Ole Miss has named Ryker Chason as the program’s new pitching coach, according to a school release on Thursday. Chason had been a student manager at LSU for four seasons, and assisted in the categories of pitch calls and charting. During his time at LSU, four Tiger pitchers were named All-Americans. In a statement, first-year Rebels head coach Jamie Trachsel said, “I am very excited to introduce Ryker Chason into our Ole Miss softball family. It takes having one conversation with him to realize he has the “it” factor as a person and as a coach. His passion and energy…
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Carly Wynn has been named the associate head coach at Minnesota, the school announced on Wednesday evening. Wynn spent the last five seasons on staff at Arizona State, where she was part of the coaching staff that led the Sun Devils to the 2018 Women’s College World Series. She served as the team’s recruiting coordinator, hitting coach, and outfield instructor; the 2019 saw a pair of her outfielders earn All-American awards in Morgan Howe and Kindra Hackbarth. “I couldn’t be more excited to join Coach Ritter and the Gophers,” Wynn said in a school statement. “I’m so thankful to Mark…
Former LSU great Sahvanna Jaquish has been named an assistant coach at Dixie State, the school announced earlier this week. “Thrilled to have you join our staff!” read the school’s social media posts announcing Jaquish’s hiring. In her own statement on social media, Jaquish wrote, “I am excited to teach these young athletes that are transitioning into the highest level of collegiate sports #D1 and honored to be a part of a culture that already knows how to win on and off the field!” Jaquish previously served as an assistant coach at the University of La Verne and as a…
Sixteen teams competed in the entirety of the 1983 Division I softball tournament. Eight head-to-head regionals took place to determine who would qualify for the second-ever Women’s College World Series, set to be played in Omaha, Nebraska. With each regional set in a best-of-three format, five of the eight locations played the maximum amount of games possible, including a winner-take-all game 3. Missouri was the only team to qualify for the WCWS after losing the first game of their regional, having lost their series opener to Southwest Missouri State (now known as simply Missouri State). Eight of the twenty-one games…
Former Creighton pitcher Kiele Miller is transferring to Boise State, she announced on social media on Wednesday night. “So excited to announce my commitment to Boise State University!! i can’t wait for the adventures and opportunities to come! #Bleedblue!!” she wrote on Twitter. During three years at Creighton, Miller collected 334 career strikeouts, a mark that ranks sixth in Bluejay program history. As a freshman in 2018, she led the Big East in ERA with a 1.42 mark and was named a second-team all-conference selection after that year. Prior to the abrupt end to the 2020 season, Miller had assembled…
Siena head coach Bill Lajeunesse is retiring, the school announced on Wednesday afternoon. Lajeunesse spent ten years as the Saints’ head coach, collecting exactly 200 victories during his tenure. The winningest coach in program history, Lajeunesse’s squad reached the 20-win mark eight times during his tenure, and he is one of just seven coaches in MAAC history to reach the 200 career victory plateau. Under his tutelage, the Saints saw thirteen players selected to the all-conference first-team, while Shannon Jones (2012) and Madysen Cossack (2017, 2019) were named the league’s Player of the Year. Prior to his tenure as Siena…
On Tuesday morning, Chelsea Spencer gave her first public interview since being named the head coach at Cal-Berkeley, her alma mater. She talked to Eric Lopez for the In the Circle podcast and, in the absence of a formal press conference by the university, we’re breaking down the highlights of Spencer’s first public comments since the hiring. She’s got her dream job Spencer’s first description of being named Cal’s head coach was to call it a “dream come true,” a phrase that she repeated throughout the interview. It is a widely-known fact – and Mike White even referenced it in his…
Henderson State head coach Beth Jackson has resigned her position, the school announced on Tuesday night. Associate head coach David Martinez has been promoted to the head coaching position in Jackson’s stead. Jackson spent twelve seasons as the program’s head coach, becoming the Reddies’ all-time wins leader and the 2015 Great American Conference championship. She tutored 39 all-conference selections and a pair of All-Americans. In leaving Henderson State, she will become the new head softball coach at Gurdon (AR) High School, where her husband is the football coach. “Beth Jackson has been the face of Henderson State softball for over…
Sam Fischer’s softball resume is a decorated one, with a quality collegiate career; a stint on Team USA; and a lengthy tenure in pro softball domestically and abroad. Despite that decorated resume, Fischer’s career in the game has been a fairly quiet one and her new podcast reflects that relative-unfamiliarity in its very name. Entitled The Unknown Pro, Fischer’s podcast recently debuted with four full-length episodes, and three new episodes have additionally released since then. The podcast takes on a video-based chatting format, geared more toward discussion and a conversational feel than a rigid question-and-answer interview style. Make no mistake -…
The Manatee Squeeze have announced their roster for the inaugural Florida Gulf Coast League season. One of seven league teams, the Squeeze are led by Jacksonville assistant Mario Hernandez and Palm Beach Atlantic graduate assistant Carsyn Gordon. In the first year of sponsoring a softball summer league after previously beginning a similar baseball offering, the FGCL schedule will begin on June 18 and run for a five-week season. The league is comprised of seven teams, with players coming from active rosters on a variety of collegiate levels. Fourteen players representing eleven Division I programs make up the Squeeze roster. Northwestern,…