He currently has 763 career victories and a career winning percentage of .620, all at Long Beach State. Full Bio. The facility serves as Long Beach State softballs rainy day home batting cages. 15 USC NCAA Soccer, Behind The Scenes Of Long Beach States National Championship, TICKETS: CIF-SS Girls Water Polo Championships, Long Beach State Dirtbags Season Preview 2023, Boys Volleyball: Long Beach Poly Sweeps Millikan in Moore League Opener, PHOTOS: Long Beach Poly vs. Millikan, Boys Volleyball Intern Gallery, International City Plumbers Becomes The562s Latest Sponsor, PHOTOS: Jordan vs. Venice, CIF State Basketball, CIF State Basketball: Jordan Holds Off Venice in First Round Tussle. Softball Coaching Staff. Utah Softball Drops Ohio State, Long Beach State. We talk about that before and after every practice. Castillo, Mariah "He hit and played defense in the clutch. Robbins, Sara During her five-season run at LBCC, she compiled an overall record of 161-59-1. Jack Randall was inducted into the International Softball Congress Hall of Fame in 1973. PALM SPRINGS, Calif. - Mariah Lopez and Sydney Sandez combined to allow one earned run over 12 innings and . Its being able to understand who they are as a pitcher and a person and just building those relationships, Burns said. Long Beach State discontinued its football program after the 1991 season due to budget constraints. Izzy has been honored by the Long Beach Poly Elks Club supporters, for his contributions to the Kids Baseball Association and also by the Long Beach Department of Parks, Recreation & Marine for the Mary Dell Butler award, given to outstanding City volunteers. That set me on the path to be successful and not worry about other people. The use of software that blocks ads hinders our ability to serve you the content you came here to enjoy. Burns said hes worked hard to get to know his new battery mates on the mound. Beach Crew rows in Alamitos Bay and Marine Stadium in Long Beach. Patty Gasso set the standard for Long Beach City College softball when she arrived in 1990. Thanks to John Martin for the video, visit the562.org to find out how you can support publicly-funded sports coverage. Clint, a shortstop until this time was moved by Joe to third base and held that Nitehawk position until he was 51 years old! After he won his last World Title with the Nitehawks in 1971, Lucky went on to manage the Burbank Comets to an ISC World Title in 1972, beating the Nitehawks in the championship game. There is no additional information to display. He soon became the Nitehawks batboy and carved out a roster spot for himself as a high school teenager in 1950. In his first season as pitching coach in 2019, Castillo helped guide two newcomers in Kellie White and Ashley Coleman who both ranked among the Big West leaders in ERA, opposing batting average, wins and strikeouts. Kim Sowder. Chuck once wrote,"I don't feel I have accomplished anything special. Sowder, Panita He was also one of the nicest guys you'll ever meet.". written on many CSULB products around campus and on the large water tower near the entrance to the campus. The team's most famous alumna is Misty May, who won three Olympic gold medals in Beach Volleyball in 2004, 2008, and 2012. 6:00 PM - (2) J.H. longbeachstate.com Long Beach State Picked Second In Big West Preseason Poll - Long Beach State University Athletics LONG BEACH, Calif. - The Big West announced the preseason coaches poll for softball on Friday and Long Beach State was picked to finish second behind Cal State Fullerton, as the rivals were the. The official 2023 Softball Roster for the Long Beach State University Dirtbags . Mary was a pitcher on four Women's College World Series teams, the 1990, 1991, 1992 and 1993 Long Beach State softball squads. She is fourth in career home runs with 8 dingers. Long Beach State head coaches are paid an average of about $12,000 more per year than their Big West Conference colleagues. Thats been helpful for every situation where theres someone who has been through the same thing or something similar., I can see now why he had so many wins in high school, Valenzuela said. We have one goal and thats to be at the state tournament in May. "We call the misfits, in a positive way. Lawhorn, Savannah We ask that you consider turning off your ad blocker so we can deliver you the best experience possible while you are here. Junior Calvin Estrada had [], Get ready: Long Beachs best sports coverage is coming back to a screen near you. Long Beach State competed in Division I football for a