Help celebrate the 5 Year Anniversary of The562.org by making a tax-deductible donation to our nonprofit! He was named to the All-World teams in 1966 (hitting .500 and leading the tourney in RBI) and 1968, and elected into the ISC Hall of Fame in 1981. She tossed 80 complete games, which is also second all-time at the Beach. alumnus Brian Gimmillaro has coached the team since 1985 and his tenure is the second-longest of any Long Beach State coach with one team. Chemistry will take us a long way. Connie knew when she married Red she would have to share his love for sports and devotion to the Long Beach Nitehawks. Matt Fuerbringer: Current Long Beach State assistant volleyball coach currently serving as an assistant coach with the USA men's volleyball team Riley Gibbs: Wilson alum who's a rising star on the USA Sailing team Tyler Hildebrand: Long Beach State alum currently serving as the director of USA Beach Volleyball Despite the new players who arrived via the transfer portal, the Dirtbags were picked to finish third in the Big West Conference preseason poll behind UC Santa Barbara and UC Irvine. Below are five national club team championships won at the highest collegiate level. Assistant Athletics Director, Chief Financial Officer, SWA. A 1994 graduate, she is the Associate Director of Long Beach State's much-lauded Bickerstaff Student-Athlete Academic Center, which works closely with student-athletes in making a career connection before they graduate. Its a lot of unknowns and I like that feeling. $5K Birthday Fundraiser, organized by Mike Guardabascio, LIVE UPDATES: Long Beach State vs No. Lawhorn, Savannah ); The use of software that blocks ads hinders our ability to serve you the content you came here to enjoy. JJ Fiddler is an award-winning sportswriter and videographer who has been covering Southern California sports for multiple newspapers and websites since 2004. He also led three Nitehawk teams to World Titles. Softball Schedule Roster Coaches Camps Statistics Record Book Social Media Additional Links. The Beach hadn't done that since 2014. Sweet, Kim 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. [38] Since 2006, Long Beach State and the UC Irvine Anteaters have participated in the annual "Black and Blue Rivalry Series." A lifelong resident of Long Beach, Stan White was a standout baseball player at Wilson High School. Sowder is the school's all-time leader in stolen bases with 50 and her 19 thefts in 1991 is still the single season high at Long Beach State. In addition to being league commissioner from 1990 to 1995, Izzy was an active player and ambassador for the league. While he struggled at the plate last year (.162/.214/.215), he took a huge jump forward this offseason leading the team in home runs and RBI during fall ball. 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. She also ranks second in career innings, games. 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. 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Frutoz, Cassie Mariah Ramirez joined the Long Beach State Softball staff in 2018 as a volunteer assistant. She hit a solo home run in the third to put the Shockers on the board. Ramirez. Opening night is Friday at 6 p.m. and the game on Saturday will be the same time. He currently has 763 career victories and a career winning percentage of .620, all at Long Beach State. Ms. Letourneau ranks atop the 49er record books in several pitching categories. Leroy is also remembered for never wearing a fielder's glove while amassing 32 victories in World Tournament play. Senior Sydney McKinney upped her hitting average to .810 this season after recording three of Wichita State's five hits. After falling behind 3-0, LBSU (1-11) got on the board in the bottom of the fifth inning when Tanner Carlson scored on Santino Rivera groundout. Stacy lettered at Long Beach State from 1991-1994 and was a member of three College World Series teams. 2023 Softball Roster - Long Island University Sport Navigation Menu Softball 2023 Softball Roster Print Roster Layout: Choose A Season: Footer Ad Blocker Detected ! Bob Todd was one of the greatest pitchers in the history of the Long Beach Nitehawks, which is quite a compliment considering how many great hurlers played for Joe Rodgers and Red Meairs. During that time the team went 32571. Even before his time as head coach, he laid deep roots in the Long Beach baseball community as a player at St. Anthony High School, Long Beach City College, and at Long Beach State. He played on nine ISC World Championship teams and was named ISC World Tournament "Outstanding Pitcher" five times. He played for 1971 Long Beach Nitehawks, where the infielder was named All-World, hit .455 and drove in a tourney-high five runs; the 1972 team representing Burbank; and the 1973 Lakewood Jets, where he again led the tourney in RBI. The sound the bat made, the sound of the ball coming off the bat and the direction it traveled, the movement of the players' feet allowed Chuck to share "his" game with us. No coach in the history of Long Beach State Athletics has won more games with the 49ers than softball coach Pete Manarino. Many more ex-Dirtbags have participated in the prestigious MLB All-Star Futures game, such as rookie phenomenons Jered Weaver, Troy Tulowitzki and Danny Espinosa. For parents of children with disabilities this transformationis on a whole other level. Lucky was a member of nine Nitehawks ISC World Championship teams where he was named tournament MVP twice. After the hiring of Dave Snow as head coach in 1989, the LBSU baseball team has become one of the most successful teams in the school's athletic history. Cleo began