10.15.2009 | Softball
Monmouth, Ill. – Five members of the Monmouth College softball team were recently named All-American Scholar-Athletes by the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA).

Pitcher Sarah Christensen, first baseman Maggie Dort, second baseman Erin Fitzpatrick, catcher Lauren Bergstresser and third baseman Colleen Zumpf were named to the team based on last season’s grade point average.

Founded in 1983, the NFCA (originally called the National Softball Coaches Association) boasts more than 4,400 members. The NFCA offers coaches in-depth training in all aspects of the sport and issues numerous awards to players on a national level.

Monmouth Release

7.16.2009 | Softball
Waukesha, Wis.– Amy Gradecki has been named head softball coach at Carroll University, athletic director Kris Jacobsen announced today.

Gradecki joins the Carroll coaching staff for the second time in her career, serving as an assistant coach for the Pioneers in 1994 and 1995. Following her first stint at Carroll, she won more than 100 games in a nine-year head coaching career at Wilmot Union High School. 

Gradecki graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, where she was a basketball and softball student-athlete.