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Eastern Illinois
* Hired as assistant softball coach in August of 2020
* Enters second season as assistant coach for 2022 season
* Worked as graduate assistant coach at EIU in 2019 & 2020
* Coached hitters and outfielders helping team post 11-10 record in shortened 2020 season
* Team improved in nearly every offensive category in 2020 (runs per game (3.95), home runs per game (.86), slugging percentage (.405), on-base percentage (.346), RBI per game, and OPS (.751))
* Helped coach two All-OVC performers in 2019 season
* Posted a 25-19 record in 2021
* Ranked 20th in the nation with a program record 56 home runs (1.27 per game)
* Ranked 41st in the nation with a program record .480 slugging percentageÂ
* Ranked 29th in the nation in stolen bases per game (1.75)
* Team saw improvements in batting average (.284), runs per game (5.17), on-base percentage (.363), OPS (.843), and walk to strikeout ratio (.619)
* Helped coach Megan Burton to First Team All-OVC, First Team All-Region, and the first OVC Player of the Year award in the programs history
* Helped guide Haley Mitchell to First Team All-OVC honors and Third Team All-RegionÂ
* Helped coach Morgan Lewis to the OVC All-Newcomer team
Prior to Eastern Illinois
* Volunteer softball coach at Ball State in 2017
* Helped coach team to 37-19 record, (4th most wins in school history)
* Helped coach team to Mid-American Conference West Division title
* Helped coach three first team All-MAC selections
Personal
* Started out at University of Louisville before transferring to Ball State University (2015-17)
* Second Team NFCA All-Great Lakes Region in 2017
* Academic All-MAC (2015-17), MAC Distinguished Scholar Athlete in 2017
* On Ball State’s Single Season Charts: Tied for first in stolen base percentage (1.000 / 16-for-16 in 2017), tied for sixth in doubles (17 in 2017), seventh in home runs (13 in 2017), seventh in runs scored (51 in 2017), 10th in total bases (117 in 2017), 15th in slugging percentage (.613 in 2017), 16th in at bats (191 in 2017), T-19th in games started (58 in 2017), T-20th in hits (61 in 2017)
* On Ball State’s Career Charts: First in stolen base percentage (.958 / 23-for-24), sixth in slugging percentage (.562), ninth in home runs (20), T-15th in runs scored (85), 17th in batting average (.320), 18th in on base percentage (.384), T-18th in RBI (68), T-20th in doubles (28)
* Bachelor's degree in Accounting from Ball State University in 2017
* Master's of Business Administration from Eastern Illinois University in 2020
* Native of Greenfield, Indiana.
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