Rounding Third Softball

Purdue Fort Wayne has named Amber Bowman their new head coach. Bowman had previously served on staff as an assistant coach from 2016–2019. She spent the past two seasons as head coach at DII Davenport where she compiled a 30-33 record.

Sources have confirmed to RTS that Heidi Jordan will be named the new head coach at Avila University. Jordan joins the Eagles after 18 seasons at Highland Community College in Kansas. She compiled a record of 576-234 at HCC in that time.

Nikki Udria-Ragin has joined the coaching staff at Oregon. The Ducks alum coached the last four seasons at Biola University in California. Biola finished the 2021 season as Division II National Runners-up with a 26-16 record. Udria competed four seasons at Oregon playing in the NCAA postseason all four years, including three NCAA Women’s College World Series appearances and three Pac-12 Championships.

Day two results from the Tokyo Olympic Games:

Game 4

United States 1

Canada 0

Game 5

Mexico 2

Japan 3

(8 innings)

Game 6

Italy 0

Australia 1

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has announced Brisbane, Australia as the host for the 2032 Summer Olympics. Australia first hosted the Summer Olympics in Melbourne in 1956, and then in Sydney in 2000. The move could bode well for the sport of softball being included on the Olympic Program with it being so popular and well-played in Australia. Softball won’t appear as an Olympic Sport at the 2024 Games in Paris, France. However, with the Olympics being hosted in the United States by the City of Los Angeles in 2028 and now Brisbane in 2032, it could be a good possibility that softball would be included for two Olympic Cycles.

As Danielle O’Toole makes her debut on the Olympic Stage this week in Tokyo, she will also be making her one in Hollywood soon. The current Team Mexico Pitcher and former Arizona Wildcat All-American will come to the big screen when “Jackass Forever” hits theaters this fall. Johnny Knoxville’s do anything troupe of human punching bags return for their fourth installment of the TV turned movie franchise. O’Toole plays her part in the film helping “Danger” Ehren McGhehey do a “cup check” in the movies official trailer. Jackass Forever releases this fall on October 22.

Day one results from the Tokyo Olympic Games:

Game 1

Australia 1

Japan 8(5 innings)

Game 2

Italy 0

United States 2

Game 3

Mexico 0

Canada 4

Baylor has named Dani Price their new Director of Operations. No stranger to the Bears, Price spent four seasons with the program as a manager and volunteer assistant coach between 2014-2017. She served the last two seasons on the coaching staff at Georgia Southern.

Christina Drumm of Oceanside, California has been included on the list of officials unveiled by the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) for the Tokyo Olympic Games. She joins the staff of eleven officials from across the globe for the XXXII Olympic Summer Games softball competition. Drumm has extensive international umpiring experience along with being one of the top collegiate officials in the U.S.

RTS has now clarified a report it made earlier that Nicole “Sis” Bates was joining the coaching staff at Washington. Sources have now confirmed that Bates has joined the staff at UW, but in the position of Graduate Assistant. In such a role she would be restricted to a non-coaching position dealing with the operations side of the program. Per NCAA Rules programs are allowed three paid coaches and a volunteer assistant for on-field coaching roles.