Finding a softball star from
the Central Valley, CSU Bakersfield Softball head coach Crissy Buck has hired
former Fresno State star Aja Scheuber as her assistant coach.
Scheuber, who played for
Fresno State's traditional powerhouse program in the 2007 and '08 seasons,
comes to the Roadrunners from Colorado State University, where she served as a
volunteer assistant softball coach earlier this year. Scheuber also held the
position of assistant softball coach at New Mexico Highlands University in the
2010-11 season and held the same post at Taft College in 2009-10.
"Her playing experience at Fresno State, a defined program
with a rich tradition of winning, as well as her experience in the Central
Valley, was a big factor in looking at her for this position," Buck said. "Her
knowledge of the game and her passion is exactly what this program needs to
establish a winning culture at the Division I level."
Buck said Scheuber will
assist the team with hitting and outfield duties and her primary focus on game
days will be working with pitchers and catchers and calling pitches.
Prior to transitioning to a
coach, Scheuber, a Turlock, Calif., native, played at Merced Community College
before transferring to Fresno State to finish out her collegiate career at the
Division I level.
Scheuber, who was a utility
player, helped the Bulldogs earn a Western Athletic Conference championship in
2007. In her senior season in 2008, she started all 67 games for Fresno State
and recorded a .342 batting average with 48 RBIs, 31 runs scored, nine doubles
and five homers. Her performance earned her an NCAA West Regional Team
selection.
Off the field, Schubert was
named to the ESPN the Magazine Academic All-American first team and was also a
two-time WAC All-Academic and Fresno State Dean's List selection.
Scheuber earned a bachelor
of arts degree in sociology from Fresno State and added a master's degree in
human performance and sport from New Mexico Highland University.
Buck will also be aided by
volunteer assistant student coach Ryane Petersen. Petersen ranked among the top
power hitters for Roadrunners the last two seasons after transferring from
Fresno State. Petersen started all 52 games at first base for CSUB in 2011 and
added 10 pitching appearances in 2010. In her two seasons as a Roadrunner,
Petersen recorded a .311 batting average, drove in 73 runs, scored 51 runs and
hit 21 doubles and 17 home runs. In 2010, Petersen was named to the All-Pacific
Coast Softball Coast Coastal Division first team and the National Fastpitch
Coaches Association All-Region second team.
"Her knowledge of the CSUB
Softball program is important to show us where we have been and now she wants
to see the program excel with its ability to compete now that it is eligible
for the postseason," Buck said.
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