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HOFSTRA 2013 Softball Media Guide Tessa Ziemba 2012 NFCA First Team All-Northeast Region Olivia Galati 2012 NFCA First Team All-American 2012 CAA Champions 2012 NCAA Los Angeles Regional Champions 2012 NCAA Super Regional Participants 2012 Postseason Tessa Ziemba drove in the winning run in the Pride’s Regional-clinching win over San Diego State The Hofstra dugout cheers during Hofstra’s first victory The Pride is introduced prior to the over San Diego State start of the NCAA Super Regional at at the NCAA Los South Florida Angeles Regional 2012 Championship Ring Courtney Crews (#5) scores in Hofstra’s win over UCLA at the NCAA Los Angeles Regional The Pride celebrate the final out of the Los Angeles Regional to earn their first-ever NCAA Super Regional berth Olivia Galati pitched all 48 innings in Hofstra’s NCAA run 2013 HOFSTRA SOFTBALL QUICK FACTS Location: Hempstead, New York 11549 Senior Assistant Director of Athletic Founded: 1935 Communications/Softball Contact: TABLE OF CONTENTS Enrollment: 11,453 Brian Bohl Nickname: Pride Office Phone: (516) 463-6759 Quick Facts 1 Colors: Gold, White and Blue Cell Phone: (516) 408-8214 Hofstra Highlights 2 Affiliation: NCAA Division I Fax: (516) 463-5033 Hofstra Tradition 4 Conference: Colonial Athletic Association E-mail: [email protected] Head Softball Coach Bill Edwards 6 Home Field: Hofstra Softball Stadium Associate Director of Athletics for Associate Head Coach Larissa Anderson 8 (1,000) Communications: Stephen Gorchov Assistant Coaches Kate Stake/ Press Box Phone: (516) 523-6185 Office Phone: (516) 463-4933 Adrienne Clark 9 Senior Sports Information Director: 2013 Outlook 10 President: Stuart Rabinowitz Jim Sheehan 2013 Roster 12 Faculty Athletics Representative: Office Phone: (516) 463-6764 Dr. Michael Barnes Director of Athletic Publications: Player Profiles Vice President and Director of Athletics: Len Skoros Becca Bigler 13 Jeffrey A. Hathaway Office Phone: (516) 463-4602 Olivia Galati 14 Executive Associate Director of Jess Hirschbuhl 16 Athletics: Danny McCabe Equipment Manager: Kathy Theiling Nicole Osovski 17 Senior Associate Director of Athletics: Photography: Brian Ballweg, Rachael Senatore 18 Cindy Lewis Luke Adams D.J. Slugh 19 Senior Associate Director of Athletics Tessa Ziemba 20 for Facilities: Jay Artinian Ashley Ainbender 21 Associate Director of Athletics for Tori Rocha 22 SOFTBALL INFORMATION Danielle Bitts/Lindsey Reid 23 External Relations: Tim McMahon Erin Trippi/Bella Corrao 24 Associate Director of Athletics for Head Coach: Bill Edwards (Northern Caryn Bailey/Victoria Cabral/ Communications: Stephen Gorchov Michigan, 1967) Alyssa Cuzzola/Chloe Fitzgerald/ 25 Associate Director of Athletics for Overall Record/Years: 848-391-3/23 Maggie Hawkins/Kim Smith 26 Compliance: TBA years Record at School/Years: Same Assistant Director of Athletics for Pride Honored at City Field 27 Development: TBA Associate Head Coach: Larissa Anderson Assistant Coaches: Kate Stake and This is Hofstra University 28 Assistant Director of Athletics for Hofstra University President 30 Corporate Relations: Ellen Johnson Adrienne Clark Softball Office Phone: (516) 463-5085 University Senior Administration 31 Assistant Director of Athletics for Hofstra University Director of Athletics 32 Marketing and Promotions: 2012 Record: 42-15 2012 Conference Record/Finish: 19-0/ Athletic Administration and Chrissy Arnone Head