Ashley Schilling enters her fourth year at the helm of the Northern State softball program in the fall of 2024. She took over the Wolves program after an assistant coaching stint at Missouri Western State University.
Northern went 25-24 overall and 11-17 in the league in the spring of 2024. They qualified for the NSIC Tournament, but ultimately fell to Minot State in the opening round. Three Wolves were named to the NSIC All-Conference teams including Lexi Chase, Avarie Eagle, and Ashley Fauske. Chase went on to earn CSC Academic All-District honors. The team broke two single season school records with 442 hits and 91 doubles.
The Wolves posted a 14-34 record overall and 8-20 mark in the NSIC in the spring of 2023. Northern State opened their first season from Koehler Hall of Fame Field in the spring of 2022. The Wolves went 12-38 overall and 4-24 in the NSIC. Northern State redshirt freshman, Liv Richardson was named to the NSIC All-Conference second team, while junior pitcher Meghan Anderson broke the single season (218) and career (476) strikeout records. In addition, the Wolves broke the single season homerun record, notching 34 on the year.
In her three seasons with the Griffons, MWSU went 78-46 overall. They advanced to the MIAA Tournament in 2019 and 2021 (no tournament was played in 2020) and the NCAA Central Region Tournament in 2019. Schilling acted as the Griffon’s recruiting coordinator in 2021 and took over as the interim head coach with the departure of Jen Bagley Trotter in July of 2021.
She was the coordinator for all MWSU softball camps and clinics and supervised the programs graduate assistant coaches. In addition to her duties with the softball program, Schilling served on the Advantage Committee, Constitution and Bylaws Committee, and Professional Development Committee at Missouri Western.
Prior to her time in St. Joseph, Schilling was an assistant coach at Cincinnati Christian University. She was the program’s recruiting coordinator and head strength and conditioning coach in addition to her responsibilities as an assistant.
Schilling played collegiately at the University of Minnesota Duluth. She was an NSIC All-Conference honoree in 2016 and finished her Bulldog career with a .282 average. A starting outfielder for UMD, Schilling recorded 126 career hits, 17 career homeruns, and 75 career RBI. She received her Bachelor of Arts in Public Health Education and Promotions from Duluth in 2017 and Master of Arts in Sport and Fitness Management from Missouri Western in 2020.
| Ashley Schilling Year-by-Year |
|
|
Overall |
Conference |
|
| Year |
School |
W |
L |
T |
W |
L |
T |
Finish |
| 2022 |
Northern State |
12 |
38 |
- |
4 |
24 |
- |
16th |
| 2023 |
Northern State |
14 |
34 |
- |
8 |
20 |
- |
13th |
| 2024 |
Northern State |
25 |
24 |
- |
11 |
17 |
- |
10th |
| Totals |
|
51 |
96 |
- |
23 |
61 |
- |
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