2012 Softball

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Lisa R. Thuer - Head Coach - 2nd Season

 

Lisa R. Thuer brings a rich combination of social work and sports-related experience to her position in the HNU Athletics Department. Thuer currently works for HNU as the Assistant Director of Athletics, Sports Information Director, Senior Woman Administrator and the head softball coach. Her responsibilities including marketing, sports information and additional admistrative duties. She is focused on implementing changes which will ensure equality and inclusion.
 

From 2009-2011, she served MacMurray College's Senior Woman Administrator and Head Softball Coach. During this time, Lisa created & implemented the College's Gender Equity Plan and was responsible for ensuring NCAA DIII Compliance within the Athletics department. During her time at MacMurray, she also served as an Assistant Professor of Social Work teaching classes in sociology and social work.
 

From 2007-2011, Lisa acted as an Athletic Coach & Fitness Instructor with the YMCA where she implemented the Women's Sports Foundation's Go Girl Go curriculum and Girls On the Run curriculum. She is Personal Training, Spinning, & American Red Cross CPR, First Aid, and AED certified. She is currently instructing Spinning classes in San Leandro, CA.
 

Prior to beginning her professional career Lisa played softball and ran cross country at the NCAA Division II and III levels. She holds two undergraduate degrees in Religion and Social Work from MacMurray College and has a Master of Social Work degree from Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. She is currently working on a second Master degree in Education at Holy Names. Thuer holds memberships with the National Association of College Women Athletic Administrators (NACWAA) and the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA).
 

In addition to fulfilling her passion for athletic activities, Lisa worked as an advocate for women in need. She provided a variety of social services in her community, including service and education to homeless women, victims of intimate partner abuse, women facing deportation and women in crisis pregnancies. Thuer continues to advocate for gender equity and empowerment.

Coach Thuer is dedicated to raising awareness around the issues of gender equity, racism, sexism, and heterosexism and their relation to athletic and academic opportunities for student athletes.

Lisa earned Bachelor's degrees from MacMurray College, one in Social Work and one in Religion. Additionally, she has a Masters of Social Work from George Warren Brown School of Social Work. Coach Thuer is working on an additional Master degree in Education at Holy Names University.

 
Basil Drake - Assistant Coach - 3rd Season
Coach Drake has been coaching since the early seventies. After a 6 year baseball career he became an assistant coach (1972 - 1974) at St. Mary's College in the Men's Basketball Program. He then became an assistant coach with the San Francisco Pioneers, Women's Professional Basketball franchise (1975-1976).
 
Coach Drake took a brief break to help raise and coach his three sons during their little league years. He then resumed his coaching career at San Ramon Valley High School where he coached Football, Baseball, Basketball, Speech and Academic Decathlon 1977-1992. He was fortunate to be apart of numerous section championships in Basketball (5) and Baseball (2). He also coached 2 state champions in Speech and 2 state championship teams in Academic Decathlon.
 
In 1992, he was asked to join the football staff at Las Lomas where he was an assistant coach. That year Las Lomas won the 2A Section Championship. In 1993 Coach Drake assumed coaching responsibility for their softball program which had not won a game in 8 years. During his 5 year commitment they went 91-39 with two league championships.
 
The following year he was asked to coach at Carondelet High School. During his 5 years at Carondelet they won 2 section championships and 3 league championships while compiling a record of 105-25.
 
Coach Drake received his BS in English and Physical Education from Michigan State University in Lansing, Michigan in 1967. While there he lettered in Football and Baseball. He made Academic All American all four years and 3rd Team All American his junior and senior years in baseball. Coach Drake has been married 41years to Georgia and has three sons, Danny, Tommy and Andy.
 
Sean Palmer - Grad Assistant