Women's Softball
|
Tiffany Ozbun
|
Tiffany Ozbun returns for her second season as the head softball coach at Denison University in 2009.
In her first season Ozbun guided the Big Red to the 2008 North Coast Athletic Conference Tournament championship and the program's fourth NCAA Division III Tournament berth. At the regional tournament played in Glassboro, N.J. the sixth-seeded Big Red upset the region's three top-seeded teams before bowing out the regional championship game.
The 2008 team posted a 28-12 record and hit .324 as a team while shattering the program's single-season record for home runs (25). Denison landed five players on the All-NCAC squads and senior Bri Scrofano was named to the all-region team.
Prior to her arrival at Denison, Ozbun spent three seasons as an assistant coach
at Manchester College where she was responsible for pitcher/catcher development and the team's strength and conditioning program. She aided in the development of numerous all-conference and all-region athletes and in the fall of 2005 stepped in as the interim head coach/senior women's administrator at Manchester. Ozbun also served as an instructor in the Exercise and Sport Science department.
Prior to returning to Manchester, Ozbun spend three seasons at the University of
Louisville where she earned a master of science in sport administration. While at Louisville, Ozbun worked primarily
with catchers and defense while assisting in the development of numerous all-region and all-conference players, including the Cardinals' first All-American. In 2004, Louisville earned the program's first NCAA Tournament bid. That year, the Cardinals also set a Conference USA record for wins in a season (41).
As a player, Ozbun was a four-year letter winner and three-year co-captain for the Spartans. She led Manchester to the 2001 Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference championship and was named the team's most valuable player. She was the recipient of Manchester's Betty Clark Memorial award for her outstanding scholarship, athletic achievement, leadership and service and was a member of the Manchester Directors Council and the Manchester Faculty Athletic Committee.
Since 2002 Ozbun has served as the director of the University of Louisville Softball Camp and has spent her summers working various national camps and clinics. A member of the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) since 2003, Ozbun is also active in the Ohio High School Fastpitch Softball Coaches Association (OHSFSCA). In the summer of 2004 and 2005 she coaches regional and national competitive travel teams.