Alex has won Alabama state titles in softball and basketball and also plays volleyball. The Bulldogs carried a never-say-die attitude with them in 2015 as they recorded 15 come-from-behind wins to give Stuedeman a total of 50 comeback wins over her first four seasons in Starkville. Just another fun night of SEC football on Saturday, September 15, 2018? Fill out the form below to verify that youre part of the Extra Elite! She ranked . 8 jersey, making her the first female student-athlete in Mississippi State history to receive the honor. She will be forever missed., Tonight with heavy hearts we are saddened by the loss of one of our very own in Alex Wilcox, MSU Director of Athletics John Cohen said. State also drew 1,413 for the Saturday game against South Carolina for 2017 Super Bulldog Weekend, marking the third-largest SBW crowd in school history. Although #14 ranked Mississippi State won easily 56-10 over Louisiana Lafayette at home to run its record to 3-0, there was much more to the evening than just another Bulldogs win. StubHub: Buy/Sell Mississippi State Tickets, Hail State Rewards (Students & Recent Grads), A.J. The Bulldogs were unbeaten when leading late during the year, finishing 21-0 when ahead after the fifth inning. She became the second player in school history to win all three in the same week, joining former Bulldog All-American Iyhia McMichael (2004). In our Top 15 Stories of 2018, Alexs passing came in at #5 overall. They played a total of 23 games against Top 5 opponents and 16 against 2015 WCWS teams. Vann Stuedeman (born September 11, 1972) is currently an assistant coach at Illinois. The former Mississippi State head coach spent nearly two decades in the SEC, also serving as an assistant coach at Alabama prior to her arrival in Champaign. In 2015, Stuedeman led MSU to its fourth-straight NCAA Tournament appearance with 36 wins, marking just the second time in program history that had been accomplished (2002-05). To ensure that, an event was created which will begin in 2019 called the Alex Wilcox Classic. He also logged collegiate stints at North Texas as a running backs coach (2001-03) and at Mississippi State as a tight ends (2004) and running backs (2005) coach. Contact him at skrajisnik@gannett.com or follow him on Twitter @skrajisnik3. Seitz was joined by Alexis Silkwood on the SEC All-Freshman Team. Despite some struggles, the team still showcased extreme grit and toughness while playing in the toughest conference in the NCAA, as the SEC finished 2016 with the highest RPI among conference teams. Stuedeman has only dropped two games to in-state foes during her tenure, while winning seven of her nine meetings with Ole Miss. She was one young athlete whose death impacted so many who knew her and had rallied behind her battle with ovarian cancer. In the five-year Stuedeman era, the Bulldogs have won seven. Last December she was diagnosed with malignant ovarian cancer and has undergone surgeries and chemotherapy to combat and treat the tumor. Overall Record (AS OF MAY 31, 2018): 241-166 The Bulldogs are continuing their #NoOneFightsAlone campaign in 2020, wearing teal uniforms during midweek games.. Also named NFCA All-South Region Second Team, Davidson exploded on the scene and ranked as one of the best sluggers in the nation and finished as one of the top 10 finalists for Schutt Sports/NFCA National Freshman of the Year. Softball vs Dartmouth March 3, 2023 12:30 PM. With a 1-0 shutout over sixth-seeded Texas A&M on May 9, 2018, Stuedeman and the Bulldogs earned the program first SEC Tournament game since 2005. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. The Bulldogs are continuing their #NoOneFightsAlone campaign in 2020, wearing teal uniforms during midweek games." And may we someday soon find a cure for the awful disease that took her from us way too soon. Head Coach, East Limestone County HS, 1999-2000 13 Tennessee, No. She's going to be here. Stuedemans 2014 team also earned three-straight Southeastern Conference series wins for the first time since April 6-21, 2012. Bratton who works primarily with the outfielders, also handles State's defensive . 