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CAREER COACHING LEDGER
SIPPEL
Head Coach
» Canadian National Team (March 2005 - Sept. 2008)
Associate Head Coach
» University of Nebraska (Aug. 2002 - present)
ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH l PITCHING COACH
26TH SEASON l NEBRASKA (1988)
Assistant Coach
» University of Nebraska (1990 - Aug. 2002)
» University of Kansas (1989-90)
CAREER HONORS & AWARDS
» Canadian National Team Head Coach (2005-08)
» Fourth-Place Finish at 2008 Beijing Olympics
» International Softball Federation Hall of Fame Inductee (2006)
» AFLAC Assistant Coach of the Year (2002)
» Four-Time NFCA Midwest Region Staff of the Year (1998, 2002, 2013 & 2014)
» Softball Canada Jersey Retired (1999)
» Softball Canada Hall of Fame Inductee (1993)
» Nebraska Softball Hall of Fame Inductee (1997)
» First Husker to Have Her Jersey Retired (No. 16 in 1995)
» 1996 Olympian (Team Canada)
» CoSIDA Academic All-American of the Year (1988)
» Honda Award for Softball Nominee (1988)
» Four-Time All-Big Eight Selection (1985-88)
» Two-Time Second-Team All-American (1986 & 1987)
» Three-Time Big Eight Tournament MVP (1985-87)
CAREER PLAYING LEDGER
Canadian National Team (16 years)
» 1998 World Championship (Fifth Place)
» 1996 Atlanta Olympics (Fifth Place)
» 1994 World Championship (Fourth Place)
» 1990 World Championship (Sixth Place)
» 1984 Canadian National Champions
» 1983 Pan American Games (First Place)
Amateur Softball Association
» 1993, 1994 & 1995 National Champions
» Two-Time Third-Team All-American (1994 & 1995)
» First-Team All-American (1993)
University of Nebraska (1985-88)
» 1988 Women's College World Series (Fifth Place)
» 1987 Women's College World Series (Third Place)
» 1985 Women's College World Series (Second Place - Later Vacated by NCAA)
» Four-Time Big Eight Champion (1985, 1986, 1987 & 1988)
Associate Head Coach Lori Sippel is a truly accomplished player and coach. She has
extensive experience, including on the international level, where she is among an elite
group of fewer than 150 worldwide members of the International Softball Federation Hall
of Fame. As a head coach, she guided Team Canada to a fourth-place finish at the 2008
Olympics in Beijing, China, Canada's best finish ever. Back at home, Sippel has produced
21 all-region pitchers in the last 20 seasons.
Arguably the most dominant pitcher in NU history, Sippel was a two-time All-American
as well as the 1988 CoSIDA Academic All-American of the Year, when she was also a Honda
Award nominee. Her success as a player has translated into the coaching field, where she
is widely regarded as one of the top pitching coaches in the country, and she earned high
praise on the international level with Team Canada.
Sippel has had a pitcher earn regional or conference accolades nearly every season over
the past 19 years. She has produced 21 NFCA All-Midwest region pitchers in the 20 years the
award has existed and coached 20 pitchers to All-Big 12 or All-Big Ten accolades in the 19
seasons since the Big 12 was formed in 1996. Sippel has coached more all-region pitchers
than any other coach in the Midwest region, and she produced more All-Big 12 pitchers
than any other coach in the conference during Nebraska's time in the league (1996-2011).
Sippel has also coached four All-Americans, including Tatum Edwards in 2013 and 2014.
Over the past 14 seasons, the Husker pitching staff has compiled at least 350 strikeouts
11 times, while posting nine of the top 10 single-season marks in school history. NU broke
the single-season record in 2001 when the staff tossed 502 strikeouts. That same year,
Leigh Ann Walker increased her career total to 858 strikeouts, breaking Sippel's 13-yearold NU record of 838. In 2004, Peaches James topped that mark, finishing her career with
a remarkable 947 pun