Dominican University (IL) Men's Cross Country

Vaccaro, the most decorated runner in Dominican University history, is back for her second season as Dominican University's head men's and women's cross country coach after spending three seasons as an assistant coach with the Stars. A native of Oswego, Ill., Vaccaro became the first individual cross country conference champion in school history as she posted a dominant 22:39.26 on the six-kilometer course in Mequon, Wis., at the 2008 Northern Athletics Conference (NAC) Championship.

Froelich, a native of River Forest, returns to Dominican University for his fourth season as an assistant coach after winning a 2010 NCAA Division III Baseball National Championship with the Illinois Wesleyan University Titans.  In three seasons with the Titans, Froelich posted an 8-8 record on the mound with a 4.45 earned run average.  During the teams championship run in 2010, Froelich won a pair of postseason contests including a 4-3 win over Linfield College where the 63 left-hander threw seven innings in relief, striking out six and walking none while surrendering just one run.

Thomas joins the Dominican University softball staff as an assistant coach on Cristina Lukass staff for the 2015 season.    Thomas lettered four seasons with the Fairfield Stags, garnering second team all-conference honors in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) as a senior in 2008.  That season, Thomas batted .276 with six doubles and a pair of home runs while driving in 17 runs.  In the field, Thomas posted a .955 fielding percentage with just six errors in over 125 chances.   Prior to Fairfield, Thomas starred at Freedom High School in Oakley, Calif.  During her four-year stint as a varsity starter at third and second base, Freedom was nationally ranked and Thomas garnered all-conference and all-county.