number of years (196991), producing a number of professional players, including Terrell Davis and Mike Horan, among others. The five pitchers who were in the circle for all 333.2 innings across 51 games last year have returned to lead this 2023 LBSU squad back to the top of the Big West Conference and back into the NCAA Tournament. Linda played in 263 games at the Beach which ranks 18th all-time in NCAA history. As founder, owner, manager and shortstop of the Long Beach Nitehawks, Joe Rodgers is soley responsible for putting Long Beach on the map in the fastpitch softball scene. Long hit .311 last season with six home runs, 37 RBI, and 33 runs scored. I love it here. [10] "'49er" remains an informal nickname and identifier for anyone affiliated with the university. In spring 2018, the school's previous mascot, "Prospector Pete", was retired. Joe Rodgers was inducted to the ISC Hall of Fame in 1970 and he has also been inducted into the Helms Hall of Fame. Long Beach took their place in history by beating the Bruins for the [], Get ready: Long Beachs best sports coverage is coming back to a screen near you. In 1993, her Senior-year, she also earned second-team All-Big West honors. Watauga Midget Football '08 . In 1981, the City of Long Beach organized a senior softball league at Joe Rodgers field. Under Joe Rodgers' direction, the Nitehawks won seven ISC World Titles. [23] The team is currently run through the office of Club Sports & Recreation, but has been a part of the CSULB athletic department in past years. Fernandez, Mo Long Beach State is home to one of the top women's volleyball teams in the nation. Below are five national club team championships won at the highest collegiate level. Olson hit .299 last year and had a team-high 12 stolen bases. The first game of the weekend for LBSU is against Cal on Friday at 6 p.m. and it will be 17th-year coach Kim Sowder's first shot at reaching 500 career wins at The Beach. Shellie has seen 46 of her student-athletes transfer to four-year institutions across the country. Introduced to softball on the recreational fields of Long Beach and Lakewood, Lisa is without question softball's most famous, and successful, representative. Click here if you cant see the updates, UCLA mens volleyball coach John Speraw, also the current USA national team coach, didnt mince words in describing this years Long Beach State national champion. (657) 278-2777. tijackson@fullerton.edu. Recruiting Questionnaire. There is no additional information to display: It's just that when I was little, I had two choices: I could curl up and die, or I could live. The totals are added up at the end of the season and a winner is declared. In the 2022 spring season Long Beach States double sculls placed first in WIRA. UH has strong athletic programs and is joining the Big 12 Athletic . P- Ashley Hester, So. http://the562.org. Graham Osman will take the ball Friday, Nico Zeglin will go Saturday and Myles Patton will start on Sunday. A 1991 third-team All-American, she helped the 49ers to three trips to the NCAA College World Series. Everyone wants to tap into our little area because it is so strong, said Martinez. He earned All-World honors from 1952 through 1961 and again in 1963. (); : The University of La Verne (ULV) is a private university in La Verne, California.Founded in 1891, the university is composed of the College of Arts & Sciences, College of Business & Public Management, the LaFetra College of Education, College of Law, College of Health and Community Well-Being, an online adult school, two military centers, and a Regional Campus Administration that oversees six . Her career batting average of .426 still ranks number one at LBCC. This Long Beach State Dirtbags season will start with a lot of question marks and coach Eric Valenzuela likes that for his program that has 34 new players on the roster. Leroy is also remembered for never wearing a fielder's glove while amassing 32 victories in World Tournament play. The 1998 inductee into the Long Beach State Athletics Hall of Fame has won over 60 percent of her games as the head coach at the Beach while leading LBSU to eight NCAA Regional appearances. Softball Coaching Staff Having completed her 21st season at the University of Oklahoma, NFCA Hall of Fame head coach Patty Gasso has molded the OU softball program into a national power and. [38] Since 2006, Long Beach State and the UC Irvine Anteaters have participated in the annual "Black and Blue Rivalry Series." Skip to main content. No coach in the history of Long Beach