Softball Camps at the
University of Central Missouri
Head Coach Susan Anderson

Susan Anderson begins her fifth season as head coach at Central Missouri with a 128-86 record. Anderson was the fastest UCM softball coach to reach 100 wins, doing it in only three seasons.

She was voted into the UCM Athletic Hall of Fame in February 2009 for her career at UCM on the field.

Anderson has been named Co-MIAA Coach of the Year twice in the past five seasons. She has coached 11 first team all-conference members, and 64 MIAA Academic Honor Roll selections. She has also coached one conference MVP, one academic all-conference, five all-regions, one academic all-region and two All-Americans.

Last season the Jennies finished 26-27 overall and 10-10 in the MIAA. UCM went into the postseason conference tournament as the No. 4 seed and finished fourth.

In 2009, Anderson led the Jennies to a 36-14 overall record and an 18-2 conference mark, finishing first in the regular season and fourth in the conference tournament. The Jennies qualified for their third straight NCAA-II South Central Region Tournament.

In 2008, Anderson led the Jennies to a 36-22 overall record and 12-6 in the MIAA, good for second place. The Jennies finished second in the MIAA Tournament and qualified for the NCAAII North Central Region tournament for the second consecutive season.

In her first season, Anderson led the Jennies to a 30-23 record, including a 14-4 conference record and a second place finish in the MIAA. The team took fifth in the MIAA tournament and advanced to the NCAA-II North Central Region tournament for the first time since 1997.

Prior to coming to UCM, Anderson was at MIAA rival Northwest Missouri for four seasons where she went 124-96. She led the Bearcats to their first NCAA Tournament appearance in 2006, their first since 1984. Anderson set a school record for wins in two different seasons including the most for a first-year leader in Northwest Missouri’s softball history with 30 in 2003.

Anderson was the head coach at Dakota State (S.D.) from 2001- 02, where she picked up a 36-36 mark. In her second season she set a school record for the 25-13 record, while taking the team to
its first ever NAIA Regional Tournament.

From 1999-2000, Anderson was the head coach at St. Mary’s College (Kan.) where she made a turnaround effort. Her team went 6-21 in her first season to 15-19 the next year.

Anderson was a graduate assistant coach at the University of Central Missouri in 1998, where she also was a studentathlete from 1994-1997. As a player at UCM, Anderson (formerly Punzo) was a two time All-American and led the Jennies to three MIAA titles (1994, 1995, and 1997). She was also a three-time all-conference performer, earning second-team honors as a sophomore and first-team accolades as both a junior and senior. She also got the job done in the classroom, making the MIAA All-Academic Team all four years and Academic All-American in 1997. She is also the only UCM Softball player to receive the prestigious NCAA Post-Graduate Scholarship.

Anderson and her husband Chauncey reside in Warrensburg with their five-year old daughter, Teagan.