Thiel College Athletics

Danielle Massengill is entering her first year as the Coordinator of Leadership & Life Skills Development, Assistant Director of Compliance and Assistant Softball Coach at Thiel College in 2015-16.
 
The two-year position is funded through the NCAA’s Division III Ethnic Minority and Women’s Internship Grant Program. The program provides funding for entry-level administrative positions at Division III institutions and conference offices to encourage access, recruitment, selection and long-term success of ethnic minorities and women.
 
A native of North Bend, Wash., Massengill was a career all-star in the classroom and on the softball field for the Tomcats.
 
Following her senior season in 2015, Massengill was named to the Capital One Academic All-America ® Division III Softball First Team, as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). She was the first Academic All-America First Team selection in softball to represent the Presidents’ Athletic Conference (PAC) since Waynesburg University’s Laura Marquis in 1995. Massengill was also a 2014 Capital One Academic All-America ® Second Team selection following her junior season.
 
Massengill graduated with a 4.0 grade-point average, majoring in criminal justice studies, psychology and sociology. An eight-semester Dean’s List student, she earned Thiel’s Dean’s Key and was a senior class valedictorian. A member of Alpha Chi, Sigma Alpha Pi, Psi Chi and Lambda Sigma honor societies, she was one of Thiel’s Students of the Month in May 2015 and was named one of the PAC’s Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) Scholar-Athletes of the Month in March 2014.

During her senior season, Massengill hit .375, which tied her for the fifth best average in the PAC. She led her team with 21 runs scored and finished second on the team with 36 hits and 18 RBIs. She owned a .490 slugging percentage and a .410 on-base percentage. A four-time All-PAC First Team selection and a three-time National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) All-Region honoree, Massengill became the program’s career leader in hits (185) and runs scored (115) in 2015.
 
Massengill is pursuing a master’s in criminal justice with a focus in analysis of criminal behavior at the University of Cincinnati. She also serves in the U.S. Air Force Reserve.