Eastern Student Jessica Seymour of Barkhamsted Named to 2017 Softball Roster

2017 Apr 7

The Warriors softball team at Eastern Connecticut State University is amid its spring 2017 season. So far they have a record of 3-11.

Among the players on the roster is Jessica of Seymour '18 of Barkhamsted, who plays outfielder and majors in Early Childhood Education and Pyschology. "This is Jessica's first season with us and she is making the most of it. She will start in right field, due to her competitive drive and determination to get the job done. She has really embraced her role and will do whatever it takes to help the team. Hitting the ball hard and in key situations will make us successful. She is a team player and always has a smile on her face," said Coach Pepin.

A successful program throughout the majority of its 40 years, the Eastern softball team needs just four victories to reach 1,000 in program history. Head Coach Diane Pepin has been around for a lot of those victories, entering her 16th season as coach and having been a player for four years from 1989-1992.

Of victory No.-1,000, Pepin says, "I think it will be monumental. Just being around this program for so long and seeing what Clyde Washburne (Eastern's first head coach from 1977-1987) has done and how competitive he was and how he built this program, to Jeff Anderson (who replaced Washburne from 1988 until his untimely passing following the 1992 season) and how he handled the team's success. It is going to be monumental and I think that getting alumni on board and really celebrating that milestone is going to be huge. I just think that for Coach Washburne and all of his expectations and what he envisioned for the program, I mean we wouldn't really have 1,000 wins. I learned a lot from him, or I learned a lot from Jeff, who learned a lot from Coach Washburne, and he set the tone for this program and that is the reason why we are so successful."