DSU HEAD COACH JEFF SAVAGE
Jeff Savage can now add MEAC championship to his of achievements at Delaware State. Savage led the Hornets to a four game sweep to claim the first MEAC title and NCAA Tournament berth in team history last May.
His tenure at DSU is noted by success on the field and in the classroom.
Since his appointment prior to the 2000 season, Savage has posted an overall record of 256-222, including a 119-35 mark in MEAC regular season games. He also led the team to four consecutive MEAC North titles from 2001 to ’05.
The Hornets were 25-23 during the 2008 regular season. Senior Jessica Chrabaszcz (INF) and sophomore Sha Tabor (UTL) were named to the All-MEAC First Team, while senior Nicole Demers (INF) and junior JoJo Shields (C) were second team selections.
Chrabaszcz was also selected to the 2008 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America Softball First Team, the first Delaware State student-athlete to earn the distinction.
Savage’s 2007 squad was 10-4 in the conference and reached the MEAC Tournament semifinals for the fourth straight year.
Outfielder Samantha Snow was named to the 2007 All-MEAC First Team, while Catrina Ansbach was a Second Team pick.
In addition, Snow, Jessica Chrabaszcz, Ashley Fisher, Courtney Sams, Megan Lambertz and Nicole Demers were selected to the 2007 NFCA Academic All-America and MEAC Commissioner’s All-Academic teams.
The 2006 Hornets posted 34 wins for the second consecutive season (34-22) and reached the MEAC Tournament championship round for the second time in three years.
The 2006 Hornets also featured All-MEAC First Team selections Catrina Ansbach (catcher), Diana Gomez (OF) and Ashley Gray (UTL).
In addition, Delaware State ranked 10th among 99 schools on the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) list of Division I team grade-point-averages in ‘06.
Eight players were selected to the 2006 NFCA Academic All-America and MEAC Commissioner’s All-Academic teams.
Three seasons ago, the Hornets recorded 34 wins (34-22) and posted an 18-2 mark vs. MEAC North competition.
The 2005 highlights also included the selection of Catrina Ansbach (catcher) and Janice Savage (utility) to the All-MEAC First Team. Ansbach was also named to the All-East (ECAC) Second Team.
The ’05 squad also ranked 14th on the NFCA list of scholar-athlete teams, while seven players were selected to the national Division I and MEAC All-Academic teams.
Savage’s 2004 squad posted a school-record 41 wins (41-22) and reached the championship round of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Tournament.
In addition, Delaware State won its third straight MEAC North title in 2004, posting a 17-3 record in division play.
The 2004 season also featured two milestone wins.
Delaware State’s 3-2 win over Pittsburgh at the University of Maryland Tournament was the team’s first against a Big East opponent. The Hornets also defeated in-state rival Delaware (2-0) for the first time.
As for individual honors, pitcher/first baseman Janice Savage was selected to the 2004 Louisville Slugger/TPC All-Region Second Team.
Four members of the 2004 squad were selected to the 2004 NFCA Academic All-America Team.
In 2003, Delaware State captured its second straight Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Northern Division title.
Savage’s 2002 squad posted a then school-record 29 wins (29-22) and captured the school’s first MEAC Northern Division title.
In 2001, he led the Hornets to a then school-record 22 wins (22-22) record and two victories in the MEAC Tournament.
Savage joined the DSU staff after serving as head softball coach at Caesar Rodney High School in Camden, Delaware in 1998 and ‘99.
In addition to his coaching success, Savage has made his mark in the state for his work on behalf of such organizations as the Epilepsy Foundation of Delaware and Delaware Special Olympics.
Savage is a 1983 graduate of Rio (RY-oh) Grande University in Ohio, where he was a member of the baseball team for four years.
Jeff Savage at Delaware State
Year Overall MEAC Highlights
2000 17-30 8-6 First winning MEAC record since 1994
2001 22-22 12-4 school record for overall and MEAC wins
2002 29-22 20-1 MEAC North title; school record for overall and MEAC wins;
2003 26-28 14-6 MEAC North title; MEAC Tournament final three; MEAC Tournament final four
2004 41-22 17-3 MEAC North title; MEAC Tournament championship round; school record for wins
2005 34-22 18-2 MEAC North title
2006 34-22 10-4 MEAC Tournament championship round
2007 24-29 10-4 MEAC Tournament Final Four
2008 29-25 10-5 MEAC Tournament championship
Totals 273-245 127-41
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 Courtesy: Mike Baker
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Laura Streets begins her first season with the Hornets after serving one year as Assistant Coach for the Division III
Crusader Softball program at Susquehanna University.
