Indiana Wesleyan University Athletic Department

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Steve Babinski

Head Coach- 1st Season

MARION, Ind. -- Indiana Wesleyan University has announced Steve Babinski as the new head coach to lead the Wildcat softball program.

Babinski becomes the second softball coach in Indiana Wesleyan history. He succeeds Sue Bowman who was coach for 24 years (1988-2011) and built a 585-407 record.

"We are ecstatic to have Steve join our IWU athletic family," said Indiana Wesleyan athletic director Mark DeMichael. "Through the process of a national search, Steve rose to the top of high quality candidates. His passion for combining high level coaching with ministry to his student-athletes really separated him from our other candidates. It makes him a perfect fit for our athletic department mission."

Babinski comes to Indiana Wesleyan from MidAmerica Nazarene University in Olathe, Kansas. He led the MNU program to the NAIA National Tournament in 2010 and 2011, the first national championship appearances in program history.

In seven seasons at MidAmerica Nazarene, Babinski compiled a record of 220-136 (.618) and reached the HAAC Tournament each year. Babinski led the Pioneers to the HAAC championship in 2010 and earned three other runner-up finishes. He is a two-time HAAC Coach of the Year, once honored as the NAIA Region Coach of the Year and twice tagged the NFCA Regional Coach of the Year. Babinski coached three HAAC Player of the Year recipients, one HAAC Pitcher of the Year and two NAIA All-Americans.

The MNU record book looks vastly different after Babinski's tenure as head coach for seven seasons. MNU finished the 2011 season ranked No. 19 in the NAIA, which is the best ranking in program history. The Pioneers also broke many records on the field, including team batting average, on-base percentage, slugging percentage, RBIs, runs, hits, doubles, triples, home runs, stolen bases and wins.

In the classroom, his teams maintained a GPA above 3.0 all seven years at MidAmerica Nazarene.

"Steve is a high energy person with great interpersonal skills," added DeMichael. "He has the ability to inject enthusiasm into a room as soon as he walks in. Combine that with his proven track record of running a successful collegiate softball program and it makes him a really great fit."

Before his tenure at MidAmerica Nazarene, Babinski spent two seasons as an assistant softball coach at NCAA Division I Bowling Green State (Ohio) University and one season as assistant softball coach at Grace (Ind.) College.

Babinski already has ties to Indiana Wesleyan and the Mid-Central College Conference. He played baseball for three seasons at Grace and was a teammate of current Indiana Wesleyan head baseball coach Chad Newhard. His sister, Anna Welsh, is the head softball coach at conference rival Bethel (Ind.) College.

Steve and his wife, Rachel, have four children: Corianna, Alizzia, Benjamin, and Emi.

Kaitlyn Dubois

Assistant Coach- 1st Season

Kaitlyn(Coach K) comes to Indiana Welseyan from Bethel College where she was a standout player for Coach Anna Welsh and the Bethel Pilots. In her 4 seasons in Mishawaka, IN, Kaitlyn help lead the Pilots to 4 NAIA National Tournament Appearances while creating a long list of achievements.

NAIA Scholar Athlete 2010, 2011

NFCA Great Lakes All-Region 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011

NFCA Scholar Athlete 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011

NFCA 2^nd Team All-American
MCC Academic All Conference 2010, 2011
NCCAA All-Regional Team 2008, 2010, 2011
NCCAA All-American 2^nd team 2011
MCC All Tournament team 2008, 2009, 2011
MCC All Conference 2008, 2011

At Bethel College Kaitlyn has a number of single season and career records. Kaitlyn holds single season records for 2Bs 6^th with 18 and RUNs 7^th with 55. For her career she has the HITs 10^th with 218, 2Bs 5^th with 55, 3Bs 8^th with 12, HRs 6^th with 24, RUNs 4^th with 164, RBIs 5^th with 162, BBs 4^th with 65, SACs 5^th with 27, SLG 7^th with .589, and TBs 6^th with 369.

"Kaitlyn was a standout athlete who played for a great coach at the highest NAIA level possible" says Head IWU Coach Steve Babinski, "She is going to be a very important presence on my coaching staff as she speaks into the lives of our players every day. She has first-hand experience how to succeed on and off the field while growing in a relationship with Jesus Christ. We are extremely fortunate to have her and will give her the softball coaching confidence she needs so that one day she will run a program of her own!"

Kaitlyn is 23 years old resides in Kokomo, IN and works as a substitute teacher. Her father Dave and Mother Shirley also live in Kokomo. Kaitlyn has 2 bothers Kyle and Keaton and 1 sister Kelci. She Graduated Magna Cum Laude with a 3.78 Cumulative GPA and earned her Bachelor of Arts Degree in Physical Education/Health

Ben Stoddard

Assistant Coach- 1st Season