Team Roster / Photo Numerical
No. 1 3 5 6 7 9 10 12 13 15 17 19 22 24 27 28 35 40
Name Kelsey Thornton Heather Johnson Shannon Kelly Kasey O’Connor Sadie Pitzenberger Jody Valdivia Christine Lux Katie Fleury Alexa Maldonado Jackie Bowe Dani Miller Erin Marrone Kathryn Lux Brianna Jorgensborg Alexia Clay Brittany O’Donnell Kristina Wright Amy Buntin
Year Fr. Sr. Jr. So. Jr. Jr. Sr. Jr. So. Fr. So. Jr. Fr. Jr. Sr. Fr. So. Fr.
Position Outfield Infield Pitcher / Utility Infield Infield / Outfield Pitcher Infield Infield Outfield Pitcher Infield Infield / Outfield Infield Outfield Catcher Pitcher Catcher Catcher / Utility
No. 15 40 27 12 3 24 5 10 22 13 19 17 6 28 7 1 9 35
Name Jackie Bowe Amy Buntin Alexia Clay Katie Fleury Heather Johnson Brianna Jorgensborg Shannon Kelly Christine Lux Kathryn Lux Alexa Maldonado Erin Marrone Dani Miller Kasey O’Connor Brittany O’Donnell Sadie Pitzenberger Kelsey Thornton Jody Valdivia Kristina Wright
Year Fr. Fr. Sr. Jr. Sr. Jr. Jr. Sr. Fr. So. Jr. So. So. Fr. Jr. Fr. Jr. So.
Position Pitcher Catcher / Utility Catcher Infield Infield Outfield Pitcher / Utility Infield Infield Outfield Infield / Outfield Infield Infield Pitcher Infield / Outfield Outfield Pitcher Catcher
Height 5-6 5-8 5-7 6-0 5-7 5-8 5-11 5-5 5-6 5-7 5-9 5-9 5-10 5-11 5-6 5-9 5-9 5-8
B / T L/R R/R R/R R/R L/R R/R L/R R/R L/L R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R
Hometown / High school Sugar Land, Texas / Elkins Los Alamitos, Calif. / Mater Dei Pembroke Pines, Fla. / Hollywood Christian Yorktown, N.Y. / Yorktown Tomball, Texas / Tomball Anaheim Hills, Calif. / Canyon Glendale Heights, Ill. / Glenbard West San Jose, Calif. / Archbishop Mitty Short Hills, N.J. / Millburn Galesburg, Mich. / Galesburg–Augusta Huntington Beach, Calif. / Edison Alexandria, Va. / Bishop O’Connell Glendale Heights, Ill. / Glenbard West Thousand Oaks, Calif. / La Reina Rochester, Ind. / Culver Academy Avon, N.J. / Red Bank Catholic Ramona, Calif. / Ramona Franklin, Tenn. / Brentwood
B / T R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R L/R R/R L/L R/R R/R R/R R/R L/R L/R R/R R/R
Hometown / High school Galesburg, Mich. / Galesburg–Augusta Franklin, Tenn. / Brentwood Rochester, Ind. / Culver Academy San Jose, Calif. / Archbishop Mitty Los Alamitos, Calif. / Mater Dei Thousand Oaks, Calif. / La Reina Pembroke Pines, Fla. / Hollywood Christian Glendale Heights, Ill. / Glenbard West Glendale Heights, Ill. / Glenbard West Short Hills, N.J. / Millburn Alexandria, Va. / Bishop O’Connell Huntington Beach, Calif. / Edison Yorktown, N.Y. / Yorktown Avon, N.J. / Red Bank Catholic Tomball, Texas / Tomball Sugar Land, Texas / Elkins Anaheim Hills, Calif. / Canyon Ramona, Calif. / Ramona
Alphabetical
Head coach: Deanna Gumpf (9th season / Nebraska ’93) Assistant coaches: Kris Ganeff (9th season / Notre Dame ’99) Lizzy Lemire (5th season / Notre Dame ’01) Volunteer assistant: Dawn Austin (5th season / Penn State ’93) Athletic trainer: Nicole Alexander (2nd season / Florida ’05) Student manager: John Whitty (Notre Dame ’10)
Height 5-7 5-8 5-6 5-5 5-8 5-11 5-7 5-11 5-10 5-6 5-9 5-9 6-0 5-9 5-7 5-6 5-8 5-9
Pronunciations Jackie Bowe....................................................... Jackie BO Amy Buntin.......................................... Amy BUNNE-tin Katie Fleury..............................................Katie FLURRY Kris Ganeff................................................ Kris GAYN-eff Brianna Jorgensborg.............. BREE-ann-UH Jorgensborg Lizzy Lemire............................................Lizzy LEH-meer Christine Lux.........................................Christine LUCKS Kathryn Lux........................................... Kathryn LUCKS Alexa Maldonado.....................Alexa MAL-done-AH-doe Erin Marrone...........................................Erin MUH-roan Sadie Pitzenberger................... Sadie PITT-sin-BURGER Jody Valdivia..................................... Jody VAL-dee-vee-uh
2010 Notre Dame Softball Team
Front (l-r): Sadie Pitzenberger, Alexa Maldonado, Katie Fleury, Kelsey Thornton, Brittany O’Donnell Middle (l-r): Alexia Clay, Jody Valdivia, Amy Buntin, Kristina Wright, Jackie Bowe, Dani Miller, Shannon Kelly Back (l-r): Assistant coach Lizzy Lemire, sports information director Alan George, volunteer assistant coach Dawn Austin, senior manager John Whitty, Erin Marrone, Kasey O’Connor, Christine Lux, Brianna Jorgensborg, Kathryn Lux, Heather Johnson, head coach Deanna Gumpf, assistant coach Kris Ganeff, strength and conditioning coach Chris Sandeen, athletic trainer Nicole Alexander
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