Buffalo State College Women's Softball

Hired at Buffalo State: Fall 2017 Prior to Buffalo State: Head Coach - Russell Sage College (2012-17) Head Coach - Chico State (2006-09) Head Coach - East Stroudsburg (2003-06) Head Coach - Skidmore (2002) Alma Mater: Buffalo State '99 (Bachelor's) University at Albany (Master's) Jamie Brown completed her ninth year as head coach of the Buffalo State softball program in 2025-26, leading the Bengals to a fourth straight SUNYAC Tournament appearance and a second trip to the SUNYAC Championship Game. In 2025, Brown earned her 100th career win at Buffalo State during THE Spring Games against Edgewood and earned her 400th career win overall as a head coach later that season against Fredonia. The 2026 season featured their best season since 2009 along with Brown and her staff begin recognized as the Sandra Hollander SUNYAC Coaching Staff of the Year.   Brown officially became the eighth head coach in the history of Buffalo State softball program on Oct. 1, 2017. In her time at Buffalo State, Brown has coached the SUNYAC Julie Lenhart Player of the Year in Oriana Castello in 2021, as well as 29 All-SUNYAC selections, and five NFCA All-Region members. Brown picked up her 300th career win during the 2019 season and has led the Bengals to the SUNYAC postseason in four of her first six seasons at the helm. She and her staff were also honored as the Sandra Hollander SUNYAC Coaching Staff of the Year in 2021. Prior to her arrival at Buffalo State, she acquired 18 years of coaching experience at multiple levels.  She spent six seasons coaching at Sage, where she also served as the Senior Woman Administrator.  Brown led the Gators to a 141-101 overall record, including a regular-season Skyline Conference Championship in 2014 and she was also the Skyline Conference Co-Coach of the Year in 2012.   Prior to her time at Sage, Brown coached at all levels from junior college to NCAA Division I.  She was the head coach for three seasons at Division II California State University, Chico, was head coach for four years at East Stroudsburg, and also was head coach for one season with Division III Skidmore.  She also had stints as an assistant coach with Butte College, Southern Utah University, Wagner College and at Westminster College.  Brown has also worked several years at the UCLA Softball Summer Camp.   Brown was a four-year starting outfielder with the Bengals’ softball team from 1996-99 where she helped the Bengals win a SUNYAC Championship and make a pair of appearances in the NCAA playoffs.   She completed her bachelor’s degree in journalism from Buffalo State and earned her master’s in general education from the University at Albany.    SUNYAC Tournament Appearances 6: 2018, 2021, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026 NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete Team 1: 2021   SUNYAC All-Conference Selections: 29 SUNYAC Player of the Year: 1: Oriana Castello (2021) Sandra Hollander Coach of the Year: 2: 2021, 2026 NFCA All-Region Selections: 7: Danielle Szymkowiak - 2nd (2018), Oriana Castello - 3rd (2021), Oriana Castello - 2nd (2022), Sydney Bielicki - 2nd (2023), Sarah Congelosi - 3rd (2023), Caitlyn Parsons - 2nd (2024), Lexi Quagliana - 3rd (2026)   Buffalo State Overall Record SUNYAC Record Year-End Finish 2026 28-13 12-6 (3rd) 2nd Place SUNYAC Championship Tournament 2025 22-18 14-4 (3rd) SUNYAC Semifinalist 2024     17-20 8-10 (6th) 3rd Place SUNYAC Championship Tournament 2023 25-15 12-6 (4th) 2nd Place SUNYAC Championship Tournament 2022 15-21 7-11(7th) 2021 13-14 9-7 (2nd West) SUNYAC Semifinalist 2020 0-0 0-0 NO SEASON – COVID-19 2019 17-19 6-12 (8th) 2018 11-20 9-9 (6th) SUNYAC First Round Overall at Buffalo State (9 seasons) 148-140 (.514) 77-65 (.542) - - Overall as Head Coach (23 seasons) 433-456-2 (.487) - - - - (UPDATED 5/12/26)

Blujus will serve as the primary assistant for the Buffalo State softball team for the 2026 season. She rejoins the Bengals after a stellar playing career from 2016-2019.   Blujus played 125 games across four seasons for the Bengals with a .346 average, 133 hits, 19 doubles, two home runs, and 39 RBI. She also tallied 96 runs scored, 25 stolen bases, and a .438 slugging percentage. Blujus was a two-time All-SUNYAC selection earning First Team honors in 2018 and Second Team in 2019. Blujus was part of three postseason appearances for Buffalo State including a runner-up finish in 2016.