Marietta College Women's Softball

Jenn Castle begins her eighth season as the head softball coach at Marietta College in 2025-26. She became the eighth head coach in program history when she took over for long time head coach Jeanne Arbuckle. After serving as Marietta’s top assistant, recruiting coordinator and pitching coach from 2010-17, Castle took the head coaching position at Alvernia University, an NCAA Division III institution in Reading, Pennsylvania. Castle led the Golden Wolves to a 23-14-1 record in her first season as a collegiate head coach. Alvernia finished 8-8 in the Commonwealth division of the Middle Atlantic Conference. Castle coached a pair of first team All-MAC players in 2018 including sophomore pitcher Riley Shields. Shields led the MAC Commonwealth in wins (15), innings pitched (158.0) and strikeouts (85). Prior to her first stint at Marietta, Castle pitched and played the outfield for Ashland University from 2004-08. She earned All-Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) honorable mention in 2007 and All-GLIAC first team honors as a senior captain in 2008. Castle also received Academic All-GLIAC recognition as a junior and senior. Castle earned a Bachelor of Science in Education from Ashland University in 2008. The Preschool-Third Grade certified teacher worked as a long-term substitute for a second grade class at Edison Elementary School, located in Ashland during the spring of 2009. Castle and her husband, Cody, have three children, Cambrie, Carter and Callie. Castle's Coaching Record Year School Overall Record OAC Record 2018 Alvernia 23-14-1 Alvernia Totals 1 year 23-14-1 .618 2019 Marietta 18-18 7-11 2020 Marietta 7-3 0-0 2021 Marietta 14-20 14-20 2022 Marietta 18-20 8-10 2023 Marietta 24-17 NCAA Tourn. 13-5 OAC Tourn. 2024 Marietta 16-19 8-10 2025 Marietta 20-15-1 6-10 Marietta Totals 7 years 117-112-1 .511 56-66 .459 Career 8 years 140-126-2 .526 56-66 .459

Skyler Davis is in her second season as assistant softball coach at Marietta College in 2025-26. “We are so fortunate to find a person like Coach Davis to step into the assistant position role,” said Castle. “She brings a lot of knowledge and experience but shares the same values and goals that our program has developed over the years.“   Davis came to Marietta after finishing up a successful playing career at McKendree University.  In her two years with the Bearcats, Davis batted .305 in 86 games and regularly played first base. She collected 17 doubles and five home runs, driving in 36 runs in her career. In her senior campaign, Davis did not commit a single error in 55 chances.   Although this is her first collegiate coaching position, Davis has worked in a capacity to help players improve their skills in the past.  She worked as a Hitting and Fielding Instructor for Cate’s Cages in Richmond, Indiana, where she instructed and worked with kids ages 5-15 on hitting, fielding, and throwing mechanics. She also coached the Indiana Shockwaves Rayman 16u travel team.   Originally from Muncie, Indiana, Davis graduated from McKendree University in 2023 with a bachelor's degree in Sport Business. She completed a master’s degree in Business Administration from the University of Tennessee-Martin in December of 2024.