Northwestern State University of Louisana

Northwestern State pitching coach Brooke Boening continued to improve the Lady Demon pitching staff in her second season.

Three Lady Demons posted sub-3.00 ERAs in the COVID-19-shortened campaign (2.40 staff ERA), including junior transfer Jensen Howell, who posted an 8-3 record with a 1.88 ERA in 12 appearances.

Boening made an immediate impact upon her return in 2019.
 
Despite NSU losing one of its best arms (Micaela Bouvier) in school history and having three of its four main pitchers be newcomers or underclassmen, Boening lowered NSU’s staff ERA by nearly half a run to 2.86.
 
That’s the lowest since 2013, when Boening was a pitcher on staff.
 
She tutored sophomore E.C. Delafield into first-team All-Southland Conference honors as a utility player, which includes a 10-4 mark as a pitcher.
 
Senior Mikayla Brown also reached No. 6 on NSU’s all-time career wins list (47 wins) in 2019.
 
Boening returned to NSU in the summer of 2018 after a decorated pitching career and a stint as a volunteer coach.

She has developed a reputation of turning around pitching staffs in her coaching career at NSU, Rhode Island and Southeastern.

As a volunteer at NSU in 2015, Boening helped tutor an NSU pitching staff with a conference-low 1.19 ERA that featured both All-Southland Conference First Team pitcher Mikayla Brown (Pitcher of Year) and Micaela Bouvier (first-team all-conference).

NSU’s ERA improved by more than three full points from 2014. 

Boening spent the 2018 season at Southeastern, where she helped the Lady Lions to their best record in 34 years.

Rachel Hayes made the All-Southland Conference Third Team as the catalyst behind an SLU staff that lowered its team ERA a full point to 2.99.

In her first full-time gig at Rhode Island, Boening tutored two freshmen to the All-Atlantic 10 Rookie Team in her two seasons.

Boening was an accomplished pitcher for the Lady Demons from 2011-14.

The Floresville, Texas, native posted 28 career wins in four seasons including an 8-6 mark as a senior on a team that won the Southland Conference Tournament and reached the NCAA Tournament in 2013. Boening posted a 9-9 mark as a freshman in which she struck out a career-high 132 batters.

She finished her career sixth in strikeouts with 384.

During her time at NSU, Boening also held an internship position with the strength and conditioning staff as well as a graduate assistant spot in the academic counseling department.