Geneva College Women's Softball

Van Zanic - Head Coach The 2027 season is Van Zanic's 25th season as the head coach for Geneva's softball team.  Zanic reached 500 career wins with a doubleheader sweep at Saint Vincent on April 25, 2023, and he now owns a 599-394 career record as Geneva's head coach. Zanic has led the Golden Tornadoes to the post-season in 21 of his 25 years (not including the 2020 season that was cut short due to COVID-19), including five regional tournament appearances and six NCCAA national tournament stints. The Golden Tornadoes have won the Presidents' Athletic Conference Championship in both 2021 and 2012. Zanic led the Golden Tornadoes to a 34-10 record in 2026, helping the women earn the No. 2 overall seed in the PAC Tournament. In doing so, Geneva recorded its third consecutive season with at least 30 wins, a feat matched by just one other Division III school in Pennsylvania over that same span. In 2025, the Golden Tornadoes earned the No. 3 seed in the PAC Tournament after a successful regular season in which they went 28-11. They wound up falling one game short of a conference championship berth, losing in the semifinal round. Zanic and his team then made their second consecutive trip to the NCCAA World Series, hosted in Grapevine, TX, where they eventually fell to No. 3 seed MACU after winning one tournament game. The 2024 season saw the Golden Tornadoes tie for first place in the Presidents' Athletic Conference in the regular season, once again advancing to the postseason.  After falling short in the PAC Tournament, the Golden Tornadoes accepted a bid to the NCCAA Regional Tournament where Geneva eventually advanced on to the NCCAA National Tournament in Kansas City, MO, where the team made it all the way to the semifinals before falling to eventual national champion Concordia. The 2021 season under Zanic's direction proved to be one of the best in school history.  Geneva finished the year 36-5 overall, finishing first in the PAC regular season standings with 16-2 conference record, the first time the Golden Tornadoes finished atop the PAC regular season standings.  Geneva hosted the PAC Championship and won all three games to win its second PAC Championship since joining the conference. During Zanic's tenure, 104 student-athletes have received All-Conference recognition. In addition, 100 student-athletes have received academic honors, while 13 players have been named NCCAA All-Americans. “I think more than anything else that we have accomplished, I am most proud of the work that has been done in the classroom,” Zanic said. “Our ladies are dedicated student-athletes, who take great pride in their academic career. This past spring our women registered a 3.4 team GPA, which is a great testament to the dedication our ladies have in the classroom.” Zanic began his coaching career at Geneva as an assistant during the years of 2000 and 2001. He served as Geneva's full-time sports information director for 15 years before taking over as athletic director in the summer of 2013.  Zanic has also served on the NCAA Division III National Softball Committee for the past seven seasons. A Geneva graduate himself, Zanic completed his studies at Geneva in 1992 with a degree in Broadcast Communications. While with the Golden Tornadoes, Zanic spent four years playing baseball. A four-year starter at Geneva, he helped guide Geneva to four consecutive post-season appearances. Zanic started his coaching career at the high school level as an assistant at Woodland Hills High School in the mid-90's, alongside his father George Zanic. During his three years as an assistant, Woodland Hills qualified for the WPIAL play-offs in each of those seasons. Zanic returned to his alma mater six years after graduating and has never looked back. “It is hard to imagine that I first stepped foot on Geneva’s campus in the summer of 1988 and that I have had the opportunity for all these years to live out my dream. Getting the opportunity to coach so many incredible young women and now to have the great thrill of coaching my own daughter is something that not very many people get the chance to do. I am truly blessed.” Zanic and his wife Becky reside on College Hill. They have two children, Zach and Lexi, and one grandchild, Zeke.

2027 marks the ninth season for Anjelica Marsh coaching Geneva College softball. She has served the program in an assistant/pitching coach role since her hiring leading up to the 2019 season, and was a member of the coaching staff when the program won the PAC Championship in 2021. Prior to and during her stint with the Golden Tornadoes, she also served as the head softball coach at her alma mater, Beaver Falls High School, from 2017-2022. Currently, she works full-time at Hopewell Area School District as a school counselor, where she has been since 2015. Marsh has spent much of her life in Beaver County, graduating from Beaver Falls High School before attending and playing softball at Geneva from 2007-2011. She graduated from Geneva with her B.S. in Psychology and Human Services in 2011 and later obtained her M.S. in School Counseling from Slippery Rock University, graduating in 2014. In addition to coaching and being a counselor, Marsh is also the owner of Geneva’s therapy dog, Easton. Easton is a golden retriever who comes to school with Marsh and also attends several of Geneva’s practices and games. He is the subject of a children’s book entitled Easton the Therapy Dog, which Marsh published to help kids understand a therapy dog’s role. Easton can be found listed with the coaching staff at the bottom of Geneva’s softball roster on the softball team’s webpage. Marsh currently resides in New Brighton, PA, and loves being able to coach in her hometown.  

Jacki White enters her fifth season as an assistant coach with Geneva’s softball program in 2027. Prior to coaching at Geneva, she spent four years (2018-2022) as an assistant coach at Beaver Falls High School, where she worked directly with another Geneva assistant, Anjelica Diehl, who was Beaver Falls’ head coach at the time. After graduating from Beaver Area High School, Jacki attended PAC-school Bethany College from 2001-2005, where she played softball for the Bison. She graduated in 2005 with a B.A. in Sports Communication and a minor in Computer Science. After completing her undergrad, she then attended graduate school at Mercyhurst University from 2005-2007, where she worked as a Graduate Assistant in the school’s Sports Information department. She graduated from Mercyhurst in 2007 with an M.S. in Organizational Leadership. Currently, Jacki works as a Product Owner at Lincoln Learning Solutions. She has been with the company since 2014.