Here at Delaware State, Streets is involved in a wide array of responsibilities on a day to day basis. She works predominantly with the development of the pitching staff, focusing also on hitting and infielders. She is an active part in the recruitment of new student-athletes and also actively contributes in all aspects of the camps/clinics run by Jeff Savage. She is also working towards her Masters of Science in the Sports Administration field and is on track to graduate on the Spring of 2010.
Prior to her arrival at DSU, Streets was named an assistant coach at Susquehanna University for the 2007-2008 season. From 2005-2007, Streets played professional ball in Italy and in 2007, was named Manager/Coach for the Porpetto
Softball Society after playing for the A1 team out of Porpetto in 2006. In 2005, she played for the A1 Italian Professional Team in Nuoro, on the island of Sardegna winning the 2005 Gold Glove for most outstanding third basemen in the league.
Streets graduated in May 2004 from the University of Delaware with a degree in English, minoring in Religious Studies. She played four year for the Blue Hens as an infielder playing in 182 games in her career. Streets ranks fourth all time with a career batting average of .352, first in career homeruns, 16, second in career hits, with 186, and second with 103 career RBI’s. A co-captain of the 2004 Colonial Athletic Association Runner Up team, Streets was named CAA Payer of the Year in 2004, a year in which she hit .395 with 60 hits for the Blue Hens. That year she also was named First Team All CAA.
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| Brevard Community College |
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Prior to her arrival at Delaware State, Washington spent three years coaching the varsity softball team at Chiles High School in Tallahassee, Florida. In 2003, she spent one year as the Assistant Coach at Middle Georgia College in Cochran, Georgia. Prior to that, the Tallahassee native spent one season as the Student Assistant Coach at Florida A&M, her alma mater. Washington graduated from FAMU in 2002 with a degree in Psychology.
Washington also has some playing experience. She played at her alma mater from 1999-2001 and also at Brevard Community College in 1998.
University of North Florida Head Softball Coach Marcie Hickey announced today the hiring of Janice Savage as assistant softball coach.
Savage comes to UNF after spending one year at Bowling Green State University. She joined the team in the fall of 2008 and served primarily as the pitching coach, but assisted in all aspects of the team.
“I am very excited that Janice has decided to join our coaching staff,” Hickey said. “Her experience as a player as well as a coach at the Division I level will be an asset to us as we enter our first year of postseason eligibility. Her primary responsibility will be working with the pitchers, but she also has extensive experience in both hitting and defensive instruction. I feel very fortunate to have someone of her caliber working with our program.”
While at Bowling Green for the 2009 season she helped coach two players who were selected for the first team All-MAC honors. On Feb 13, 2009, she coached against UNF at the UCF Invitational in Orlando, Fla., beating the Ospreys 1-0.
Prior to her work at BG, Savage worked three years as an assistant coach at her alma mater, Delaware State University (DSU), where she coached the pitching staff and hitters along with managing the program’s recruiting, team conditioning, strength training and other daily operations.
In 2008 she helped lead the Hornets to the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference championship title and their first-ever trip to the NCAA regionals, where the Hornets nearly upset Texas. Savage and the Hornets were five outs away from defeating the Longhorns, 2-1, and picking up their first NCAA Tournament win, until the Longhorns rallied to score two runs in the sixth inning for the win. The Hornets finished the season ranked in the top 10 in nation in two offensive categories; third in doubles per game (1.94 per game) and sixth in scoring (6.11 runs per game).
Before joining the DSU coaching staff, Savage finished the last two seasons of her collegiate career as a Hornet. In two seasons for the Hornets, Savage was a dominant force on the mound ranking in the top 25 of the nation in strikeouts per seven innings (20th in 2004, 8.6 strikeouts per seven innings) and ERA (24th in 2004, 0.98). She still holds the DSU records for strikeouts in a career (323), season (185) and in a single game (17), along with MEAC records.
From one power pitcher to another, rising senior Devyn Findley will benefit from Savage’s pitching experience as she herself comes off a record breaking year capturing UNF’s career record in strikeouts with 596.
While at Delaware State, Savage was named to the All-MEAC first team, All-ECAC first team, a two-time NFCA Academic All-American and earned the MEAC Commissioners academic award twice. Savage also played two seasons at Georgia Southern University where she was named to the All-Southern Conference.
Savage also played one season professionally overseas in 2005 for New Bologna, an upper division team in the Italian Federation League, becoming the first Delaware State female to sign a professional sports contract.
The Dover, Del. native received her bachelor's degree in Sport Management and a master's in Sport Administration from Delaware State University.
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