State Athletics has won more games with the 49ers than softball coach Pete Manarino. (); : Pinch-hitter Shaq [], The562s coverage of Long Beach State athletics for the 2022-23 season is sponsored byMarilyn Bohl. 23 TCU on Friday night on Bohl Diamond at Blair Field. Roger Kirk, Associate Athletics Director, Communications & Broadcast, TicketSmarter: Official Ticket Resale Partner, Softball Finishes Road Non-Conference Before Hosting No. The university's intercollegiate athletics program will continue to use "Beach Athletics", and its teams the prefix moniker "Beach"[8][9] as it is the only university on the West Coast and only NCAA Division I university with the word "Beach" in its name. Roger Kirk, Associate Athletics Director, Communications & Broadcast. Medellin, Mikayla Opening night is Friday at 6 p.m. and the game on Saturday will be the same time. These girls want rings.. Don pitched for 30 years and played for the Long Beach Nitehawks from 1965 to 1979. He was named to the ISC All World Team in 1966 and in 1969 and was named WSC MVP in 1966, 1968 and 1974 and was inducted into the ISC Hall of Fame in 1992. Weather Sunny and Clear Umpires Home Plate: Sean Wells First: Fred Barker Third Base: Dennis Wren Box Score Play-By-Play Composite Stats Box Score Menu Box Score Batting SH: Chavez, Alexis (1); Selman, Campbell (1) Baserunning SB: Bacon, Lourdes (1) HBP: Fletcher, Madelyn (1) Batting 3B: Olson (1) SH: 2023 Softball Schedule - Long Beach State University Athletics Louisville Slugger Invitational Camp Information Recruits and Alumni Softball 2023 Softball Schedule Print Grid Text Add To Calendar Choose A Location: Season Season Record Overall 5-10 PCT .333 Conf 0-0 PCT .000 Streak L3 Home 2-3 Away 0-2 Neutral 3-5 Scheduled Games Not only is preseason All-Big West selection Samantha Fowler the staff ace again after going 14-7 with a 2.91 ERA and 128 strikeouts last year, LBSU is adding 2021 Big West Freshman Pitcher of the Year Shannon Haddad and 2021 Cal State Northridge ace Eryka Gonzales to the already stacked staff. [26] Marine Stadium was built for the 1932 Olympics and is listed as a historic landmark by the State of California. View Full Bio, Cam This pitcher was a two-time CIF player of the year at Millikan in 1983 and 1984 and led the Rams to the 1983 CIF title. By nurturing the participants at Joe Rodgers on Sunday mornings, Walter was able to form a tournament team, comprised from his Sunday participants, called the Long Beach Snappers. The Long Beach State men's water polo team competes in the Golden Coast Conference. Long Beach State is a founding member of the Big West Conference, and also competes in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation and the Golden Coast Conference for sports not sponsored by the Big West. Frutoz, Cassie The difference between pitching to him and anyone else Ive ever thrown to in my entire life is night and day. The energy and competitiveness in our intrasquad scrimmages has been great.. [31], At the NCAA Division II level, Long Beach State garnered 29 individual championships.[31]. [8] The baseball team will continue to be the Dirtbags.[9]. / Olivia Ramirez, So. Martinez, Makayla He's won numerous awards for his writing as well as the CIF Southern Sections Champion For Character Award, and is the author of three books about Long Beach history. WBVB Womens Beach Volleyball: 02/24: Grand Canyon 3, Long Beach State 2 - FINAL: WBVB Womens Beach Volleyball: Final Book Final Stats: 02/24: Washington 11, Long Beach State 0 - FINAL: SOFT Softball: Final Book Final Stats: 02/24: Long Beach State 3, Utah Valley 1 - FINAL: SOFT Softball: Final Book Final Stats: 02/25: Long Beach St. 71, CSUN 64 . Long Beach State has appeared in the NCAA tournament 25 consecutive times under Gimmillaro from . The team is a founding member of the American Collegiate Rowing Association (ACRA), the national collegiate organization whose members are not eligible to compete in the National NCAA Championships or the Intercollegiate Rowing Association Championships. The Beach won 10 Big West Conference titles, made 10 straight NCAA appearances, had 12 consecutive winning seasons, and never won fewer than 24 games in a season. He also served as the pitching coach for the 2000 Olympic team in Sydney, Australia. The562s season previews for the 2022-23 school year are sponsored by Vertical Raise, the official team fundraising partner of The562. After playing high school baseball in Bakersfield with Ted Williams, among others on the Hawaiian Islands during World