2006-Present FloSports, Inc. All rights reserved. MSU immortalized Wilcox on Sept. 15, 2018 when the university retired her No. The NFCA All-South Region Second Team honoree became the first Bulldog in history to record 600-plus innings pitched and 500-plus strikeouts for her career. Softball vs Mississippi Valley State February 28, 2023 4:00 PM. The total finished fifth in school history, as did MSUs 5.41 strikeouts per seven innings average. The Bulldogs had never been to a regional before 2000 but have made 17 since including two straight under Ricketts. The team participates in the Western Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). Postseason invitational champion Under her instruction, Tide pitchers registered 23 no-hitters, including three perfect games. Stuedeman anchored a staff that had an ERA under 2.00 in eight of her 11 campaigns, struck out an average of 485 batters per season and held opponents scoreless in 221 games. The right-hander struck out 331 batters and held opponents to a school-record .146 average. The 2012 club outscored opponents 64-31 after the fifth. COACHING CAREER Prior to Stuedeman taking over the program in 2012, MSU had seven total SEC Pitcher of the Week honors. All Rights Reserved. That gives Stuedeman 12 of the programs top 15 crowds during her seven years at the helm, including the top four crowds. Behind the play of senior Kayla Winkfield, a 2016 NPF draftee who led the SEC and stood ninth in the NCAA with six triples, the Bulldogs offense churned out 0.21 triples per game, finishing fourth in the SEC. "We appreciate her efforts and contributions to the program. Mississippi State softball coach Vann Stuedeman will not return for her ninth season in Starkville, a report from Rounding Third Softballfirst reported. Entering the year, the Bulldogs had won five games in program history versus top-five opponents. CAN MSU GET TO OKLAHOMA CITY? Ward played college softball at Mississippi State and is considered one of the best pitchers in the school's history. Lee, she claims, would call and harass her even when she was home in Texas during the COVID-19 pandemic. Today and every day, we fight for Alex Wilcox, because #NoOneFightsAlone. Included among the names is former catcher Mia Davidson-Smith - the SEC's home run leader who finished her career with Mississippi State last season. Softball News Coaches . Vestavia Hills HS, 1986-90 Dunne, a volunteer assistant coach at Mississippi State in 2012, capped her career with a 29-5 record and a 1.42 ERA. Head Coach, Mississippi State, 2011-Present The Bulldogs are currently led by head coach Samantha Ricketts. By Aubrey Carter Feb 20, . Carr was a student-athlete at Mississippi State. In fact, when I saw her playing for the Birmingham Thunderbolts organization, I ranked her as the top two-way (pitching/hitting) player in her class. 3 . SEC Pitchers of the Year It was exactly what I was looking for. 3/2 Alabama on April 12-13 and a 2-0 triumph at No. Davidson, an All-SEC First Team honoree, not only set MSUs freshman homerun record but broke the single-season home run record, closing the inaugural season with 19. Diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 2015, Wilcox defied the odds and continued to play softball throughout her treatments and help lead Brantley High School to multiple state championships. The Mississippi State softball family will strive to humbly honor her warrior mentality and faith-filled heart. In her eight seasons, Stuedeman led the Bulldogs to seven NCAA Regional appearances and a 7-14 record in posotseason play, though State had broken through and made it to the championship rounds of the Regionals for the first time in each of the last two seasons. She was a special player, when I did my first version of the Top 100 players in the 2017 Class, she was ranked #5 overall. Ricketts has accomplished what she set out to do, and the fans know it. Division regular season and conference tournament champion Finally, kudos to MSU for starting in February the No One Fights Alone campaign to bring awareness to ovarian cancer. 2 Florida State and Arizona. Chelsea Bramlett will enter her third full season as the head softball coach at Northwest in Spring 2023, her fourth total season since being hired in August 2019. Conference regular season champion Individually, Stuedeman coached Stephanie Becker to a career year. Mississippi State Softball Team Goes 3-2 in the TaxAct Clearwater Invitational. Today, I came out to the field to get a pic celebrating @HailStateSB & Alex and this angel landed about 5 feet from meHi Alex, nice to meet you #GeauxTeal pic.twitter.com/I2FSLEEOkc, Gwen Svekis (@g_svekis) September 14, 2018, (article originally published September 28, 2018 on Extra Inning Softball). She pitched at the school from 2017 through 2019. The official 2023 Softball Roster for the Mississippi Valley State . Owen established the single-game Mississippi State record for strikeouts with 16 against SIU-Edwardsville on Feb. 24 and was selected as the March 5 CollegeSportsMadness.com National Pitcher of the Week. That fight ultimately took her life in the summer of 2018. Division regular