York College (NY) Women's Softball

Entering her 18th season at the helm in 2025, Tracey Marshall has served as the head softball coach at York College in two separate stints since 2003. Marshall has established a team identity for York as a threat on the base path. Individually, four Cardinals have ranked in the top-20 in stolen bases per game among NCAA Division III leaders, including a ranking of fourth in 2023 (Shamonie Miller, 1.13) and fifth in 2004 (Camille Brown, 1.21). Collectively, York has ranked in the top-30 in stolen bases per game in NCAA Division III in 10 seasons, including a ranking as high as third in 2008 (3.06). During her tenure at York, Marshall is credited with developing all six of the program’s CUNYAC All-Stars. She has also coached six CUNYAC Sportsmanship Team selections, including York’s second-ever CUNYAC Sportsmanship Award honoree, Mary Cuevas (2022). Marshall served as York's head coach for 12 years (2003–2015) since the team's inception. After two years away from the program, Marshall returned to York to lead the Cardinals starting in the 2018 season. A staple at York for more than two decades, Marshall has also provided leadership in the roles of assistant women’s volleyball coach (1998–2013) and assistant men’s volleyball coach (1999–2022). Marshall, an active member of the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA), is a 1983 graduate of Colgate University.

York College announced the hiring of Gary Walunas to lead the men’s and women’s swimming programs as head coach ahead of the 2023-24 season. He recently completed his second season leading both programs.  Walunas opened his York tenure with a victory over the Sarah Lawrence College men's team, 63-29, in November 2023. The Cardinal men repeated this outcome with a 63-27 result over the Gryphons in December, 2025. At the 2024 CUNYAC Championships, he guided the men's squad to a fourth-place finish and the women's team to a sixth-place finish. Paced by 44 combined points from four relays, Walunas steered the Cardinal men to a third-place finish (51 total points) in the 2026 conference year-end meet. The 51 points are the highest point total since the 2020 CUNYAC finale.  On an individual level, Richard Reyes earned the CUNYAC Men's Swimming Honorable Mention distinction after cruising to victories in the 200-meter freestyle and the 400-meter freestyle against Brooklyn College in November, 2023. This was the program's first weekly award winner since Travis Henry's Rookie of the Week citation during the 2014-15 campaign. On the women's side, Walunas has overseen the CUNYAC Women's Tennis Sportsmanship Team nominations of Julia Wyman (2024) and Elizabeth Astudilo (2026). For the men, Jeremy Sapeg (2024) made the Sportsmanship Team, and Tyrone Morris earned the conference's Sportsmanship Award (2026).  Since 2011, coach Walunas has served as head coach for NYC Parks Flushing, capturing seven Borough Cup Championships and remains undefeated in championships during his tenure with NYC Parks Swim Team. Coach Walunas’ teams consisted of over 100 swimmers ranging ages 6-18, competing year-round in USA Swimming sanctioned meets. “Thank you to the Cardinal athletic department and York College family for your warm welcome. I look forward to building our programs at York's beautiful natatorium. As I am excited to coach at the college level again, I am preparing for the challenge of coaching in the CUNYAC. I am also embracing the opportunity to bring my knowledge of swimming to York and build a successful program.” - expressed coach Walunas In 2004, coach Walunas was appointed as head men’s and women’s swimming coach at his alma mater St. Francis College.  In his three seasons leading St. Francis, coach Walunas built solid, competitive teams consisting of local, national, and international swimmers.  Coach Walunas developed effective competitive strategies that saw boosted performances for both programs that produced victories over top-ranked divisional opponents.  He transformed a fifth-place men’s team to a second place in one year, finishing second in Northeast Conference in 2006 and 2007. On the women’s side, coach Walunas catapulted the Terriers up five rankings within one year in a highly competitive Northeast Conference.  Coach Walunas further strengthened his programs by developing All-American student-athletes from the Terriers’ top 10-ranked water polo team to excel as members of the swimming teams. From 2003-08, coach Walunas also contributed to the Terriers’ youth water polo program as assistant coach. No stranger to St. Francis, coach Walunas competed during each of his four years on campus as a member of the Terriers’ swimming and water polo teams, in which he served as team captain during his senior season.  As a 1986 graduate with a bachelor’s degree in history, coach Walunas was an all-around swimmer, excelling in the sprint events focusing on backstroke and individual medley.  Coach Walunas held St. Francis’ program records in the 100-yard freestyle and 4x100-yard freestyle relay.  Currently residing in Rockaway Beach, coach Walunas’ experience also includes working as a deck lifeguard for St. Francis and serving NYC Parks as a beach lifeguard.  Due to lifeguard shortage during the Summer of 2023, coach Walunas conducted a youth program to teach swimming for future lifeguards, and was recently named the NYC Parks Employee of the Month. THE WALUNAS FILE Year W-L (Women) W-L (Men) 2023-24 0-11 1-11 2025-26 0-8 1-6 Totals 0-19 (0.000) 2-17 (0.105)

