Francis Marion University

A Place to Call Home

2009-2010 Softball Guide

Coach Vallee graduated from Barry University in Miami, Florida

with a degree in sports medicine. During her senior year, Vallee

helped lead the Bucs to a second-place finish at the NCAA Divi-

sion II National Championship. After graduation, Vallee went

on to play for the Pulheim Gophers (Germany) as a player/

coach.

Before joining the Patriots’ staff in 2004, Vallee served four

years as the assistant coach at St. Leo University in Tampa, Flor-

ida.

Vallee has been very successful during her career at FMU, com-

piling an overall record of 136-62, including four seasons of at

least 30 wins. The team’s most successful season came in 2008

with a fifth-place finish at the NCAA Division II College World

Series and a final record 39-16.

Coach Vallee is also certified as an athletic trainer and strength

and conditioning coach.

Hometown: St. Louis,

Missouri

Season at FMU: 5th

Overall Record: 136-62

Before joining the Patriots’ staff in 2009, Player served

as the assistant coach at Myrtle Beach High School for

four years. She also served as the student assistant coach

at Coastal Carolina University during the 2005 season.

Player graduated from Coastal Carolina University with

a degree in physical education, sport management and

recreation.

Besides coaching, Player has also served for over two

years as the sports director at the Grand Strand YMCA.

Player is currently earning her Master’s degree from

California University of Pennsylvania.

Hometown: Myrtle

Beach, South Carolina

Season at FMU: 1st

Negrelli graduated from Mount Union College in Alli-

ance, Ohio with a degree in sport management. During

her time there, she received All-Conference and All-

Region honors. The team averaged over 30 wins during

her four years including a school-record 38 wins and a

trip to the NCAA regional tournament during her senior

year.

After graduation, Negrelli stayed on at Mount Union as

an assistant coach where the team finished second at the

conference tournament.

Besides coaching, Negrelli has worked as a personal

trainer and sports nutrition specialist.

Hometown: Mentor,

Ohio

Season at FMU: 1st

Vision Statement

The Peach Belt Conference is committed to providing through its dependent colle-giate members, a forum for student participation in ath-letic, academic and co-curricular events under the auspices of the National Col-legiate Athletic Association, Division II.

We will exemplify the charac-teristics of a premier inter-collegiate conference that prides itself on the inclusion of students of all demo-graphic groups who wish to participate in a well-rounded sports program. Our institu-tions, our academic goals, our athletic aspirations re-flect a communality of pur-pose and a commitment to excellence in the classroom and on the playing field.

Hometown: Cape Coral, Florida

High school: Ida S. Baker HS

Position: OF/UT

Hometown: Port Richey, Florida High school: Ridgewood HS Position: OF

Awards NFCA Academic All-American (2008,2009) All-Conference (2008, 2009) All-South Atlantic Region (2008) Led team in batting average (2008, 2009) PBC Silver Scholar (2008, 2009) PBC Presidential Honor Roll (2007)

Hometown: Myrtle Beach, South Carolina Junior college: USC Salke-hatchie Position: P/UT

Hometown: Asheboro, North Carolina Junior college: Florence Darlington Technical Col-lege Position: SS/3B

Hometown: Milton, Georgia High school: Milton HS Position: P/1B

Hometown: Canyon Country, California High school: Golden Valley HS Position: 2B/UT

Awards PBC Freshman of the Week (Feb. 16-22, 2009) Led team in batting average (2009) Led team in slugging percent-age (2009) Ranked 12th in PBC for slug-ging percentage

Hometown: Monroe, Washington High school: Monroe HS Position: C

Awards

NFCA Academic All-America (2007) PBC Silver Scholar (2008) PBC Presidential Honor Roll (2007) PBC Bronze Scholar (2009)

Awards

Louisville Slugger/NFCA All American (2008) All– Conference (2008, 2009) Pitcher of the Week (Feb. 9-15, 2009) All-South Atlantic Region (2008, 2009) NFCA Academic All-American (2007, 2009) Led team in ERA and wins (2007, 2008, 2009) PBC Presidential Honor Roll (2007) PBC Bronze Scholar (2008) PBC Silver Scholar (2009)