Coaches 34 First Place Assistant Director of Athletics for Academic Support 36 Student-Athlete Development: Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 12/4 Athletic Training 37 Samantha Sweeney Starters Returning/Lost: 7/3 Long Island/ New York City 38 Director of Ticket Sales: Michael Neely Under Amour 39 Director of Student-Athlete Services: Softball Facilities 40 James Lally HOFSTRA SOFTBALL 2012 Statistics 42 Assistant Director of Administration: ON THE WEB: 2012 Results 43 Rachel August GoHofstra.com 2012 Colonial Athletic Association Athletic Department Phone: Review 44 (516) 463-6750 The Colonial Athletic Association 46 Hofstra’s Pro and Olympic Players 47 Hofstra Softball Honor Roll 48 TOP RETURNING HITTERS: Hofstra Softball Record Book 51 Name Pos. Cl. Avg.-HR-RBI Honors Where Are They Now? 56 Rachael Senatore OF Sr. .364-0-22 All-Northeast Region First-Team Softball Alumnae 58 Olivia Galati P Sr. .345-4-37 First Team All-America Hofstra in Postseason Play 60 Tessa Ziemba OF Sr. .316-11-45 All-Northeast Region First-Team Series Records 63 Becca Bigler IF Sr. .309-11-34 All-Time Results 64 Media Following 73 TOP RETURNING PITCHERS: Hofstra in the Community 74 Name Cl. IP W-L, ERA, K Softball Media Information 75 Olivia Galati Sr. 280.2 34-7, 0.95, 378 First Team All-America 2013 Schedule 76 1 HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY • GoHofstra.com HOFSTRA HIGHLIGHTS PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING JOURNALISTS BOB WOODwarD AND CARL BERNSTEIN, THE REPortERS WHO BROKE THE WatErgatE SCANDAL FOR THE WASHINGTON NEwark MAYOR CORY BOOKER POST, SPOKE at HOFSTRA ON MARCH 20, 2012, FOR THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF was THE KEYNOTE SPEAKER FOR THE STORY that FORCED PRESIDENT NIXON TO RESIGN. HOFSTRA’S ANNUAL P.R.I.D.E. WEEK. HOFSTRA STUDENTS RAISED MORE THAN $100,000 FOR CANCER RESEARCH DURING THE 2012 RELAY FOR LIFE. HOFSTRA HOSTED A PRESIDENTIAL DEbatE ON OCTOBER 16, 2012, AND BROUGHT A slatE OF TOP POLITICAL stratEGISTS, ACTIVISTS, SCHOLARS AND JOURNALISTS TO CAMPUS AS Part OF AN ELECTION- THEMED EVENT SERIES. CBS CORPoration PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER LESLIE MOONVES was THE SPEAKER at THE UNDERGRADuatE CEREMONY DURING HOFSTRA’S 2012 COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES. 2 HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY • GoHofstra.com THE PRINCETON REVIEW RECENTLY NAMED THE ZARB SCHOOL OF BUSINESS ONE OF ITS “GREat SCHOOLS FOR MARKETING AND SALES MAJORS” THE HOFSTRA IS JUST HOFSTRA- 25 MILES FROM North NEW YORK CITY. SHORE LIJ SCHOOL OF MEDICINE COMPLETED ITS FIRST YEAR OF EXISTENCE IN JULY 2012. RAPPER SNOOP DOGG was ONE WRHU, HOFSTRA’S OF THE HEADLINERS at VIBE LIVE RADIO station, was DURING THE 2012 FALL FESTIVAL. RECENTLY ratED THE FIFTH BEST COLLEGE RADIO station IN THE nation BY THE PRINCETON REVIEW. 3 HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY • GoHofstra.com HOFSTRA TRADITION 1422 games 944 victories 61 All-Conference players 46 All-Region players 23 consecutive winning seasons 21 NCAA Tournament victories 17 conference championships 17 Academic All-District players 13 NCAA Tournament appearances 11 consecutive conference championships HOFSTRA at THE 2003 NCAA REGIONAL IN (NCAA record) from 1998-2008 LINCOLN, NEBRASKA 5 Academic All-Americans 5 All-Americans OLIVIA Galati was HOFSTRA’S TARA ULRICH was A FIRST FIRST-TEAM ALL-AMERICAN, FOUR-TIME ALL-CAA