season champion Following two impressive outings at No. For their selfless efforts to support, all 13 SEC softball programs were awarded the leagues Sportsmanship Award earlier this month. Stuedeman coached six All-American pitchers with 11 All-America and All-SEC honors while in Tuscaloosa. March 11. Last Saturday, March 20, 2021, the SEC and its softball programs did a wonderful thing: the day was set aside to honor the memory of former Mississippi State softball player Alex Wilcox who died of ovarian cancer three years ago. She thought it was a long shot but took the chance just the same. "Her knowledge and passion to develop hitters will elevate our . She took a school record-high 4.90 earned-run average from 2011 and with the same group of five pitchers, cut the ERA to 2.88 in 2012. Three times Stuedeman coached the SEC Pitcher of the Year, while racking up 19 SEC Pitcher of the Week honors. The staff included a pair of All-American pitchers in Kelsi Dunne and Jackie Traina. In Stuedeman the Wildcats have an ace. Here is my story. One impactful and poignant tournament youll want to mark on your calendar will be the Alex Wilcox Classic which will be played next June 25-29 at three venues the Boombah Sports Complex, Boombah Soldiers Field and the Seminole County Sports Complex in Seminole County, Florida. THE VANN STUEDEMAN FILE But it helped MSU prepare for a brutal SEC schedule, highlighted by wins against No. She succeeded, increasing the Bulldogs fielding percentage from 2011 to 2012 by nine points (.954 to .963). Stuedeman compiled a 276-189 overall mark and a 69-127 SEC regular-season record in eight seasons. Hired as Head Coach: June 23, 2011 Stuedeman finishes her head coaching career in Starkville with an overall record of 275-188 and had just one losing season in eight years, but her teams never finished higher than seventh in the Southeastern Conference which came in her first season on campus. 15 Kentucky and No. The pitching development and philosophies Stuedeman brought from the University of Alabama, where she was known as a pitching genius in 11 years as the Crimson Tide pitching coach, paid huge dividends during her initial season. https://t.co/O2YC9JCn5H#HailState | #NoOneFightsAlone pic.twitter.com/YWQhE5skNt, Mississippi State Softball (@HailStateSB) March 23, 2021, Thank you @SEC and the rest of the @NCAAsoftball community for uniting around #AllForAlex and honoring her legacy!#NoOneFightsAlone pic.twitter.com/DjZD3eQOQB, Mississippi State Softball (@HailStateSB) March 21, 2021, Originally posted June 6, 2020 on Extra Inning Softball. One random day I get a message, and I thought that would be perfect for me, Stuedeman said. May we always remember Alex and honor her legacy on and off the field. Stuedemans teams have been nearly flawless when holding the lead late in games, going 109-8 after five and 101-6 after six for her career. At seasons end, MSU had drawn two of the programs top 15 largest crowds in school history during the 2018 campaign, including 1,562 fans packing Nusz Park to witness the Bulldogs take on No. Silkwood set the MSU freshman record for strikeouts in a season with 167 and set the rookie single-game record with 13 whiffs against Texas Southern in the NCAA Tournament. MSU never hosted a Regional under Stuedeman, however. Mississippi State had the No. She got her undergraduate and graduate degrees from MSU. It will forever carry her name and when young players down the road ask who the tournament is named after, Alexs story will be told. But I understand the importance of having a pitching coach or someone who specializes in pitching on your staff because its such a huge part of the game.. State went 9-7 in one-run games, its best winning percentage in one-run games since 2002. Assistant Coach, Alabama-Huntsville, 1997-99 That's exactly what Lena Elkins, a former Nitro High School standout, did as a freshman pitcher for the University of North Carolina at Charlotte 49ers against St. Johns on Feb. 17, winning by . Division regular season champion The team plays its home games at Nusz Park located on the university's . The eight SEC road wins were the most for the Bulldogs since eight in 2001. However, she's back as a graduate student. Stefan Krajisnik is the Mississippi State beat writer for the Clarion Ledger. 