Norfolk State University head women’s softball coach Kary Kankey announced Monday the hiring of Sam Kszepka as the new assistant softball coach.

"I am thrilled that Sam has joined our staff”, Kankey said. “She is very excited to get started working with the team, especially with our pitching staff. She is a proven winner, having been a
[Division III] All-American and to the College World Series. Her pitching knowledge should help our pitching staff be consistently ranked at the top of the MEAC."

Kszepka comes to NSU after serving as the assistant coach last season at Susquehanna University in Selinsgrove, Pa. Her main duties included coaching the pitchers, team conditioning, recruiting and fund raising.

In 2006, Kszepka was the assistant varsity softball coach at Willingboro High School in Willingboro, N.J., where she also was in charge of statistics and media relations. She taught health and physical education classes at Willingboro HS from September 2004 to April 2006.

Prior to working at Willingboro HS, Kszepka was the head junior varsity coach and varsity assistant coach at her alma mater, Allentown High School in Allentown, N.J.

Kzsepka spent the summer of 2005 as the pitching coach of the New Jersey Nightmare 18 and under summer team. Her main focus was developing the pitchers and catchers.

Kszepka, a native of New Egypt, N.J., earned her degree in exercise and movement science in 2004 from William Paterson University in Wayne, N.J. She was the 2002 New Jersey Athletic Conference and Eastern College Athletic Conference Player of the Year and a Louisville Slugger/National Fast-Pitch Coaches Association Division III third-team All-American. She posted a 36-10 record and a 1.50 earned run average for her career at William Paterson.

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