War II, Lucky joined the Nitehawks in 1952. http://the562.org. Shes our shining star, and a real brick wall at third baseand she opened up with a leadoff homerun on opening day, said Martinez. Congratulations to our Athletes of the Week and thanks to Naples Rib Company for their sponsorship. By participating, you could win one of three $1,000 prizes or a Scotts Miracle-Gro gift pack. During that time the team went 32571. The Long Beach State women's water polo team competes in the Big West Conference. She is number one with 131 games pitched, number one with 92 complete games and is number one with nine saves. A Long Beach Fire Captain for 31 years, Lucky was instrumental in bringing the ISC World Tournament to Joe Rodgers and Blair Field in 1976. Titan Softball Camps. Long Beach/Fullerton . vs. Nebraska. After a stint in the Navy he began playing with the Nitehawks in the early 1950's. She is 2003 Long Beach State Hall of Fame Inductee. LBCC features Ashley Hester and Millikan alum Olivia Ramirez pitching, and Lakewoods Mota, who Martinez said is a real standout. Considered the best second baseman in the history of the game, Cleo was inducted into the ISC Hall of Fame in 1971. He was inducted into the ISC Hall of Fame in 1991 and continued his career as a coach, holding clinics throughout the world, running his own school for young pitchers, and serving as pitching coach at Cal State Dominguez Hills. She has been a successful high school and private coach since her playing career ended. As the original owner of what is now Joe Rodgers Field, he donated the land to the City of Long Beach for recreational softball play. A member of 10 world championship teams, he was named "All-American" 12 times and participated in 23 International Softball Congress world tournaments as a player. He led the Nitehawks as one of their front line pitchers during their glory years. He's won numerous awards for his writing as well as the CIF Southern Section's Champion For Character Award, and is the author of three books about Long Beach history. [24] The team was co-founded by Bill Lockyer, a local businessman of Long Beach, and Dr. Ludwig Spolyar, a campus activities adviser. It changed my life. We're caregivers. Shellie McCall and winning have become synonymous when it comes to Long Beach City College softball. Most softball teams last a few years and then just drift apart from lack of interest. We set the goal of raising $5,000 for our 5 years of covering the Long Beach community at no cost to our readers. He was inducted into the softball Hall of Fame in 1975. Martinez and her staff have also worked hard to get kids up to the next level, with three pandemic signings that saw them put Vikings who never even played at a game at LBCC up into the collegiate ranks. Its a hungry group, its just not loud. Since 2017, Castillo has been the team captain for Team USA, and led the team to a Silver Medal at the 2019 Pan-American Games in Lima, Peru. Sickles was named first-team All-American and first-team All-State along with South Coast Conference Player of the Year. Inducted into the ISC Hall of Fame in 1980, Don was the pitching coach for the 1994 USA Women's Softball team. 1 2 49 Show this thread TicketSmarter: Official Ticket Resale Partner, Video Platform Powered by CBS Sports Digital. The official General page for the Sacramento State. Ramirez came to Long Beach State from Cal State Dominguez Hills, where she served as an assistant coach with the Toros program. Castillo serves as the program's pitching coach and assists Kim Sowder and Panita Thanatharn with recruiting and the day-to-day operations of the program. He was named to the All-World teams in 1956 and 1959 and was inducted into the Softball Hall of Fame in 1976. From 1969 to 1981, he was a coach for the Kid's Baseball Association of Long Beach. She is one of the few International Softball Federation certified umpires who are qualified to work the highest levels of the game. Long Beach State has won three national titles in women's volleyball, in 1989, 1993 and 1998. He is also an inductee of the International Softball Congress Hall of Fame. . Describing his abilities, Red Meairs said it best, "Anyone who doesn't know that Stan was far and away the greatest catcher to play the game, just hasn't followed softball.". Join NRPA this September and host a Parks for Pollinators BioBlitz to engage your community in nature, learn about pollinators and collect valuable data to help manage your parks.

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