266-6243. So, she made sure her nonconference schedule reflected that. On the road, the 2012 Bulldogs broke the school record for true road wins in a season with number 13 coming at Auburn on May 4, 2012. MSU was Stuedemans first head coaching job in 2012 after a highly successful career as the pitching coach at Alabama from 2000-11. Former softball pitcher Alyssa Montes and several of her former teammates accused assistant coach Brittany Tillery and head coach Lee Smith of verbally abusing and mistreating current and former players. And then, at the age of 15, she was stricken with ovarian cancer. Softball vs Mississippi Valley State February 28, 2023 4:00 PM. A total of 2,946 fans made their way to Nusz Park for MSUs first home weekend of SEC play, marking the largest such crowd in school history. The grace and beauty that she put forward while suffering this horrific disease was truly remarkable and nothing short of heroic. Silkwood used Stuedemans guidance in the pitching circle to turn in one of the most successful rookie campaigns in program history. 7 strength of schedule, according to D1Softball. She then accepted the head coaching position at East Limestone High School, in Athens, Ala., where she led the team to its first winning season since 1994. Alex Wilcox was one I got to cover when she was both at the high school and club level and, very early on, I was impressed with her bright personality and constant smile. She's always here. Rounding out the individual honors was center fielder Amanda Ivy, who reeled off one highlight play after another in the outfield to earn All-SEC Defensive Team honors. In 2011, Stuedeman tutored the pitching staff to a 1.69 ERA, a 53-10 record and third-place finish at the Womens College World Series. Assistant Athletic Trainer (Softball) alicia.murch@usm.edu. Oklahoma has one of the NCAAs most storiedsoftball programs. Alexis Silkwood tallied SEC Pitcher of the Week honors in back-to-back weeks (March 30 and April 6). Wilcox signed with the Bulldogs in 2016. Forever living your legacy every, single day. Ricketts had a similar streak in her first season as head coach when Mississippi State went 25-3 in 2020 before the pandemic. A source confirmed the news with. Birthdate: Sept. 11, 1972 in Birmingham, Ala. We will never forget her presence in the dugout, in the classroom and in the community. The purpose of the Alex Wilcox Classic, according to its organizers, is to honor and raise money in the memory of Alex Wilcox, a beloved player who played for the Birmingham Thunderbolts and Mississippi State University before succumbing to ovarian cancer in June at the age of 18. She closed the season with a 1.43 earned run average, which ranked 23rd in the country, while her nine shutouts finished 17th nationally en route to NFCA All-South Region Second Team honors. The event will also include a two-day softball clinic in the two days prior to the tournament that culminates in a dinner to introduce the Wilcox family, experts in the field of cancer research and other special guests. Director of Athletics John Cohen will begin the search for a new head coach immediately. She was an All-Big 12 selection four times and a two-time All-American. Conference regular season and conference tournament champion pic.twitter.com/2Ct62v33uY, I never let them know they were beating me down because I know any weakness I showed brought a smile to their face. Bulldogs Lose Late Battle To No. ICYMI: The entire @SEC softball community wore teal uniforms or accents on Saturday as part of the #AllForAlex campaign! The Mississippi State Bulldogs softball team represents Mississippi State University in NCAA Division I college softball. The official Softball page for the Ole Miss Rebels . Former Mississippi State defensive line coach Jeff Phelps is joining the North Dakota State Bison to replace Kody Morgan, according to a report from ESPN's Pete Thamel. #NoOneFightsAlone | #HailState pic.twitter.com/KM5J7Wqfsm, Mississippi State Softball (@HailStateSB) June 25, 2019, Below are thoughts and stories weve presented over the last year regarding Alex and her impact, Originally published December 27, 2018 on Extra Inning Softball. MSU gets softball win over Mississippi Valley State. And last week, she began her first day of school as a fulltime ninth-grade career preparedness teacher and the Wildcats softball pitching coach. Get the most important Softball stories delivered straight to your inbox. Prior to her arrival in Starkville, Stuedeman helped Alabama claim three SEC regular-season titles en route to reaching the Womens College World Series six times. [1], On July 16, 2019, it was announced that Vann Stuedeman would not return as head coach. States postseason success continued Tucson Regional as MSU advanced to a regional final for the first since 2005. ITTA BENA, Miss. Growing up playing, I was never a pitcher or a catcher, said Cook, a Hillcrest graduate who is in her third season at Tuscaloosa County. Athletic Administration Building

