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Titans
Add Weiman to Coaching Staff Aug. 27, 2002 – Fullerton, Calif. Former UCLA standout pitcher DeeDee Weiman has been appointed an assistant to Cal State Fullerton softball coach Michelle Gromacki, the university announced on Tuesday. She will begin her new position with the Titans on Sept. 1. “I am excited to have DeeDee join our coaching staff,” Gromacki said. “She is the piece of the puzzle that will help our program continue to grow and build a solid foundation for future success.” Weiman spent the last three seasons as an assistant coach at Wisconsin, where she was in charge of coaching the Badgers’ pitching staff and also working with the catchers. During her tenure with Wisconsin, Weiman helped lead the Badgers to three straight Big Ten Tournaments and appearances in the NCAA Tournament the last two seasons. Earlier this year, Weiman, head coach Karen Gallagher and assistant coach Ali Viola were named the 2002 Speedline/NFCA Division I Mideast Region Coaching Staff of the Year, sharing the honor with the Notre Dame coaching staff. Wisconsin posted its third consecutive 30-win season and a fourth-place finish in the conference – the best in the history of the program. As a player, Weiman was a member of the 1990 and 1992 UCLA national championship-winning squads while earning All-Pacific-10 Conference honors twice in her career and first-team All-America honors as a senior in 1994. A Honda Broderick Award nominee in 1994, Weiman finished her Bruin career with a 59-13 overall record, a 0.79 ERA, 746 career strikeouts and 16 no-hitters. Weiman’s 359 strikeouts in 1994 still stand as a single-season school record. She continued her playing career in the Women’s Professional Softball League, playing four seasons (1997-2000) and winning the 1999 WPSL championship with the Tampa Bay Firestix. Weiman will be reunited with her catcher on the 1993 ASA Women’s Open National Championship in Gromacki, when the duo helped lead the Redding Rebels to the national title. Weiman graduated from UCLA with a bachelors degree in sociology in 1994. She has a six-year-old son, Tyler, and will reside in Fullerton. ####
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