2009-10 Blue Jay Softball Bits:
* The preliminary 2010 softball schedule has been released and is available on the web (click link at left).
* Westminster went 1-1-1 at the Reverse Exposure Tournament on Sunday, September 27, in St. Louis.
* The Blue Jay softball team is running a concession stand at University of Missouri football games as a fundraiser for the 2009-10 season.
* 2009 fall softball practice has begun under the direction of first-year head coach Shellie Manson.
Manson Named Westminster College (Mo.) Softball Coach
Fulton, Mo. – Shelli Manson has been named head softball coach at Westminster College. Manson is scheduled to begin Monday, August 24.
Manson has been an assistant coach at Louisiana Tech University in Ruston, Louisiana, for the past three years. Prior to that, she served as a graduate assistant at Defiance College in Defiance, Ohio, from 2004-06 while completing her graduate degree in sports science. Manson received her Bachelors of Arts degree in history from Muskingum College in New Concord, Ohio, in 2003. While in college, Manson was a four-year varsity starter and played on three teams that were NCAA Division III regional runners-up in 1999, 2000 and 2002. Her 2001 Muskingum team won the NCAA Division III national championship.
Manson replaces Nicole Stacey, who left Westminster after three years to assume the head softball coaching position at Lincoln University last month.