Jamie Mueller is an American, former collegiate softball second baseman and current head coach at Wartburg College. She played college softball at Aurora.
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Wartburg |
| Conference | ARC |
| Record | 197–133 (.597) |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | Hanover Park, IL |
| Alma mater | Aurora Northern Illinois University |
| Playing career | |
| 2005–2008 | Aurora |
| Position(s) | Second Baseman |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2010-2012 | Aurora (Asst.) |
| 2013-2015 | DePauw (Asst.) |
| 2016–Present | Wartburg |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 197–133 (.597) |
| Tournaments | IIAC/ARC 8−6 NCAA 6−8 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 2x ARC Tournament Champion (2022, 2023) NCAA Regional Champion (2022) | |
Playing career
editMueller played softball at Aurora University for three years. In her time with the Spartans, they compiled a 103–25 record, won three conference titles and made one NCAA Regional.[1]
Coaching career
editDePauw
editMueller spent three seasons, beginning in 2013, as an assistant coach for DePauw University softball, under head coach Erica Hanrahan. In those three years the Tigers saw tremedous success winning three straight North Coast Athletic Conference championships and two NCAC tournament championships. In her final season as an assistant at DePauw, they finished with a 36–16 record and ended the season in the NCAA DIII College World Series.[2]
Wartburg
editOn July 8, 2015, Mueller was named the new head coach for the Wartburg Knights softball program.[3] Prior to her arrival in Waverly, the Knights had failed to qualify for the IIAC/ARC conference six team postseason tournament for the past six seasons, finishing on or near the bottom of the conference standings.[4] In her first season, the Knights qualified for the conference tournament. In just her fourth season she led the Knights back to the NCAA tournament first time since 2009, receiving an at-large bid.[5] Mueller's 2022 season found them back in NCAA tournament after winning the American Rivers Conference tournament. Following winning the NCAA regional at Saint Benedict College, the season would come to an end in Decatur, Illinois in the NCAA Super Regionals.[6] The 2023 season she led her team to back to back conference tournament titles, and back to back regional appearances.[7] Her team would end the season in the regional championship game to eventual national champion Trine, falling 4-1.[8]
Head coaching record
edit| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wartburg Knights (Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (2016–2018) | |||||||||
| 2016 | Wartburg | 18-24 | 7-7 | 6th | |||||
| 2017 | Wartburg | 22-16 | 9-7 | 4th | |||||
| 2018 | Wartburg | 17-17 | 5-11 | 8th | |||||
| Wartburg Knights (American Rivers Conference) (2018–Present) | |||||||||
| 2019 | Wartburg | 27-13 | 11-5 | 3rd | NCAA Regional | ||||
| 2020 | Wartburg | 9−3[a] | |||||||
| 2021 | Wartburg | 26−10 | 17−7 | 2nd | |||||
| 2022 | Wartburg | 30−14 | 9−7 | T-3rd | NCAA Super Regional | ||||
| 2023 | Wartburg | 25−18 | 10−6 | 4th | NCAA Regional | ||||
| 2024 | Wartburg | 23−18 | 9−6 | T-3rd | NCAA Regional | ||||
| Wartburg: | 197–133 (.597) | 67–56 (.545) | |||||||
| Total: | 197–133 (.597) | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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- ^ The season was not played past March 7th due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States.
References
edit- ^ "Jamie Mueller - Softball Coach". Aurora University Athletics.
- ^ "All business | NCAA.com". www.ncaa.com.
- ^ "Mueller named Wartburg softball coach". Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier.
- ^ "Softball Conference AQ Tournament History". rollrivers.com.
- ^ Nelson, Jim. "Wartburg ready for NCAA Tournament". Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier.
- ^ "Knights Softball NCAA Run Ends in Decatur". Wartburg College Athletics.
- ^ Brown, Chelsie (May 14, 2023). "Wartburg softball wins second-straight A-R-C Tournament". KCRG. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
- ^ "Trine softball wins regional title 4-1 over Wartburg". 21 Alive News. May 21, 2023. Retrieved 22 May 2024.