EARNING THE HONOR IN 2012 SELECTION 2000 NFCA ALL- AMERICAN AND 2001 AMERICA EAST PLAYER OF THE YEAR LISA CIAVARDINI TWO-TIME NFCA ALL-AMERICAN AND THREE-TIME COSIDA COACH ACADEMIC ALL- EDwarDS AMERICAN AND TWO-TIME AMERICA CRYstal BOYD 2006 CAA EAST PLAYER PITCHER OF THE YEAR OF THE YEAR JEN SMITH ASHLEY LANE 4 HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY • GoHofstra.com 2003 2003 NFCA ALL-AMERICAN AND 2004 2000 AMANDA HallawaY ALL-NCAA NFCA ALL- REGIONAL AMERICAN SELECTION AND COSIDA ADRIENNE ACADEMIC CLARK ALL- AMERICAN ALICIA SMITH 2003 COSIDA ACADEMIC ALL- AMERICAN HEathER BROUSSEAU THE PRIDE UNVEIL HOFSTRA’S SEVEN ALL-CAA SELECTIONS IN 2008 THEIR 2005 NCAA BANNER THREE-TIME CAA PITCHER OF THE YEAR KAYLEIGH LOTTI 2006 COLONIAL ATHLETIC Association CHAMPIONS 5 HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY • GoHofstra.com HEAD SOFTBALL COACH BILL EDWARDS BILL EDWARDS SOFTBALL HEAD COACH ill Edwards is entering his 24th season as the Hofstra University to the first Super Regional Head Softball Coach in 2013. He has been the architect of a in program history. After Bprogram that has grown to national prominence. As a result of going 42-15 overall and his success with the Pride, he was inducted into the National Fastpitch finishing one win away from Coaches Association (NFCA) Hall of Fame in December of 2009. the Women’s College World Series, the Pride was picked Edwards has guided Hofstra to 13 NCAA Tournament appearances, 16th in the final USA Today/ including six straight from 2003-08. NFCA Division I poll. He has led Hofstra to the regional finals of the NCAA Tournament in the Edwards’ team captured 2004, 2005, 2008 2010 and 2012 seasons. He helped the Pride capture their ninth Colonial Athletic a remarkable 11 straight conference tournament titles from 1998-2008, Association championship in which is an NCAA Division I record for softball (breaking the previous 11 seasons after going 22-0 record of nine straight set by Massachusetts from 1995-2003). against the league for the His career record stands at 848-391-3 in 23 seasons, ranking him in the first undefeated conference top-25 in NCAA history in career winning percentage and making him performance in school one of only 19 active coaches with 800 career wins. In each of the last history. For his efforts, 21 seasons under Edwards, the Pride has won either a regular season or a Edwards was named the postseason conference title. CAA’s Coach of the Year for the fifth consecutive time Edwards, who has been a part of 23 straight winning seasons at Hofstra, Hofstra defeated No. 12 overall seed UCLA on the Bruins’ home field coached the Pride to a #21 ranking in the final 2004 NCAA Division I and knocked off San Diego State twice in the Los Angeles Regional to Softball Poll, and a #20 ranking in the final 1994 poll. He has also led the set up a best-of-three Tampa Super Regional against the University of Pride to #1 rankings in the Northeast Region Poll in 1993, 1994, 1997 South Florida. The Pride won Game 1 before dropping a pair of one-run and 2000. games to a Bulls squad that finished ranked eighth in the country. The 2012 season also saw a first for Edwards as pitcher/designated Edwards has been named player Olivia Galati the Regional Coach of the earned the program’s Year 11 times in his career first-ever first-team All- (1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, America selection by 2000, 2003, 2004, 2005, the NFCA.