Cabrini University Women's Softball

Chris Protesto joined the Cabrini softball program as an assistant coach in 2019 and was elevated to head coach following the 2019 campaign. Protesto and the Cabrini softball team made history in 2022. The Cavaliers scored a pair of road wins to upset the number one seed Marywood to win the 2022 Atlantic East Conference championship.   The 3-0 and 5-1 victories marked the first conference title for the Blue and White since 2004 and just the sixth in program history. In his first year at the helm of the program, Protesto and the Cavaliers posted a 20-18 mark, claiming five of their 10 conference tilts, before making an appearance in the Atlantic East Conference tournament. Protesto brought a wealth of club coaching experience to the Blue and White dugout. Protesto began coaching at the youth level in 2012, winning his club to its first ever district title. Three years later, the team repeated the feat before finishing third in the state. In 2015, Protesto led the Lionville Lightning to Class C level state championship. Two years later, his PA Strikers finished second in the Eastern Nationals in a field of 75 teams. Protesto moved to the college ranks in 2019, helping the Cavaliers build a 20-18 mark, including 5-5 in Atlantic East Conference action and a berth in the conference tournament. Protesto is also the Structural Trades Supervisor in the Cabrini University Facilities Department, where has worked since 2003.  

Kline begins his fourth year as Cabrini's head softball coach in 2015-16. Kline earned his first Colonial States Athletic Conference Coach of the Year honor in 2015, as he led the Cavaliers back to the CSAC championship game.  The recorded a 27-12 campaign, including a 19-3 mark in conference play.  The Blue and White ranked 14th in the NCAA in with a .361 team batting average and 7.15 runs per game.  Kline also helped senior Steph Diegel (1st Team), junior Kaitlyn cooper (3rd Team) and sophomore Amber Dietrich (3rd Team) earn NFCA All-East Region accolades. Kline led the Cavaliers to a nine game improvement between the 2013 and 2014 campaigns, as the Blue and White posted a 25-18 mark in 2014, including 17-5 in CSAC play.  The 17 conference victories marked the most since the 2005 season.  Cabrini returned to the CSAC Tournment, surviving three elimination games before losing in the title game. Kline made an immediate impact both in the softball program and the College community as a whole, recognized by receiving the 2014 Cabrini Athletics Denis Edwards Award, given to an individual  who best exemplifies the spirit of Cabrini Athletics. Kline came to Cabrini after a two year stint as athletic director at Jack M. Barrack Hebrew Academy, where he was also a health and physical education teacher. Kline also held college coaching stints at Haverford and Swarthmore Colleges.  Kline was the head softball coach at Swarthmore from 2000-03, where he also assisted with the Garnet volleyball team during the 2001 campaign.  He also volunteered with the Haverford softball team during the 1996 season. Klines coaching career dates back to 1981 at Frankford High School at the head girls cross country coach.   Since then, he has been a successful coach in a variety of sports including track and field, basketball, softball and field hockey, winning championships at each stop and garnering 13 Coach of the Year awards.  Kline retired from coaching the Northeast High School field hockey team in 2009 after capturing four consecutive Public League Championships from 2005-09. In addition to his high school and college experience, Klines playing and coaching careers have also exposed him to international outings.  Since 2000, Kline has been an assistant baseball coach for the Junior Maccabi Games for the 15-16 year old boys team.  He also traveled to Mexico City in 1999 as the manager for Team USA at the Maccabiah Pan American Games. As a player, Kline was a member of the United States Fastpitch Softball Team at the Maccabiah Games, capturing gold medals in 1985 and 1989, and silver in 1993. Klines teaching career began in 1974 at Richard R. Wright and James G. Blaine Elementary School in Philadelphia and has spanned more than 35 years, mainly in the Philadelphia public school system. Kline graduated from Penn State in 1973 with a bachelors degree in health, physical education, recreation and dance.  In 1984, Kline completed his masters degree in therapeutic recreation at Temple. Kline and his wife Sandee have three adult children, a daughter, Malka, who lives in Israel with her husband Neria and three children, and two sons, Evan, and Jeffrey. Mitchell Kline begins his fourth year as Cabrini's head softball coach in 2015-16. Kline earned his first Colonial States Athletic Conference Coach of the Year honor in 2015, as he led the Cavaliers back to the CSAC championship game.  The recorded a 27-12 campaign, including a 19-3 mark in conference play.  The Blue and White ranked 14th in the NCAA in with a .361 team batting average and 7.15 runs per game.  Kline also helped senior Steph Diegel (1st Team), junior Kaitlyn cooper (3rd Team) and sophomore Amber Dietrich (3rd Team) earn NFCA All-East Region accolades. Kline led the Cavaliers to a nine game improvement between the 2013 and 2014 campaigns, as the Blue and White posted a 25-18 mark in 2014, including 17-5 in CSAC play.  The 17 conference victories marked the most since the 2005 season.  Cabrini returned to the CSAC Tournment, surviving three elimination games before losing in the title game. Kline made an immediate impact both in the softball program and the College community as a whole, recognized by receiving the 2014 Cabrini Athletics Denis Edwards Award, given to an individual  who best exemplifies the spirit of Cabrini Athletics. Kline came to Cabrini after a two year stint as athletic director at Jack M. Barrack Hebrew Academy, where he was also a health and physical education teacher. Kline also held college coaching stints at Haverford and Swarthmore Colleges.  Kline was the head softball coach at Swarthmore from 2000-03, where he also assisted with the Garnet volleyball team during the 2001 campaign.  He also volunteered with the Haverford softball team during the 1996 season. Klines coaching career dates back to 1981 at Frankford High School at the head girls cross country coach.   Since then, he has been a successful coach in a variety of sports including track and field, basketball, softball and field hockey, winning championships at each stop and garnering 13 Coach of the Year awards.  Kline retired from coaching the Northeast High School field hockey team in 2009 after capturing four consecutive Public League Championships from 2005-09. In addition to his high school and college experience, Klines playing and coaching careers have also exposed him to international outings.  Since 2000, Kline has been an assistant baseball coach for the Junior Maccabi Games for the 15-16 year old boys team.  He also traveled to Mexico City in 1999 as the manager for Team USA at the Maccabiah Pan American Games. As a player, Kline was a member of the United States Fastpitch Softball Team at the Maccabiah Games, capturing gold medals in 1985 and 1989, and silver in 1993. Klines teaching career began in 1974 at Richard R. Wright and James G. Blaine Elementary School in Philadelphia and has spanned more than 35 years, mainly in the Philadelphia public school system. Kline graduated from Penn State in 1973 with a bachelors degree in health, physical education, recreation and dance.  In 1984, Kline completed his masters degree in therapeutic recreation at Temple. Kline and his wife Sandee have three adult children, a daughter, Malka, who lives in Israel with her husband Neria and three children, and two sons, Evan, and Jeffrey.

