COACHING STAFF |
ASHLEY GILLAND
Assistant Coach
At MSU
- Enters tenth season in 2022
- Joined Racers in 2012
- Serves as the team's hitting coach and works with outfielders
- Helped Racers turn in league's second highest batting averages in 2014 & 2015
- Coached Racers to a school record team average of .315 in 2015
- Instrumental in development of two-time OVC Player of the Year Jessica Twaddle
Before MSU
- Spent two years at Northern Iowa
- Helped Panthers win 70 games and 2012 MVC regular-season title
- Spent one season as a student assistant, two as a graduate assistant at Western Illinois
- Served as the marketing assistant for Murray State in 2009-2010
As A Player
- Played two seasons at Western Illinois
- Started career in Santa Fe College in Gainesville, Florida
Personal
- Received bachelors from Western Illinois in business administration in 2007 and a master's in sport management in 2009
MADI EBERLE
Assistant Coach
At Murray State
- Joins the Murray State Softball coaching staff for the 2025 Season
Before MSU
- Graduated from Southern Illinois University with a Bachelor’s in Exercise Science and a minor in American Sign Language
- Spent four seasons as a member of the SIU softball team
- Pitched in 3 NCAA Regionals
- 2023 MVC Tournament MVP and Scholar-Athlete First Team
- 48 Career wins and 303 career strikeouts
Personal
- NSCA Certified Personal Trainer
- From Gibson City, Illinois