2009 Softball

Record: 27-20 Home: 12-7 Away: 12-10 Neutral: 3-3 KIAC: 16-3
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Todd Buckingham
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Todd Buckingham - Head Coach - 3rd Season
Buckingham enters his third season as head coach for the Grenadiers after successfully leading last year's softball team to its first-ever NAIA National Softball Tournament  in the program's second season of existence. In 2008, Buckingham also led the team to its second KIAC Tournament Championship and the program's first-ever NAIA Region XII Tournament Championship while posting a 33-15 overall record.

 

Buckingham came to IU Southeast from Bluefield State College, an NCAA Division II college in Bluefield, West Virginia. Buckingham coached for five seasons at Bluefield State and set the career record for softball coaching victories. He also led the program to its first winning record, and accrued the West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WVIAC) Softball Coach of the Year Award in 2005.  Prior to coaching at Bluefield State, Buckingham worked several camps and clinics, including at the Tri-State Softball Academy.
 
 
Buckingham received a bachelor's degree in biology education from Olivet Nazarene University in 1998 while playing baseball for the Tigers.  He then moved back to Indiana, where he taught Science at South Central Junior/Senior High School in Elizabeth in 1998 and then taught Science & Math at St. Joseph School in Corydon from 1999 to 2001.  While at South Central he coached boys' tennis and junior varsity boys' basketball.  During his tenure at St. Joseph, Buckingham helped establish a drama department and a basketball program for 7th and 8th graders. Buckingham is a native of Corydon, Indiana, and a 1994 graduate of Corydon Central High School.
 

Buckingham enters his eighth overall season as a college softball coach, earning a career coaching record of 135-177. During his eight years of coach, Buckingham has coached 15 of his former and current player to all-conference status including Amanda Dispenett who was named 2007 KIAC Pitcher of the Year and NAIA Academic All-American.

 

Buckingham was also one of two coaches for a team of U.S. softball players who traveled to Spain in the summer of 2008 with USA Athletes International, Inc. (USAAI). Next summer, Coach Buckingham will continue his partnership with USAAI by coaching a U.S. team of college players in Australia. Coach Buckingham and his wife, Angie, reside in Jeffersonville. The couple has two Labrador Retrievers, Abe and Myles.
 
 
 
 
 
2009 Softball Roster
#NameCl.Pos.B/THt.HometownPrevious School
00Tara DenzikJR1BR/R Louisville, Ky.Butler H.S.
1Paige DickeySROFR/R Jeffersonville, Ind.Jeffersonville H.S.
2Megan SandersFROFR/R Warsaw, Ind.Warsaw H.S.
3C.J. CombsJRPR/R St. Leon, Ind.Kalamazoo Valley C.C.
4Michelle HoutschSOOFR/R Otwell, Ind.Pike Central H.S.
5Allie AlfordFROFR/R Louisville, Ky.Seneca H.S.
6Ashley SaddlerFR2B/3BR/R Evansville, Ind.Central H.S.
7Heather ShepherdFRC/SSR/R Warsaw, Ind.Warsaw H.S.
8Kayla DukeFRP/OFR/R Louisville, Ky.Male H.S.
10SaraRose HornungJRC/OFR/R New Albany, Ind.Providence H.S.
11Whitney ZollmanSOPR/R Charlestown, Ind.Charlestown H.S.
12Brooke MartinJR3B/PR/R Louisville, Ky.Butler H.S.
13Amber PedersenSOOFR/R Elletsville, Ind.Edgewood H.S.
15Anne FowlerFRCR/R Louisville, Ky.Seneca H.S.
19Kaity BartonFRCR/R Milan, Ind.Milan H.S.
20Danielle EndrisFROFR/R Bedford, Ind.Bedford North Lawrence H.S.
21Jennifer BartleySR1B/PR/R Jasper, Ind.Lincoln Trail C.C.
22Shana AndresJRSSR/R Floyds Knobs, Ind.Northeast Mississippi C.C.
23Rachel FergusonFR3BR/R Huntingburg, Ind.Southridge H.S.
38Amy BlackstoneFRP/1BR/R Ft. Wayne, Ind.Snider H.S.
41Kelsey EverettFRP/1BR/R Veedersburg, Ind.Fountain Central H.S.
55Leslie RadcliffSO1BR/R Corydon, Ind.Corydon Central H.S.
Todd Buckingham - Head Coach - 3rd season
Perry Martin - Assistant Coach - 3rd season