Inside Athletics

Coach Klutsarits enters her tenth season as the Siena Heights Coach. Before her time as a Saint, Klutsarits was at Keystone College in Pennsylvania. There she was Associate Athletic Director, Head Softball Coach and Head Women’s Soccer Coach. She started her coaching career as the Head Women’s Soccer Coach and Assistant Softball Coach at St. Ambrose University.

In her fifteen years of coaching, she has coached five All-Americans, 67 All-Conference Players, and 41 Academic All-Americans. In the eight years the NAIA has had a team scholar award, Klutsarits' teams have earned the honor six times, including a 3.45 team GPA in 2013.  Klutsarits was the Midwest Classic Coach of the Year in 2001 and the Wolverine Hoosier Athletic Conference Coach of Character in 2007, 2009, 2010 & 2013. On top of that, she has served as the Northeastern Athletic Conference Softball Chair and is currently the WHAC Softball Chair.  She is also the President of the NAIA Softball Coaches Association.  For the past six years, she has served on the NAIA Softball Tournament Committee as well.

Klutsarits is a native of St. Louis, Missouri and graduated from St. Ambrose University in 1999 with a Bachelor’s Degree in Sport Management. In 2001, she earned a Master’s Degree in Business Administration from St. Ambrose. During her playing career, she garnered All-Conference accolades for her play on the softball field in both 1996 and 1999. She was also named as an All-Conference Goalkeeper in 1997. Off of the field, she has been recognized as an NAIA Academic All-American for both soccer and softball. In 2000, she was an integral part of the St. Ambrose team that went to the NAIA National Tournament.

In her time at Siena Heights, Klutsarits amassed 169 wins and ranks second on the Siena Heights All-Time softball wins list and fifth in winning percentage list. Besides coaching softball, she also serves as the Saints Assistant Sports Information Director and is part of the Siena Heights Hall of Fame Committee.