Oklahoma State University Softball

Pronounced GUY-eh-ski > In nine full seasons (plus the COVID-shortened 2020 campaign) as head coach at Oklahoma State, he has led the Cowgirls to five trips ...

STILLWATER, Okla. – In a continuing effort to be among the country’s leaders in Name, Image and Likeness programming, Oklahoma State Athletic Director Chad Weiberg announced Barry Hinson as OSU’s first full-time NIL administrator on July 26, 2022. Hinson, who previously served as an analyst on the men’s basketball team under the direction of head coach Mike Boynton for the past three years, brings more than 35 years of experience in athletics to his new post. “Over the last two years we have assembled an outstanding team to help provide robust NIL opportunities for our student-athletes,” said Weiberg. “What we were missing was someone who could quarterback our team. With his experience coaching and recruiting, and his deep-rooted love of OSU, Barry is the perfect fit to coordinate our efforts, connect the pieces and lead our NIL team.” Hinson will assume his duties as OSU’s associate athletic director for NIL immediately. In his new role he will head up the athletic department’s NIL efforts by conceptualizing and coordinating programming and resources that lead to enhanced NIL opportunities for student-athletes. He will also educate external stakeholders on the benefits of engaging with OSU’s student-athletes. “I love OSU and I love our student-athletes,” Hinson said. “This position provides an opportunity to promote and build mutually beneficial relationships for everyone involved. “I am very grateful to Chad and OSU Athletics for this chance, and of course very appreciative

Two-time All-American and professional standout Carrie Eberle Parker returned to Oklahoma State as pitching coach in the summer of 2023 after spending the pr...

Chance Marek joined the Cowgirl Softball program in the fall of 2021. With Marek on staff, OSU won the Big 12 championship in 2022 and advanced to the Women’...

Former Cowgirl Softball great Chyenne Factor returned to Oklahoma State in August of 2024 to serve as the program's director of player development. Following a standout playing career from 2019-23, Factor spent the 2024 season as a graduate manager with Oklahoma State, helping OSU reach its fifth-consecutive Women's College World Series. She helped seven Cowgirls attain NFCA All-Region honors that season. A five-year starter at Oklahoma State in her playing days, she is third on the all-time career list for games played (262). Factor was the centerpiece of OSU's outfield as she helped lead the Cowgirls to a Big 12 Championship in 2022 and four-straight WCWS appearances. A model of consistency throughout her career, Factor was a .334 hitter with 223 hits, 146 RBI and 29 homers and maintained an on-base percentage of .430. She ranks inside the Top 10 of several OSU career record charts, including hits (10th), runs scored (136, eighth), RBI (ninth) and home runs (tied for seventh). Factor was a standout off the field as well, as she was named an Academic All-American in 2023 to go with four Academic All-Big 12 honors earned throughout her career. She graduated from Oklahoma State in 2022 with a bachelor's degree in applied exercise science and earned her master's in health administration in 2024.

With 29 years of coaching experience, including 21 at the Division I level, Greg Bergeron joined the Oklahoma State softball staff in June of 2024. In his first season in Stillwater, Bergeron coached the Cowgirl defense to the eighth-highest fielding percentage in program history, along with receiving the program’s first NFCA/Rawlings Gold Glove winner in Tallen Edwards. Most recently the recruiting coordinator, infield and hitting coach on Charlotte Morgan’s staff at Cal State Northridge from 2021-24, Bergeron spent the first 25 years of his career coaching baseball, with notable stops at UC Irvine, Cal State Fullerton, Tennessee and Long Beach State, among others. He was part of College World Series staffs at UC Irvine in 2007 and at Cal State Fullerton in 2009. Bergeron has either coached or recruited more than 100 Major League Baseball draft picks, including five first-rounders and 28 who made it to the majors. The bulk of Bergeron’s experience has come as a hitting coach and in working closely with infielders. After a successful playing career in which he led the league in batting average at Cal State Dominguez Hills, was an all-conference performer at Loyola Marymount and went on to play three years professionally, Bergeron returned to LMU as a volunteer assistant before getting his first full time job as an assistant at Cypress College. He helped lead Cypress to a California Community College Athletics state championship. He moved on to El Camino College in 1998 and sp

Since his arrival in 2006, Jesse Martin has served in various capacities for OSU Athletics. Currently, he serves as OSU’s Senior Associate Athletic Director for External Affairs. Prior to his time at OSU, Martin worked with the Mississippi Sea Wolves of the ECHL. During his tenure with the Sea Wolves, he was selected as the 2004 ECHL Ticket Executive of the Year. A native of Madison, Kansas, Martin received his bachelor’s degree in marketing from Fort Hays State in Hays, Kansas, before completing an internship with Walt Disney World Resorts. Jesse and his wife, Ashleigh, have three children: Mackenzie, Maddox and Miles.

