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Jaclyn Salzwedel
Head Coach - 2nd Season
Jaclyn Salzwedel is in her second season as head softball coach at Clarke University.
 
Salzwedel's 2011 squad finished the season with an impressive run. The Crusaders swept through MCC Tournament opening round action with one-run victories over Ashford and William Penn (twice) to earn a spot in MCC Final Four, where the season ended with a third-place showing. Clarke finished 18-26 overall and 7-15 in MCC play.
 
A native of Wyoming, Mich., Salzwedel previously served as associate head varsity softball coach at Rogers High School in her hometown.
 
From 2007 to 2009, Salzwedel was a grad assistant softball coach at the University of Wisconsin-Plattville. She was also the the program's main assistant as well as the hitting specialist for the Pioneers' 2008 team that led the NCAA Division III in home runs per game.
 

Prior to her stint at UW-Platteville, Salzwedel was the assistant softball coach at Grand Rapids Community College and was the head varsity softball coach at Union High School in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Salzwedel played collegiate softball at Grand Rapids Community College and at Aquinas College in Grand Rapids. The four-year starter earned honorable mention all-region and all-conference honors at Grand Rapids, and was a member of the NAIA All-Region Tournament Team and an NAIA National Tournament participant at Aquinas.

Salzwedel received her associate of arts degree from Grand Rapids Community College, her bachelor of arts degree from Aquinas College, and her master of science in education degree from UW-Platteville.

 
 
 
2012 Softball Roster
#NameCl.Pos.B/THt.HometownPrevious School
1Brianne BoalsSOUTL 5-6Dakota, Ill.Dakota HS
2Katie Philipp-GuerraJRUTL 5-6Kansas City, Mo.Oak Park HS
3Sonia ColavitaSOC 5-6Hermosa Beach, Calif.Harbor College
4Cammy WashingtonFRP/UTL 5-4Machesney Park, ILLBoylan Central Catholic HS
6Danielle StralowFRP/1B 5-11Morrison, ILL
8Maribeth VasquezSOC/UTL 5-6North Aurora, Ill.West Aurora HS
9Kasey StengerSOP/1B 5-6Cedar Lake, Ind.Hanover Central HS
10Clarissa AbellJRP 5-7Ottawa, Ill.Ottawa Township HS
12Rachael ArnsFRINF 5-4McHenry, Ill.McHenry West HS
14Alli TheinFRUTL 5-5Dubuque, IowaHempstead HS
23Laura ZelinskasSROF 5-5Dubuque, IowaDubuque Senior HS
25Betsy NaumanSO2B 5-9Dubuque, IowaHempstead HS
33Krista FioriniFROF 5-2Plainfield, ILLPlainfield Central HS
Jaclyn Salzwedel - Head Coach - 2nd season
Mark Rako - Assistant Coach/Pitching Coach - 2nd season
Bridgette Clark - Assistant Coach - 1st season
Sam Johnson - Manager - 1st season
 
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