Crystal Wurth is in her first year as Pitching coach for the Loggers, after 15 years coaching at the college level where she was the pitching coach, assistant and then head coach at Lincoln College. Her greatest accomplishment coaching was transferring 26 players onto play at 4 year universities and in 2017 Lincoln College was NJCAA Academic All American Team of the Year. Wurth has spent the last few years coaching travel softball in the Springfield area.Â
Crystal is a graduate of Lincoln College (AA), Webster University (BA- Secondary Education & History) and University of Illinois at Springfield (MA- Liberal & Integrative studies: Social History). While at Webster University, Crystal was a two year letter winner in softball from 2001-2002, after transferring from Lincoln College, she was a two-time First -Team All SLIAC selection and a two time team MVP & Captain. WU compiled a 69-16 record, while Wurth contributed a 52-13 individual record. Her senior year she broke the school record for Wins with 28 in a single season, she also holds school records for career wins (52),games started (64), complete games (51) and shutouts (15). Wurth's Career strikeouts were 290 with a career ERA 1.47) WU went 23-1 in SLIAC conference play from 2001-02, Crystal was inducted into the Webster Athletic Hall of Fame in 2020.Â
Crystal started her academic teaching career at Lincoln College in Lincoln, IL in the discipline of Sociology & History. She currently is teaching Social Studies at Sacred Heart Griffin in Springfield. In her free time, she spends most of her days with her family..... raising livestock on their family farm, watching college softball, attending concerts or camping & kayaking.Â
" I am really excited to be coaching college pitchers again and look forward to these players having success in the circle. We have a really talented group of girls that work hard and genuinely enjoy being on the field together. It is going to be an amazing year!"
