Head
Coach Jessica Jones-Sitzmann
Phone:
712-274-5223
E-Mail:
jonessitzmann@morningside.edu
Jessica
Jones-Sitzmann is the winningest softball coach in Morningside history with a 290-202 career record over the past 10 seasons. Jones-Sitzmann
was a Morningside assistant coach for four years before
she was promoted to the head post in 1999.
Jones-Sitzmann
has guided the Mustangs to four consecutive regional tournament berths and to a school-record five consecutive 30-win seasons, including a 43-13 record in 2007 when the Mustangs set school records for most wins in a season and with a .768 winning percentage. She guided the Mustangs to the 2007 GPAC championship to earn GPAC Coach of the Year honors.
She led Morningside to third place finishes at the 2006 NAIA Region III and 2003 NAIA Region IV Tournaments. The Mustangs' 2003 region tourney effort came
in the team's first post-season appearance since 1995.
Jones-Sitzmann
is a 1993 graduate of South Dakota State University, where
she was a standout pitcher. She posted a 42-39 record with
the Jackrabbits and established a school record with a 1.81
career earned run average. She earned NCAA Division II All-America honors as a junior in 1992 to become the Jackrabbits' first-ever softball All-American.
As
a prep senior, Jones-Sitzmann led Sioux City East High School
to a seventh place finish at the 1989 state tournament.
Jones-Sitzmann tossed a no-hitter against North Scott in
the opening round of the state tourney. She posted a 32-7
record with a sparkling 0.78 earned run average and struck
out 225 batters in 224 innings pitched during her senior
campaign en route to first-team all-state honors. She earned
fifth-team all-state laurels as an outfielder when she batted
.402 as a junior.
Assistant
Coach T.J. Sitzmann
T.J. Sitzmann, the Mustangs' assistant softball coach,
was a standout baseball player when he attended Morningside
College.
Sitzmann
was a first-team all-conference outfielder for Morningside
in 1989 and 1991 and was the North Central Conference's
Most Valuable Player and home run champion in 1991. Sitzmann
set a Morningside single-season record with 10 home runs
during the 1989 season.
He
went on to have an outstanding amateur career in fastpitch
softball and played in two International Softball Congress
(ISC) World Tournaments.
He
once hit two home runs in one game during ISC World Tournament
play.
Assistant
Coach J.J. Marlow
J.J. Marlow is a Morningside assistant coach following a
standout playing career with the Mustangs.
Marlow,
a 2003 Morningside graduate, was the Mustangs' starting
shortstop for the previous four campaigns. She slugged a
school-record 21 triples during her career and was the 2003
NAIA national leader when she hit a school-record 11 triples
for an average of 0.21 triples per game.
She
batted .395 with 13 doubles, 11 triples, five home runs,
and a school-record 53 RBIs last season en route to first-team
All-Region IV honors. Marlow was also named the Mustangs
Most Valuable Player.
