New York Softball Academy
Current Section
Lead Instructors
Jamie Apicella
• C.W. Post Head Softball Coach (11th Year)
• Associate Athletic Director C.W. Post
• M.S. - Education C.W. Post
• Coached team to 9 NCAA appearances
• 2 trips to NCAA Division II Softball World Series (2007, 2008)
• 5 time NFCA Northeast Region Coach of the Year
• 2000 ECC Coach of the Year
• 6 times ECC Conference Champions
• Played professional baseball w/San Francisco Giants
Kelsey Walker
• Assistant Director of New York Softball Academy
• Entering third year as Assistant Softball Coach for C.W. Post
• Former standout softball player at C.W. Post 2002-06'
• 2 time NFCA Coaching Staff of the Year (2007, 2008)
• Bachelor's degree in communications '06 from C.W. Post
Stephen Christianson
• Entering third year as New York Institute of Technology Head Softball Coach
• Led NYIT to its first ever NCAA Northeast Regional Tournament in 2008
• Athletics Administrative Asst. New York Institute of Technology
• Associate Athletic Director Head Softball Coach, Trinity College
• B.S. (St. Cloud University, MN) - Education
Callie Osborne
• Assistant Softball Coach at New York Institute of Technology
• A graduate of Hofstra University, she broke the Hofstra school record for lowest earned run avg. as a junior, when she finished the year 12-3 with a 0.79 ERA
• Shattered the school record for consecutive wins as a senior, tallying 21 consecutive victories in the cirecle on her way to a 25-7 final record
Jeff Franquet
• Head Coach Philadelphia Force of National Pro Fastpitch League
• Head Coach at Georgian Court University in Lakewood, NJ
• Head Coach at Division I Jacksonville University from 2003 - 2005
• Head Coact at Central Florida Community College 1999 - 2000
• 2007 & 2008 CACC Coach of the Year
Danielle Henderson
• Member of the 2000 US Olympic Gold Medal Team
• Honda Award Winner in 1999 (NCAA Nation's Top Player Award)
• Member of the 1999 US National Team - Won Gold Metal at the Pan American Games and Canada Cup
• 2nd all-time in strikeouts in NCAA history
• Member of the New England Riptide (National Pro Fastpitch League)
• 2002-2006 Assistant Coach at Alma Mater UMass/Amherst
Samantha Yodowitz
• Entering her 1st year as Assistant Softball Coach for C.W. Post
• Bachelors Degree in Physical Education from C.W. Post '08
• 2 time Second Team All-American Pitcher who led C.W. Post to back-to-back National Championship Tournaments in 2007 and 2008 with a combined record of 61-17
• Lead instructor at Pat Gorman's Softball Camp, Valley Cottage, NY for the past 4 years
Jillian Fisher
• Four-year starter and two-year captain for C.W. Post Softball
• Three-year all-conference and all-region selection and owns the school's career home runs record (34)
• Assistant Sports Information Director at C.W. Post
Melissa Bieman
• Third season as Assistant Coach Stony Brook University in charge of Pitchers
• Prior to Stony Brook Melissa was Assistant Coach at Binghamton University
• Melissa also was the Assistant at Briarcliffe College
• Played softball at Syracuse University
• Played for the Waitakere Bears of the New Zealand Women's Premier Softball League
Bree Nasti
• Third season as Assistant Coach Stony Brook University
• Before coming to Stony Brook, Nasti was an assistant coach at St. John's
• She also spent one season as assistant coach at Hofstra University
• A 2004 graduate of Buffalo University where she played collegiately