GARY VanCAUWENBERGE -
HEAD COACH
5th Season

Gary VanCauwenberge starts his fifth season as the head coach for Lake Erie College softball team. He earned Co-Coach of the Year honors in the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference in 2004.
A 2000 graduate from Ohio Wesleyan, VanCauwenberge earned a health and physical education degree. He played three seasons of volleyball as an outside and middle hitter for the Battling Bishops, serving as captain. VanCauwenberge also played one year as an outfielder for the Ohio Wesleyan baseball team. After graduating from Ohio Wesleyan, VanCauwenberge received a Masters of Exercise and Sports Studies and a National Council for Accreditation of Coaching Education Level IV certificate from Smith College in 2002.
In addition to his duties as head coach of the softball team, VanCauwenberge serves as the head coach for the Lake Erie volleyball squad and academic liaison.

Prior to coming to Lake Erie, VanCauwenberge spent two seasons at Amherst College in Massachusetts as an assistant volleyball coach. While at Amherst, the Jeffs made a second round appearance in the NCAA Championships and won the New England Small College Athletic Conference title.

JIM BALDWIN -
ASSISTANT COACH
3rd Season

Jim Baldwin is in his third season as an assistant with the Storm softball program. Prior to working at the collegiate level, he spent 10 years coaching at the Junior Olympic level. He has also been an executive director and athletics director of Y.E.S. since 2002, which is the Youth, Education and Sports organization.

Baldwin bases his coaching on sportsmanship, leadership, logic and patience. He believes these qualities are the keys to success in almost every area of life.

A native of Garrettsville, Ohio, Baldwin currently resides in Windham, Ohio. He has a 19-year old daughter, Tara.

JENN NEAL -
GRADUATE ASSISTANT
1st Season

Jenn Neal is assisting with the Storm softball program this season after serving as the LEC graduate assistant with the women's basketball team earlier this year. A 2001 graduate and basketball player at Mentor High School, she went on to play four years as a forward and center at Baldwin-Wallace College where she was involved in three Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) championships and three NCAA Tournament appearances (2004, 2005, 2006).

Neal earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in 2006 while majoring in fitness management and sport management with a minor in business administration. She is currently pursuing a master's degree in business administration from Lake Erie.