Hometown: Littleton, Colorado High school: Columbine HS Position: P

Hometown: Lancaster, South Carolina High school: Andrew Jack-son HS Position: 1B/3B

Hometown: Edmonds, Washington Junior College: Western Ari-zona Position: P

Awards PBC Bronze Scholar (2009)

Hometown: Myrtle Beach, South Carolina High school: Myrtle Beach HS Position: OF

Hometown: Manassas, Virginia High school: Osbourn Park HS Position: 3B/SS

Awards

NFCA Academic All American (2007, 2009) PBC Presidential Honor Roll (2007) PBC Bronze Scholar (2008) PBC Gold Scholar (2009)

Hometown: Columbia, South Carolina Junior college: Chipola College Position: P

Hometown: Jacksonville, Florida Junior college: Talahassee CC Position: OF

Hometown: Roanoke, Virginia High School: Cave Spring HS Position: C/OF

Hometown: Waukee, Iowa Junior college: Indian Hills CC Position: 2B/OF

Hometown: Sacramento, California High School: St. Francis Col-lege Prep HS Position: C/1B

Hometown: Brampton, Ontario, Canada Position: OF/1B

Deanna Freeman (1984)

Rendy Yates (1985, 1987, 1988)

Kim Booker (1986-1989)

Kristi Anderson (1986-1989)

Monica Wofford (2008)

Michaela Wolf (2008)

Jenna recently graduated from University of Florida with a Master’s degree in Nuclear Engineering. She is pursuing a career with a government agency.

3 time Academic All-American

Jamie will graduate in May 2010 with a Doctorate degree in Pharmacy from the Medical University of South Carolina. She is also engaged to be married in June.

2 time Academic All-American

“JJ” teaches special education at SeaWind Elementary school in Hobe Sound, Florida. She also has recently gotten engaged and plans to get married this September.

PBC Pitcher of the Week 2 time Academic All-American

Monica will graduate in 2012 with a Master’s degree from the School of Psychology at the Citadel.

NCAA hit by pitch record 3 time Academic All-American PBC Player of the Week All-Region All-American

Lakyn is currently earning her Master’s degree in Clini-cal Psychology from FMU. She also works for FMU’s Center for the Child.

3 time Academic All-American #4 nationally in sac/game Academic All-District

Janine graduated in in December 2009 from Georgia State University with a Master’s degree in Finance.

PBC All-Tournament Team 2 time PBC Player of the Week 2 time Academic All-American

Nicole works at the Uni-versity of Oklahoma Health Science Center as a laboratory animal techni-cian. Her main responsi-bility is to care for baby baboons.

2 time PBC Honor Roll

Betsy is a Material Applica-tion Specialist at Ansaldo STS, Inc., a railway and mass transit company. She lives with her husband, Brian and 2 young children in Lees-ville, South Carolina.

3 time All-Region 2 time All-PBC

Founded in 1970, FMU is named for Revolution-ary War hero Francis Marion. Marion, also nick-named “Swamp Fox”, would use the marsh-like South Carolina terrain to outsmart the British army. FMU enrolls approximately 4,000 students. Though many of the students are from South Carolina, the school also enrolls students from 32 states and 34 foreign countries. Student to faculty ratio is 16 to 1 with an average class size of 20 students and 84% of faculty members hold terminal degrees in their field. FMU prides itself on having a beautiful campus which sits on 300 acres of land. Much of the area is wooded and being preserved as an Arbo-retum for native species.

Six residence halls pro-vide a nice home for FMU underclassmen. The buildings form a courtyard for students to gather and socialize.

Upperclass students have the option of living in the campus apart-ments. The Village Apartments consist of 12 two-story buildings with a kitchen, bathroom and either one or four bedrooms. The Forest Villas are comprised of three three-story buildings. Each apartment has a full kitchen, two bathrooms, and four bedrooms.

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