Softball News

Iowa Lakes Community College Softball team is heading down to Houston, TX for their spring trip and season opener.  The Laker’s will have 8 games while down there; Monday March 12 a double header against Galveston College, Tuesday March 13 a double header against Lamar State College, Thursday March 15...

Iowa Lakes Community College softball program will hold Softball Clinics on Saturday, April 28, and Sunday, April 29, in Estherville.  The clinic will be divided into three units. The first will be a Youth Clinic serving those ages 5-12 where participants will go over the ‘mechanics’ of throwing & catching,...

Veteran Laker Coach Jessica VanLoy has returned to Iowa Lakes to lead the award-winning softball team. VanLoy served as the Iowa Lakes Assistant Softball Coach in the 2009 and 2010 seasons.  She replaces Shawn Semler, who announced his departure last week. She comes from Dakota State University where she worked...

Iowa Lakes Director of Athletics Troy Larson announced today that Shawn Semler was hired as the new softball coach for the Laker Women. Before coming to Iowa Lakes, Semler spent eight seasons as head coach at Southwest Minnesota State University in Marshall, Minn., and is the program’s all-time leader in...

The Head Women’s Softball Coach at Iowa Lakes, Shane Bouman, has accepted the same position at Indiana State University. Athletic Director Troy Larson says a search for a new coach will begin immediately. Staff members have informed the current student-athletes of the upcoming coaching change and those players will be...

Stephanie Ochoa, a former Iowa Lakes Community College softball standout continued her successful play this past season with the University of Iowa softball team. Ochoa, a senior this past year at Iowa, posted a .612 batting average and was named Player of the Week in mid-March as she led the...

The ICCAC All-Region teams have been announced and Iowa Lakes had seven players named with honors.  The Lakers had three players named to the first team. Taylor Mackey, a freshman and pitcher from Burnsville, Minn., had a 21-7 record and pitched 24 straight games for the Lakers. Michelle Thille, a...

Iowa Lakes Softball has their home opener tomorrow/Thursday, March 31 vs. NIACC on the Estherville campus with first pitch of the double header at 3:30 p.m.  The Lakers are off to another great start with a 10-4 record and are currently in first place in the Iowa Community College Athletic...

Iowa Lakes Softball defeated #2 ranked Kirkwood CC 6-4 Sunday in Cedar Rapids.  The Lakers were led offensively by Kelsey Ennenga going 3-4 and Michelle Thille 2-3.  Taylor Mackey improves her pitching record 9-2.  Kirkwood won game one 9-1. “We really needed to get back the basics of Laker softball,...

Iowa Lakes Community College softball program will hold Softball Clinics on Saturday, April 9, and Sunday, April 10, in Estherville. The clinic will be divided into three units. The first will be a Youth Clinic serving those ages 5-12 where participants will go over the ‘mechanics’ of throwing & catching,...

Iowa Lakes Community College softball staff will hold a Softball Clinic on Saturday, Feb. 19 in Estherville. The clinic will be divided into three units.  The first will be a Youth Clinic serving those ages 5-12 where participants will go over the ‘mechanics’ of throwing & catching, fielding, base running...