutgers will add Brynne Dordel as the program’s new pitching coach, sources told JWOS. Dordel spent the last three years as the volunteer assistant coach at Alabama, and was part of the Crimson Tide coaching staff that helped lead the program back to the Women’s College World Series in 2019. Prior to her stint at Alabama, Dordel spent one season as the pitching coach at Iowa State and three years as an assistant coach at North Dakota State. She was part of the NDSU staff that won regional Coaching Staff of the Year awards in 2015 and ’16, as well…
Skylar Wallace is transferring to Florida, the school announced on Wednesday. “This is an incredible opportunity and I am very thankful that I have found a home with the Gators.” Wallace said in a school statement. “I made plenty of great memories at Alabama and am also thankful for the opportunities I had there, but now I’m focused and ready to get to Gainesville, so I can start building relationships with my new teammates and coaches.” Wallace’s eligibility was not immediately clear; while she would not require a waiver to play immediately at a school outside the SEC, student-athletes transferring…
South Carolina outfielder Haley Simpson will miss the 2021 season due to injury, the school announced on Monday. Simpson, a 3rd-year junior, is set to have surgery for a hip injury later this year that will put her out of commission for the full spring season. During the shortened 2020 season, Simpson led the Gamecocks with a .353 batting average and recorded five extra base hits, four RBI, and eleven runs scored during the abbreviated campaign. She additionally posted a .529 slugging percentage with a .414 on-base percentage. For her career, Simpson owns a .301 batting average with 21 runs…
Erin Arevalo has joined the Oklahoma coaching staff as the volunteer assistant coach, the school announced on Tuesday. Arevalo spent the past three seasons as the pitching coach at Indiana State. During her tenure with the Sycamores, Arevalo helped lead the program to a 56-75 overall record, as well as a 17-35 mark in Missouri Valley conference play. Arevalo also shepherded the squad to a program record for team saves under her guidance. Prior to joining the staff at Indiana State, Arevalo spent two seasons on staff at Samford in 2016 and ’17. She was part of the coaching staff…
A Monday tweet from D1Baseball’s Kendall Rogers broached the subject of some potentially-forthcoming conference realignments. https://twitter.com/KendallRogers/status/1328417201167233026 “[ASun Conference] Presidents have voted to enter in to a 60-day negotiating period with hopes of adding Eastern Kentucky, Central Arkansas and Jacksonville State to the #ASUN. Stay tuned,” Rogers’ tweet read. Eastern Kentucky and Jacksonville State are both active members of the Ohio Valley Conference, while Central Arkansas competes in the Southland Conference. The ASun currently boasts nine member teams ahead of the potential additions; Bellarmine reclassified from Division II earlier this year to join the league, and NJIT departed the ASun at…