Head Coach Beth Goderwis

(513) 244-4853      Beth_Goderwis@mail.msj.edu

Beth Goderwis returns for her seventh season overall and sixth full season as head coach with the Mount. The Lions’ head coach will be going for her 100^th career coaching win at the Mount, something only one other Lions’ softball coach has done.
                In 2006, Goderwis directed the Mount to a 17-24 mark, a fourth place finish in the HCAC regular season and to within one game of the HCAC Tournament championship game. Goderwis, who started the 2002 season as an assistant coach, took over as head coach of the team that season just before HCAC Tournament. In 2003 she led the Lions to a second place HCAC finish in the regular season, a second straight HCAC Tournament Championship and a second consecutive qualification to the NCAA Division III post-season tournament. The 2005 season saw her direct the Mount to a third-place finish in the HCAC regular season and finish with an overall record of 18-14.
          Prior to coming to the Mount, Goderwis coached fast-pitch softball at Notre Dame Academy in Kentucky, and was as assistant softball coach at Anderson High School in Cincinnati.
          Goderwis played fast-pitch softball in Columbia, South Carolina, and she was a member of the Airport High School state runner-up team in 1980 and 1981. She was named High School Athlete of the Year in 1981. Goderwis also played fast pitch softball her senior year at Bath High School in Lima, Ohio, where the team was District Champion in 1982 and she was named All Sports Athlete of the Year. Goderwis continues to play in recreational leagues. She has also played and coached basketball.
          She is also employed by Sibcy Cline as a real estate sales agent. Goderwis and her husband, Alan, reside in Erlanger, Kentucky.

*Includes five full seasons and one partial season.


Assistant Coach Jessica Hartley 

Jessica Hartley begins her fourth season as an assistant coach. Coach Hartley assists Head Coach Beth Goderwis in all facets of the school’s softball program. She coached at New Richmond High School (2002, 2004) for the junior varsity softball team. In addition, Hartley has been a U-14 Community League Coach in New Richmond, Ohio.
          Her playing experience includes four years as a high school player for Flowing Wells High School in Tuscon, Arizona, where she played pitcher, first base and outfield, and won varsity letters as well as all-conference accolades. She also played for four years (1997 to 2001) at Gordon College in Wenham, Massachusetts, where she was a two-time, all-conference honoree and earned a bachelor’s degree in sociology.
          Hartley, who gives private pitching lessons, has also coached Little League softball and has held several clinics for young players while playing college softball and coaching in the New Richmond High School program.
         Hartley, her husband, Steve, and children Austin, Abigail and Ella, reside in Cincinnati, Ohio.


Assistant Coach Erin Brogan            

Erin Brogan joins the Mount’s coaching staff this spring for her first season. She graduated from the Mount in December, 2007 with a bachelor’s degree in psychology. She is planning to attend graduate school this coming summer at either the University of Cincinnati or Xavier University, where she will be working towards a master’s degree in school counseling.
        Brogan played softball for four seasons at the Mount (2004-2007), playing in 134 games, including 128 starts, with 391 at-bats, 82 runs scored, 109 hits, two doubles, two triples, 18 RBI, 27 walks, and 86 stolen bases. Her 32 stolen bases in 2006 are a Lions’ single-season record while her 86 stolen bases are first all-time in Mount history.
        The Lions’ first-year assistant coach, a graduate of Seton High School, has also coached 7-8^th grade girls’ soccer and basketball. She resides in Cincinnati, Ohio.