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Brooke Boening

B R OOK E B OEN I N G Assist a n t Coa ch Second Season, Second Stint at NSU (2015) Northwestern State, 2013 After a decorated pitching career and a stint as a volunteer assistant coach, B rook e B oe n in g will begin her second season as the Northwestern State pitching coach. Boening guided a pitching staffoftwo veteran arms and two newcomer arms to a staffERA of2.86 in 2019, the program’s first sub-3.00 ERA since she handled the NSU pitching staffin 2015 (2.96 ERA). E.C. Delafield made the All-Southland Conference team as a utility player. Boening has developed a reputation of turning around pitching staffs in her coaching careerat NSU, Rhode Island and Southeastern. As a volunteer at NSU in 2015, Boening helped tutor an NSU pitching staffwith a conference-low 1.19 ERA that featured both All-Southland Conference FirstTeam pitcherMikayla Brown (PitcherofYear) and Micaela Bouvier(first-team all-conference). NSU’s ERA improved by more than three full points from 2014. Boening tutored Mikayla Brown fortwoofherseasonsasshefinished hercareerin top 10in multiplecategories, including the 2015 Pitcher oftheYear. Fellow SLC FirstTeamer Micaela Bouvier also starred on that 2015 staff. Boening spent the 2018 season at Southeastern, where she helped the Lady Lions to its best record in 34 years. SeniorRachel HayesmadetheAll-Southland ConferenceThirdTeam asthecatalyst behind an SLU staffthat lowered its team ERA a full point to 2.99. In her first full-time gig at Rhode Island, Boening tutored two freshmen to the All-Atlantic 10 RookieTeam in hertwo seasons. Boening was an accomplished pitcherforthe Lady Demons from 2010-13. TheFloresville,Texas,nativeposted 28careerwinsin fourseasonsincluding an 8-6 markasa senioron a team thatwon theSouthland ConferenceTournamentand reached the NCAA Tournament in 2013. Boening posted a 9-9 mark as a freshman in which she struckout a career-high 132 batters. She finished hercareersixth in strikeouts with 384. Boening graduated with a bachelor’s degree in health and exercise science in 2013 with a master’s degree in sports administration in 2015. H om e t ow n...................................................Floresville,Texas H ig h Sch ool............................................................ Poth High Colle g e .......................................... Northwestern State, 2013

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