Juli Greep Named Goldey-Beacom’s New Softball Coach

7/15/2021 12:00:00 AM

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Juli Greep already has had a successful run at two schools and looks for more of the same with Goldey-Beacom hiring her as the College's new softball coach.

"We are thrilled to add Juli's experience and success to our staff as Head Softball Coach," Director of Athletics Dr. Thomas Brennan said. "Juli is coming to us with a great deal of history in building a culture of athletic, academic and personal success. She has a very high ceiling and we expect her to do great things with the GBC Softball program."

Greep enters following a successful 10-year run at Wesley College in which she leaves as the program's winningest coach with 168 triumphs. Her arrival in 2012 produced an 11-game increase in victories for the highest in Division III that year. By the time she left, nearly all single-season and career records in program history had been shattered and she had the top winning percentage of all active women's teams and previous softball coaches at the College.

Greep's run produced the first female student-athlete in Wesley history to be named CoSIDA Academic All-America in addition to three CoSIDA All-District picks, 41 National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) All-American Scholar-Athletes and 45 Capital Athletic Conference Academic All-Conference honorees.

The Wolverines also had four NFCA All-Region players, three tabbed All-ECAC, three Wesley College Female Athletes of the Year and 16 all-conference picks between the CAC and the Atlantic East Conference.

Greep in 2019 was honored as the Atlantic East's Coach of the Year with Wesley advancing to the conference final.

Greep also was Wesley's Senior Woman Administrator and its Assistant Director of Athletics from 2016-19 before her 2020 promotion to Associate Director of Athletics. She was an adjunct professor in the Physical Education Department, a student-teacher supervisor, a SAAC advisor, assisted with compliance and verification of transfers, was the Athletics Hall of Fame director of ceremonies and helped create the Atlantic East's softball guidelines.

"What I appreciate most about Juli is her versatility," Associate Athletic Director and soon-to-be Director of Athletics Jeremy Benoit adds. "When opportunities to grow and learn more about a different facet of the institution or athletic department have presented themselves, she's all in. That mentality is what we are all about in GBC Athletics and I think is what makes her the best fit for the job. She will be a tremendous asset to the Softball program, the Department, and the College."

"I would like to thank Jeremy Benoit and the Athletic Department for trusting and selecting me for this opportunity, and I look forward to all that is forthcoming." Greep said. "The college and athletic department are very invested in the softball program and its upcoming success. I anticipate a great season ahead and plan to bring the CACC championship home in the very near future. I can't wait to get the team back on campus and get started. Go Lightning!!!"

She also coached from 2009-11 at Keystone College, recording more victories in that time than the previous seven years combined, and also helped re-establish the school's volleyball program. Greep had 10 All-Colonial States Athletic Conference players, 19 academic all-conference student-athletes, was an adjunct professor, initiated community service projects and supervised work-study students.

Greep played her college ball at McPherson College in Kansas, earning All-Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference (KCAC) honors each of her four years. She was a two-time All-KCAC pitcher, a first team All-KCAC first baseman and an All-KCAC utility player. The Bulldogs in 2003 won the KCAC Championship and in 2004 set the program record for single-season wins.

Greep graduated McPherson College in 2004 with a B.S. in Physical Education K-12 before earning her M.S. in 2010 from Emporia State University in Health, Physical Education and Recreation.

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