Branislav Grujic recently completed his fourth season as the head coach for both the men's and women's tennis programs. On a CUNYAC level, Grujic has produced three CUNYAC Men's Tennis Sportsmanship Award winners (Jagvir Hoonjan, 2023; Abubakar Khamis, 2024; and Firdaus Abdulai, 2026), and a pair of CUNYAC Women's Tennis Sportsmanship Award recipients (Emperatriz Cesar, 2023; and Maryam Khan, 2024). The Serbian has also overseen the nomination of Abubakar Khamis to the CUNYAC Sportsmanship Team in 2025, and the duo of Emperatriz Cesar (2022) and Franeidy Mauricio (2025) to the CUNYAC Women's Tennis Sportsmanship Team. Individually, Grujic earned the conference's Men's Tennis Coach of the Year honor for his efforts in 2023.  Grujic on being announced by York College: “I plan to grow the programs by attracting men and women to join the team and by working hard at practices to develop good players. I see the Cardinals compete for a CUNYAC title.  I want York to be proud of this program and see the Cardinals compete for a CUNYAC title. We are focused on transforming our student-athletes to compete against high-level competition. It will take some time, but our coaching staff is great and ready to succeed.” As a coach for over 30 years, Grujic’s experience includes the development of beginners and professional players. From 2017-18, Grujic was a touring coach for Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) players Katie DeRienzo and Nastja Kolar (WTA 390), where he was responsible for on court coaching and practices, mental training, physical conditioning and day-to-day scheduling. In 2018, Grujic coached Aleksandra Krunic at the US Open, who he previously coached from 2014-16 to a WTA ranking of 39th. From 2010-17, Grujic served as the assistant head pro and director of junior sports education programs at Port Washington Tennis Academy.  Grujic oversaw the Tournament Training Center (TTC), which is comprised of elite tournament players who compete in international, national and sectional tournaments to acquire top ITF/USTA rankings.  He coordinated USTA sanctioned national and sectional tournaments in addition to traveling to tournaments with WTA and ITF players.  Grujic got his start at Port Washington Tennis Academy as tennis coach from 2000-10. Grujic was on the coaching staff for the Serbian team at the 2013 Davis Cup. His credentials also include: United States Professional Tennis Association (USPTA) Sports Science Specialist (2006), United States Tennis Association (USTA) Sport Science Level 1, 2A, 2B, 2C (2006-07) and USTA High Performance Coaching Program (2004). Grujic upgraded his USPTA certificate rating to Professional 1 (2003), Professional 2 (2002) and Professional 3 (2001).  In 2000, Grujic achieved his International Tennis Federation (ITF) Coach Level 1 certification.  He also has a National Diploma Rating–Referee Serbia (1999). Since 2003, Grujic has been a National/Divisional Certified Tester of the USPTA.  The USTPA has recognized Grujic in 2005 and 2013 as the Eastern Division Tester of the Year award winner, and in 2006, was named the Long Island Volunteer of the Year.  In 2006, Grujic served as the host pro at USPTA Eastern Division Convention, and attended the 2012 USTA High Performance Tennis program seminar at the U.S. Open. From 1996-98, Grujic coached the Yugoslav Junior National Team.  Grujic was the head coach from 1990-96 at Senjak Tennis Club in Belgrade, Serbia. Grujic grew up in Belgrade, and is a father to two, son, Milos, and daughter, Tamara.  Milos played offensive lineman for the Belgrade Wolves of the Central European Football League (CEFL). THE GRUJIC FILE Year W-L (Women) W-L (Men) 2022-23 0-6 0-10 2023-24 0-10 0-11 2024-25 0-10 0-11 2025-26 0-10 0-10 Totals 0-36 (0.000) 0-42 (0.000)  