Katie Norris joined the Cowgirls as the director of player development in 2023, and moved to the director of operations role prior to the 2025 season. With Norris on staff, OSU advanced to the Women's College World Series in 2023 and 2024. In 2024, Norris was part of a Cowgirl staff that was honored as NFCA Midwest Region Coaching Staff of the Year. Prior to joining the Cowgirl Softball staff, Norris served as a grant coordinator for the OSU Department of Wellness for five years, coordinating grants for a variety of different public health-related initiatives throughout the state. Before that, she served as a volunteer assistant coach at her alma mater, Oklahoma. Norris worked alongside a staff named NFCA Regional Coaching Staff of the Year in 2013. As a student-athlete, Norris attended Oklahoma from 2009-12 and earned All-Big 12 honors in her sophomore and junior seasons. Norris graduated from the University of Oklahoma in 2013 with a bachelor's in health and exercise science before receiving her master's in health promotion in 2017.

Madi Sue Simpson returned to Oklahoma State in the summer of 2023 to coordinate video and analytics for the Cowgirl Softball program. With Simpson on staff, ...

Marilyn Middlebrook is the Associate AD/Academic Affairs at Oklahoma State University. She began working at OSU in 1983 and has been there ever since. She holds a BS in Physical Education from Emporia State, an MS in Guidance and Counseling from Emporia State, and a Doctorate in Higher Education with emphasis in Health from Oklahoma State. She is from Emporia, Kansas and attended Emporia Senior High School. Marilyn was a competitive long-distance swimmer and taught dance at a studio while in college. She is also a pianist and organist. She has lived in numerous states but settled in Oklahoma in 1982 with her husband, Dan, and their three children and nine grandchildren.

Mike comes back to Oklahoma State after spending the last 6 years as the Head Athletic Trainer at Missouri Southern State University (NCAA DII) where he worked with Football, Basketball, Track/Cross Country, Baseball and Softball. Previous to MSSU, Mike was the Head Athletic Trainer at NEO A&M College for 23 years where he worked with Football, Volleyball, Men's and Women's Basketball, Baseball, Softball, Soccer and Wrestling. Barlow is responsible for the healthcare for the Cross-Country teams as well as Track and Field. Mike is a 1993 graduate of Oklahoma State University and has a master's degree in Educational Leadership from Pittsburg State University. His middle daughter, Kaki, is a Junior studying Sociology here at OSU. Barlow is a Certified member of the National Athletic Trainers Association and is Licensed in the state of Oklahoma and Missouri as an Athletic Trainer.

Vanessa Shippy-Fletcher serves as Oklahoma State’s hitting coach and recruiting coordinator, promotions she received prior to the 2024 season. Prior to that, she was a volunteer assistant for the Cowgirls from 2021-23, focusing primarily on hitting and base running and working closely with the OSU outfielders. In 2024, Shippy-Fletcher led the Cowgirl offense to a near-record breaking season while coaching Caroline Wang to third team NFCA All-America honors and five offensive Cowgirls to NFCA all-region accolades. That season, OSU’s offense finished inside the top three on nine different single-season lists, including hitting the second-most home runs (92) and scoring the second-most runs in program history (363). Shippy-Fletcher’s work with the hitters helped the Cowgirls to a spot in the 2024 Women’s College World Series and she was a member of OSU’s 2024 NFCA Midwest Region Coaching Staff of the Year. In three years as a volunteer assistant, Shippy-Fletcher helped the Cowgirls to three straight appearances in the NCAA Women’s College World Series and helped OSU outfielders to six All-Big 12 and six NFCA All-Region honors. She was particularly effective in aiding younger players in their transition to the major college level, helping Tallen Edwards to NFCA Freshman All-America honors in 2023 just one year after helping sophomore Katelynn Carwile become the first OSU outfielder since Olympian Jaime Foutch in 1996 to earn All-America honors. A star in her playing days, Shippy-