August 12, 2024 | Softball
SPRINGFIELD – Missouri State softball head coach Kasey Griffith announced today the addition of assistant coach, Brittany Gray-Cardenas. She will serve as Missouri State's pitching coach and will begin her duties on August 12.
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Gray-Cardenas arrives in Springfield after spending the last three seasons as the pitching coach at Indiana State University. While in Terre Haute, she was also in charge of fundraising efforts, coordinating team travel and overseeing both the recruiting process and the academic success of student-athletes.
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Prior to her time at ISU, Gray-Cardenas was a graduate assistant at the University of Missouri for two seasons where she assisted with film, scouting and academic supervision. She graduated from Mizzou with a master's degree in Education in 2021.
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Gray-Cardenas played at the University of Georgia, where she was an All-American pitcher for the Bulldogs. She compiled a 60-27 record in 126 appearances and owned a 2.06 career earned run average over 518.2 innings pitched at UGA. As a senior in 2018, Gray-Cardenas led the country with a 0.48 ERA while posting a 16-1 record before an injury ended her season early. She would go on to earn First-Team All-SEC, First-Team All-Region and Second-Team All-America honors to cap her senior campaign.
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She helped lead the Bulldogs to the NCAA Tournament all four years of her career, including two trips to the Women's College World Series in 2016 and 2018. Following her playing career, Gray-Cardenas served as a student assistant coach at UGA for a short stint before graduating with a bachelor's degree in Communication Studies and a certificate in American Sign Language in 2019.
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A native of Greenwood, Ind., Gray played four years of softball at Greenwood High School where she was a four-time all-conference honoree, a two-time Johnson County Player of the Year and a two-time Gatorade Player of the Year nominee.
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She married her husband, Corbin, in July 2023.
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Her hire is contingent upon formal approval by the Missouri State Board of Governors at its next meeting.
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Head coach Kasey Griffith also retained both Shelby Hiers and Jess Weber to finalize the Missouri State coaching staff. Hiers also adds the title of recruiting coordinator to her resume and Weber earns a promotion to full-time assistant coach.
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Griffith on Gray-Cardenas:
"I'm absolutely thrilled to welcome Brittany Gray-Cardenas to the Bears Softball family. She is the perfect addition to our coaching staff and shares many of the same principles that are vital to our program — a positive energy, a passion for the game, a blue-collar mentality and a servant leadership. With Brittany having played at the highest level and having coached at two schools that we're very familiar with, she brings a wealth of knowledge and a winner's mindset. We look forward to her guidance of our pitching staff and the overall positive impact she will make on our entire team."
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Gray-Cardenas arrives in Springfield after spending the last three seasons as the pitching coach at Indiana State University. While in Terre Haute, she was also in charge of fundraising efforts, coordinating team travel and overseeing both the recruiting process and the academic success of student-athletes.
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Prior to her time at ISU, Gray-Cardenas was a graduate assistant at the University of Missouri for two seasons where she assisted with film, scouting and academic supervision. She graduated from Mizzou with a master's degree in Education in 2021.
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Gray-Cardenas played at the University of Georgia, where she was an All-American pitcher for the Bulldogs. She compiled a 60-27 record in 126 appearances and owned a 2.06 career earned run average over 518.2 innings pitched at UGA. As a senior in 2018, Gray-Cardenas led the country with a 0.48 ERA while posting a 16-1 record before an injury ended her season early. She would go on to earn First-Team All-SEC, First-Team All-Region and Second-Team All-America honors to cap her senior campaign.
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She helped lead the Bulldogs to the NCAA Tournament all four years of her career, including two trips to the Women's College World Series in 2016 and 2018. Following her playing career, Gray-Cardenas served as a student assistant coach at UGA for a short stint before graduating with a bachelor's degree in Communication Studies and a certificate in American Sign Language in 2019.
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A native of Greenwood, Ind., Gray played four years of softball at Greenwood High School where she was a four-time all-conference honoree, a two-time Johnson County Player of the Year and a two-time Gatorade Player of the Year nominee.
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She married her husband, Corbin, in July 2023.
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Her hire is contingent upon formal approval by the Missouri State Board of Governors at its next meeting.
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Head coach Kasey Griffith also retained both Shelby Hiers and Jess Weber to finalize the Missouri State coaching staff. Hiers also adds the title of recruiting coordinator to her resume and Weber earns a promotion to full-time assistant coach.
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Griffith on Gray-Cardenas:
"I'm absolutely thrilled to welcome Brittany Gray-Cardenas to the Bears Softball family. She is the perfect addition to our coaching staff and shares many of the same principles that are vital to our program — a positive energy, a passion for the game, a blue-collar mentality and a servant leadership. With Brittany having played at the highest level and having coached at two schools that we're very familiar with, she brings a wealth of knowledge and a winner's mindset. We look forward to her guidance of our pitching staff and the overall positive impact she will make on our entire team."
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