Joviette Frederick ‘14 will be joining the men’s and women’s cross country and softball programs as an assistant coach. Frederick served as a consultant for the department to boost the recruitment of female student-athletes during the 2022-23 academic year.  “It’s a special feeling to be able to come back and lead in the same place you grew. It’s definitely not something I take lightly. I know my experience on and off the field and inside and outside of being a York Cardinal will be an asset to the program. I’m looking forward to the upcoming Cross Country and Softball seasons. My hope is to get the players to tap into their passion for the sport and from there, help them achieve peak performance and be a competitive force in the conference. Doing all of that in the same building I performed is just the icing on the cake.”-Said Frederick During her time as a Cardinal, Frederick was a three-sport scholar-athlete, competing in cross country (2010-11), indoor track & field (2009-12) and softball (2010-13). Frederick earned 2012-13 CUNYAC Scholar-Athlete of the Year Honorable Mention status and was York’s top scholar-athlete representative on the 2011 City University of New York Goodwill Tour in New Orleans.    In four seasons with softball, Frederick stole a program-record 51 bases and finished her 110-game career batting .279 (81-for-290) with four home runs, 44 RBI and 92 runs scored.   Competing in 13 of the 14 meets from 2010-2011, the Brooklyn native shone for the cross country program. A top performer for the Cardinals, she finished with the team’s best time five times, and the second-best result on eight occasions. Running in her only CUNYAC Championship in 2011, Frederick produced a 31:59.0 time on the 6k track, good enough for 34th place. Frederick competed in eight events across three seasons for the indoor track & field program, mainly running in the 4x400-meter relay. In the 2010 CUNYAC Championships, she combined with Denecia Gardener, Antoinette Smith, and Fiona Brown to place 5th with a time of 4:34.66. Frederick also ran in the 4x400 meter relay at the Molloy College Lions Invitational in 2012, as the Cardinals finished 4th in the 2012 CUNYAC Indoor Performance List.  The six-time Dean’s List honoree graduated Cum Laude from York in 2014 with a bachelor’s degree in Health Education K-12 before earning a Master’s Degree in 2017 from Brooklyn College in Childhood Special Education 1-6.  Since 2016, Frederick has built a career as an educator, having gained experience teaching internationally for both kindergarten (Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia) and second grade (Casablanca, Morocco). Stateside, Frederick has taught first grade special education, been a summer academy and interventionist/multiple language learner teacher, and currently teaches third grade for the New York City Department of Education.  Frederick is a proud graduate of Flushing High School.  

Kathleen DeRienzo joined York College in 2022-23 as assistant men’s and women’s tennis coach. She recently her fourth season coaching the men's and women's tennis programs. On a CUNYAC level, DeRienzo has influenced three CUNYAC Men's Tennis Sportsmanship Award winners (Jagvir Hoonjan, 2023; Abubakar Khamis, 2024; and Firdaus Abdulai, 2026), and a pair of CUNYAC Women's Tennis Sportsmanship Award recipients (Emperatriz Cesar, 2023; and Maryam Khan, 2024). She has also overseen the nomination of Abubakar Khamis to the CUNYAC Sportsmanship Team in 2025, and the duo of Emperatriz Cesar (2022) and Franeidy Mauricio (2025) to the CUNYAC Women's Tennis Sportsmanship Team.  DeRienzo played tennis at the NCAA Division II level at Queens  College. During her career with the Knights, DeRienzo played first singles and doubles, while garnering team MVP and All Conference from 1981-85. DeRienzo graduated from Queens as a double major in nutrition and food service management. “My goal is to grow the tennis program at York by getting to know the student body to seek out future talented athletes. We will maximize what York has to offer to potential recruits in order to attract future student-athletes to the college.”-coach DeRienzo From 2010-17, DeRienzo was a consultant and buyer at the Port Washington Tennis Academy. DeRienzo coached ITF Circuit Professional Players and was a Division I scholarship athlete manager from 2006-19. Since 1992, DeRienzo has served as the fund administrator for the Uniformed Firefighters Association & Uniformed Fire Officers Association Welfare Fund.  From 1986-92, DeRienzo worked for the Department of Transportation-Parking Violations Bureau as the director of human resources.  Hailing from Bayside, DeRienzo resides in the Douglaston section of Queens, and is a proud parent to son, Alex, and daughter, Katie.