his softball career with the Mary All-Stars, in San Pedro in 1951. Assistant Athletics Director, Broadcast and Video. Baseball, Beach Volleyball, Men's Basketball, Men's Sports, Men's Water Polo, Soccer, Softball, Sports, Women's Basketball, Women's Sports, Women's Water Polo 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. This new facility is beautiful. He scored 17 runs in 24 starts for the Sun Devils last year as a true freshman. Today the game of softball misses Chuck Medick. Softball Head Coach. Head Coach, Track and Field/Cross County Guilford College greensboro, North Carolina NEW! He has been named Big West Coach of the Year in 1986, 1997, 1999 and 2003 and has made Long Beach State one of the nation's most respected and prominent softball programs. New England's Finest Summer Showcase 2023 . As a local kid herself, Martinez knows the importance of bringing in the local kids. For some of us, it's a defining moment where our life is split in two: before and after. Because we're not just parents anymore. After earning All-Southern California honors at City College, Red signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers organization in 1943. Photo courtesy of Long Beach Convention & Visitors Bureau. Haddad, Lilyanna She is one of the few International Softball Federation certified umpires who are qualified to work the highest levels of the game. The women's basketball team had its greatest success during the 1980s when coached by Joan Bonvicini for 12 years. Linda, a four-year letter winner (1991-94) at Long Beach State, played on three College World Series teams (1991, 1992, 1993). The562s coverage of Vikings athletics is sponsored in part by Long Beach City College. "Don was a great hitter and had a great glove," teammate Ron Rupe said. Softball Roster Schedule/Results Stats News Photos Archives Additional Links 2023 Schedule (PDF) 2022 Roster (PDF) 2022 Statistics (PDF) Weekly Notes (PDF) Record Book (PDF) Alumni Info Camp Info Ticket Info Recruiting Questionnaire Countdown To First Pitch 47 Days 14 Hrs 46 Mins 29 Secs vs Print Season: Go 2023 Softball Coaching Staff Footer Go She is number one with 131 games pitched, number one with 92 complete games and is number one with nine saves. Winchester was a four-year letterman and an All-Conference choice three times and finshed her collegiate career with 325 strikeouts and 57 wins. In 2021, LBSU won the Big West title and reached the NCAA Regionals. LBCC features Ashley Hester and Millikan alum Olivia Ramirez pitching, and Lakewoods Mota, who Martinez said is a real standout. He soon became the Nitehawks batboy and carved out a roster spot for himself as a high school teenager in 1950. 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. "We needed some new blood and they've gelled well together" Valenzuela said. They won the MPSF regular season title in 2008 and 2017 and the Big West Conference regular season titles in 2018 and 2019. Everyone wants to tap into our little area because it is so strong, said Martinez. All of the guys we brought in are top tier talents, great athletes and great teammates, Saldivar said. Meairs was inducted into the ISC Hall of Fame in 1988. View Full Bio, Cam Shellie has seen 46 of her student-athletes transfer to four-year institutions across the country. If we finish first or fifth, we still have a 90% transfer rate.. The title is Long Beach's first since 2014, the ninth overall in school history, and marks Kim Sowder's fourth Big West title in her 15 years as head coach. On April 6, 2007, it was announced that Dan Monson (formerly of Gonzaga University and the University of Minnesota) would become Long Beach State's next head men's basketball coach, succeeding Larry Reynolds. Chuck Medick died in 1976 at the age of 54. She is a regional executive for the American Softball Association working out of Long Beach. New Coach jobs added daily. He led the Lancers to the CIF title game in 1995, losing by one run, and was named the Long Beach Press Telegram's 1995 Dream Team Coach of the Year. 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. Long Beach State discontinued its football program after the 1991 season due to budget constraints. The team's. Sowder, Panita Mr. Perrucio's impact on baseball and softball has been tremendous over the past 35 years. 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. Thanks to John Martin for the video, visit the562.org to find out how you can support publicly-funded sports coverage. There was a chance that Mauricio Ingrassia's World Cup attendance streak was going to end at seven. vs. Nebraska. A graduate from Wilson in 1941, Meairs also played baseball at Long Beach City College. Kostrencich, Shelby Castillo, Mariah Our pitch is simplewe remain true to who we are. He played for one year with the Long Beach Fire Fighters in the Western Softball Congress before joining the Nitehawks in 1959 where he played shortstop for 18 years (1959-1977). Todd played on ten Western Softball Congress championship teams and played in a stunning 14 International Softball Congress championships. Under her tutelage, the 49ers have posted the four highest batting averages in the history of the program. http://the562.org. http://the562.org. [27] Long Beach has had a strong history winning 16 League Championships, 21 tournament championships, 1 National Championship appearance(loss to Air Force 1989), 13 All-Americans and 3 US Eagles. After playing at Long Beach City College, Sickles continued her career at Baylor University. 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. Hes a special talent.. 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