 
Stephanie Swenson, who works primarily with the pitching staff, enters her sixth year as assistant coach at Long Beach State. During her five years with the 49ers, Swenson has acquired a deserved reputation for developing young arms and helping pitchers mature. Last season, Swenson guided freshman Brooke Turner to a number of postseason honors, including Big West Pitcher of the Year, second-team All-America and first-team All-West Region accolades. Turner owned an impressive 27-6 mark and shattered LBSU's single-season record with 237 strikeouts. In 2007, Bridgette Pagano was named the Big West Freshman Pitcher of the Year and earned first team all-conference honors after posting a 20-11 record with a 1.65 ERA and 100 strikeouts. The last two campaigns have continued a fine tradition of pitching at Long Beach State. Over the past six years, the 49ers have finished with an ERA over 2.00 only twice, and posted a 1.22 season ERA en route to a Big West Championship run and a 51-13 overall record in 2004. Under Swenson's tutelage, The Beach earned three straight Big West Pitcher of the Year awards from 2004 to 2006. That total includes co-honors for Meredith Cervenka and Marcel Torres in 2004 and 2005. Long Beach State has also had at least one pitcher named first-team All-Big West in each of Swenson's five years as the pitching coach. The 2004 pitching staff was also named the NFCA West Region Staff of the Year. Swenson was a standout pitcher at UCLA under long time former Bruin coach Sue Enquist. Swenson was an honorable mention All-Pac 10 selection in 2000. She posted a 10-1 record with five shutouts and three one-hitters. Swenson finished the 2000 campaign with a 0.81 ERA in 77.2 innings pitched. Her final season of collegiate softball was in 2001. After her playing days, Swenson helped out the Bruin coaching staff with recruiting. Swenson currently resides in San Clemente. |
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