Bio

At Simpson

• Completed seventh season in 2023
• Record of 108-116 (38-66 A-R-C) in first seven seasons
• Guided his squad to a fifth place finish in conference standings in 2021 with 13 wins, the most league victories since 2010
• Led the Storm to back-to-back 20-win seasons in 2018 and 2019
• Hired on Dec. 14, 2015 as the 11th head coach in program history (Kyle Owens served as interim head coach for the 2016 season)
• Enters 2024 campaign ranked third all-time in career wins

Player Achievement Under Matthias

• All-Region: Alexis Ehlers (2023), Maddie Luderman (2022, 2023), Megan Crockett (2021), Randie Richmond (2021), Sara Trent (2021), Ashley Allen (2018), Taylor Davis (2018), Madison Rasmusson (2018), 
• First Team All-Conference: Ashlyn Steen (2023), Maddie Luderman (2022), Megan Crockett (2019, 2021), Randie Richmond (2021), Madison Rasmusson (2018)
• Second Team All-Conference: Alexis Ehlers (2023), Maddie Luderman (2023), Kate Kriegel (2022), Camrey Leo (2021), Ashley Allen (2017, 2019), Emily Bell (2018, 2019), Sara Trent (2019), Madison Rasmusson (2017)
• Honorable Mention All-Conference: Karlie Hill (2021), Ashley Allen (2018), Kasiah Ehresman (2018)
• CSC/CoSIDA Academic All-American: Maddie Luderman (2023), Ashley Allen (2018) 
• CSC/CoSIDA Academic All-District: Alexis Ehlers (2023), Karlie Hill (2023), Kate Kriegel (2023), Maddie Luderman (2022, 2023), Madeline Petersen (2023), Emily Bell (2021), Camrey Leo (2021), Kayla Reusche (2019), Ashley Allen (2018)
• Academic All-Conference (65)

Recent Team Accomplishments Under Matthias

• 2023: notched 23 wins, the most since 2016... led the American Rivers Conference in the classroom for second year in a row with a grade point average of 3.607... led all NCAA DIII teams with the most National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) Academic All-Americans (23) for the second year in a row... led the A-R-C in overall batting average (.322) and slugging percentage (.490)... tied for first in the conference in home runs (36)... led the conference in eight different offensive categories
• 2022: won 19 games including three victories over teams that qualified for the NCAA Tournament... led the American Rivers Conference in the classroom with a grade point average of 3.506... led all NCAA DIII teams with the most National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) Academic All-Americans (24)... offense tied for second in the league with 25 home runs, while the pitching staff ranked third with 184 strikeouts
• 2021: tallied 13 wins in conference play for a fifth place finish, the highest since 2016 and the most league wins since 2010... closed the regular season by winning eight of 10 games, highlighted by a three-game sweep of Dubuque... ranked second in the league in overall batting average (.322) and slugging percentage (.483) and fourth in doubles (65) and home runs (29)... in conference play only, ranked top-3 in batting average (.319), runs (140), hits (216), doubles (39), home runs (28), RBIs (128) and slugging percentage (.506)
• 2019: advanced to the A-R-C Tournament Semifinals... offense led the league with 26 home runs... beat one top-10 squad and three regionally-ranked teams en route to the success in the conference tournament... became the first United States collegiate team allowed to play in Cuba

Before Simpson

• Spent two seasons as the head softball coach at Waverly-Shell Rock High School... led the Go-Hawks to a 33-6 mark in 2016, coming up one game short of the state tournament... helped the team to a state tournament appearance and a Class 4A-best 34 wins in 2015
• Compiled more than 130 wins in seven seasons as the head baseball coach at Denver High School
• Began coaching career as an assistant baseball coach at Wartburg College, also serving in the admissions department... helped the Knights win four-straight Iowa Conference Championships and four-straight trips to the NCAA Tournament from 1999-2002... helped the program to its first appearance in the Division III College World Series in 2000

Year-by-Year at Simpson