Danielle Zymkowitz

Biography

Danielle Zymkowitz is in her ninth season as an associate head coach for the Badgers. In the 2019 season, Zymkowitz coached the team to the second-most wins in program history with also being the fastest team to 30 wins. This team went 43-14 overall and 15-8 in conference play. Zymkowitz coached the team to their third consecutive NCAA tournament where the team had a win against No. 1 seed Oklahoma. She helped Big Ten player of the year Kayla Konwent to make noise with the bat, posting 15 home-runs on the season and a .459 batting average. In 2019 she also helped Badger's catcher, Taylor Johnson to be a first team All-Big Ten selection in her sophomore season. Johnson was second on the team in home-runs and batting average. Zymkowitz helped Wisconsin to its second-straight NCAA Tournament with a 29-23 record in 2018. The Badgers also went 11-9 in Big Ten play, their best conference winning percentage since 2014. Kelsey Jenkins and Brooke Wyderski led the Badgers at the plate during their senior seasons. The dynamic duo ranked first and second on the team in batting average, hits, doubles and RBI. Jenkins also led the Big Ten during the regular season in batting average (.420) and on base percent (.578). Coach Z also helped develop freshman Taylor Johnson into one of the most feared Badger bats. Johnson led the team with eight homers on the season and ranks top-five on the freshman single-season records list for home runs, RBI, walks, stolen bases, sacrifice flies and stolen b