, Leo Seal Jr. Football Complex , Newell-Grissom Building , Mike Sanders Track Complex , Mize Pavilion at Humphrey Coliseum , MSU Golf Practice Facility , Palmeiro Center , Templeton Athletic Academic Center , Associate Head Softball Coach/Recruiting Coordinator. 19 Georgia, where she went 7-for-10 (.700) with 14 RBI, four home runs (two grand slams), four runs scored, a scorching 1.900 slugging percentage and a .667 OBP. Head Coach. They did everything they did to us simply because they gain satisfaction from being cruel to us, she wrote of the two coaches. It was almost as if my coaches want to constantly embarrass me in front of my teammates, calling me out about my personal life because they had a problem with me being friends with people outside of the softball program then proceeded to bully my friends that were not in the softball program., Montes claimed that the coaches would find any reason to embarrass her. It was the first time the Bulldogs had won three consecutive games against ranked foes since taking seven straight from April 9-May 13, 2004, and the first time ever winning three straight against top-five opponents. Stuedeman led the Mississippi State . Under Stuedemans leadership, the Dogs reeled off four SEC series wins in the last five weekends, including defeating No. The 2011 staff led the SEC in ERA, giving Stuedemans staff a top-20 ERA nationally in five of the previous six seasons before she left Alabama. Assistant Coach / Softball darren.harmon15@gmail.com: 601.951.1272 601.951.1272: 2023 Softball Support Staff. Graduate Assistant, West Alabama, 1995-96 The Bulldogs opened the prestigious Clearwater Invitational with a pair of wins Friday, run-ruling Indiana 12-2 in five innings and taking down No. 5 UCLA in its opening weekend, losing to each in five innings by a combined 17 runs. Montes got the ball rolling earlier this week when she told of her experiences at the SWAC school. Owen was joined on the squad by Logan Foulks and Sam Lenahan. Stuedemans club took on the third-toughest schedule in the nation, which featured five of its eight conference series coming against 2015 Womens College World Series participants, while two others came against 2015 NCAA Super Regional participants. Two years ago yesterday, the softball world lost one of our own, Alex Wilcox, who we first got to know nationally when she starred with the Birmingham Thunderbolts and later with the Mississippi State Bulldogs. The Birmingham, Ala., native, who also was named NFCA All-South Region Second Team, blew up in the second half of the conference season. "I have enjoyed working with the student-athletes and seeing them develop into strong young women. The official Softball Coach List for the Mississippi College Choctaws Skip To Main . Prior to joiningAlabama, Stuedeman coached at West Alabama, Alabama-Huntsville and East Limestone High School. Offensively in her first year, Stuedeman oversaw a lineup that set a then-school record for single-season walks (202), while finishing in the top 10 in runs, home runs, slugging percentage and stolen bases. It was the longest streak since a school-record 16-consecutive contests to begin the 2006 season. The team has taken to the new coach, too. We can carry through with all of this. Davidson was the first Bulldog to win Freshman of the Year since two-time All-American Courtney Bures brought home the honor in 2005. And as the coach stepped off bus and onto the maroon carpet leading into the ballpark, the ring of cowbells echoed along with the cheers of the crowds. She became the first player in school history to hit four home runs in an SEC weekend series and the first to hit a grand slam in back-to-back games. . Mississippi State announced on Tuesday afternoon softball coach Vann Stuedeman would not be returning to Starkville for a ninth season at the helm of the program. All Rights Reserved. The . She's our guardian angel. She was hired as assistant academic advisor in 1993 and outside of a short tenure at Southern Mississippi, has been in Starkville ever since. That fight ultimately took her life in the summer of 2018. Even the teaching part is fun, getting in the classroom.". We ask that you consider turning off your ad blocker so we can deliver you the best experience possible while you are here. Fill out this form to submit your transfer updates. Below are several stories I was fortunate to be part of over the last year youll see in them how great of a reach Alex had even in her short, but accomplished, life of 18 years, Originally published June 25, 2018 on Extra Inning Softball. 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