Coach Brian has been coaching softball for eleven years. From 2011-2013, Brian served as an Assistant Coach for Liberty University, where he instructed hitting (2012 season) and pitching (2013 season). During his time at LU, Coach Brian also served as the Director of Camps and Clinics and was head of recruiting. Brian returns to Liberty …
Amy Harper had a very successful career. Starting travel ball at age 13 for Indiana Magic, her team was able to win many tournaments and finished 3rd in the ASA nationals in 1995. She continued her softball career at the University of Southern Indiana where she was recently inducted into the Athletic Hall of Fame …
Carrie Markham Gutierrez is a graduate of Pfeiffer University in Charlotte where she earned by Masters in Leadership and Organizational Change. Prior to graduate school Carrie attended Belmont Abbey College where she earned a B.A. in Sports Management and began her collegiate athletic career. She was a pitcher for Belmont Abbey, as well as an …
Patrick Girigorie was born and raised in Curacao (Netherlands Antilles) well known as the ABC islands, which are a small group of islands near the coast of Venezuela, where approximately 150,000 people live. Patrick is a former professional volleyball player and was a coach for a womens volleyball team for more than 15 years. Patrick is a Wellness and …
Steve Frew is the Assistant and Pitching Coach at the University of Charleston (NCAA Division II, Charleston, WV). In his first full season at UC, he helped grow the team and pitching staff to lead them to the university’s first-ever Conference Championship! The team finished one game away from the World Series as they dropped …
Danielle grew up in Northern Virginia and started playing softball at a young age and fell in love with it. She played travel and high school ball in Northern Virginia and mainly played catcher and 3rd base. Danielle attended Salisbury University but after her freshman year her career ended due to injuries. Danielle graduated from Salisbury …
Shelly (Mendez) Farris was a High School (St. Marks School) and College (Delaware Technical Institution) All-Star Pitcher. Her college career saw her pitch two perfect games for the Del Tech Lady Spirit Program while guiding them to back-to-back undefeated seasons in the NJCAA Conference. Additionally, Farris led her college team to its first ever appearance …
Julia has been a student of the game of softball for many years. She played high school and travel ball out of San Antonio, Texas, and went on to Methodist College in Fayetteville, NC. “Having played travel and high school ball in Texas, I was always told I would never amount to anything. I worked …
Leigh Elko is Certified Tincher Pitching Instructor and a Gold Level (now the equivalent of PGF) veteran with years of coaching and research experience. Elko owns Black Cat Fastpitch and is dedicated to making the game of softball more than just a competition – Elko builds her company on the ideas of commitment, integrity and …
Bridget Ebenger-Balla grew up playing softball in Cleveland Ohio, including 3 trips to the annual ASA National Softball tournament. However, she didn’t start playing fastpitch until her sophomore year in high school and the Varsity coaching staff lacked pitching knowledge. As the starting catcher, Bridget learned to pitch alongside her pitchers and served as the …
Sara Driesenga, a native of Hudsonville, Michigan, pitched at the University of Michigan 2012-2016, compiling a record of 71-26 with 10 saves and helping the Wolverines to six Big Ten championships, five regular season and one tournament title, along with three Women’s College World Series appearances including a national runner-up finish in 2015. Sara was …
April Damron Charles pitched at Jenkins High School in Southeast Kentucky. She then went on to play collegiate softball at UVA-Wise in Wise, Virginia. While at UVA-Wise, she was a 3x All-Conference and All-Region pitcher. In 2002, she led her team to their first ever conference championship, and repeated in 2004. After graduating with a degree in …
A native of Eugene, Oregon, Angie moved to the East Coast to play softball at Georgia State University. During her four years on the mound at GSU she pitched 70 complete games and compiled 15 shutouts. She holds individual season records for strikeouts and shutouts and received Atlantic Sun/TAAC All- Conference honors in 1999 and …
Jen Bride lives in Anchorage, Alaska. She started teaching pitching lessons out of college in 2005 using the techniques and methods she used to earn a full scholarship to New Mexico State University in Las Cruces, NM. After graduating, Jen says she wanted to give back to the sport through coaching and specifically teaching girls …
Keri Malcolmson Bourdage is originally from Newark, Delaware, where she started her softball career at the age of 9. She quickly fell in love with the sport and began pitching lessons shortly thereafter. Her career continued through college at the D1 level playing for the University of North Carolina Wilmington where she still holds many …