Hilary Tutrani begins her 14th season as an assistant coach with the Cabrini softball team in 2022-23 Tutrani joined the Cavaliers following one season as an assistant coach at Albright College in 2009. Prior to coaching with the Lions, she spent one season as a student assistant coach at Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP) in 2008. Tutrani earned four varsity letters at IUP, playing 1B and 3B from 2003-07. She thrice earned All-Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) accolades and was named to the NCAA Tournament All-Tournament team in 2005. Tutrani was tabbed a PSAC Player of the Week in 2007. IUP notched 91 overall victories with Tutrani in uniform. The Crimson Hawks ranked third in the region during her sophomore season in 2005. Tutrani was a four-year PSAC and IUP Scholar-Athlete. She earned a bachelor’s of science degree in health and physical education from IUP in 2008. Tutrani is a Elementary Physical Education Teacher at Great Valley School district. In December 2012, the Royersford, PA native completed her master's degree in Sports Management and Athletics with a certificate in Public Administration at West Chester University.  

Assistant Professor, Criminology Since joining the faculty in 2014, Katie Farina, PhD, has developed her instructional methods and course goals based on her students' needs. These relationships influence her teaching and also aim to foster a classroom where students feel confident to voice their opinions. Through a critical approach to literature,and practical application of a given field, Farina works to make certain student’s opinions are reasoned and analytical. Farina’s research interests include juveniles, school climate, bullying, intersectionality, feminist criminology, and criminological theory. Farina earned a doctoral degree in criminology at the University of Delaware, a master’s in criminology, law, and society at Villanova University and a bachelor’s at DeSales University. She is a member of the American Society of Criminology and that organization’s Division of Women and Crime.