New York Softball Academy
Current Section
Lead Instructors
Jamie Apicella
• C.W. Post Head Softball Coach (10th Year)
• Associate Athletic Director C.W. Post
• M.S. - Education C.W. Post College
• Coached team to 8 NCAA appearances
• Played professional baseball w/San Francisco Giants
Kelsey Walker
• Assistant Director of New York Softball Academy
• Assistant Softball Coach for C.W. Post for the past 2 years
• Former standout softball player at C.W. Post 2002-06'
• Bachelor's degree in communications '06 from C.W. Post
Stephen Christianson
• New York Institute of Technology Head Softball Coach (2 Year)
• 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
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
• All-American Pitcher who led C.W. Post to its first National
Championship Tournament in 2007 with a record of 31-9
• 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
• Second 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
• Second 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