Snyder Hired as Assistant Softball Coach

By Robert McKinney, Athletics Communications Director, (503) 370-6110

SALEM, ORE -- Former Willamette softball star Kelli Snyder, who served as a volunteer assistant coach last season, has been hired as an assistant softball coach for the Bearcats. In addition, Snyder will be the business operations coordinator for the Athletics Department. She will continue to be in charge of the main desk on the second floor of the Sparks Center.

Snyder has been working on an interim basis in administrative support within Athletics for nearly a year. She graduated from Willamette in the spring of 2013 with a Bachelor of Arts in Exercise Science.

"It is great to have Kelli on our staff," Head Softball Coach Damian Williams said. "As a student-athlete she was vital to the success of our program and I am excited that she will have the same impact as a coach."

As a softball catcher for the Bearcats, Snyder was an outstanding contributor to the team. She was named Third Team All-West Region as a senior in 2013 after leading the Bearcats with a .436 batting average, .532 on-base percentage, .653 slugging percentage, 44 hits and 13 doubles.

She was named First Team All-NWC in 2010, 2012 and 2013. She was the co-winner of the 2013 Jean Williams Award, which is presented annually to Willamette's top senior female student-athlete.

Snyder holds many rankings on Willamette's top 10 lists in softball. Her on-base percentage, doubles total, and batting average from 2013 all rank third on the single season list. She is fifth all-time in single-season slugging percentage.

On WU's career lists she is third with a .457 on-base percentage and is fifth with a .364 batting average. She is seventh in several categories with a .533 slugging percentage, 63 RBIs, 24 doubles and 10 home runs. She ranks eighth with 177 total bases and ninth with 121 hits.