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Lindsay Amend
Lindsay grew up playing softball. She played for the Cincinnati Stars, which was the first select fastpitch team in the Cincinnati area.
Lindsay attended Lakota West Highschool from 2001-2004. She was First Team all conference. Lindsay then went on to coach at Lakota west in 2004 and 2005 and went to the state final four both years.
Lindsay is currently finishing up her degree in sports studies at the University of Cincinnati and coaching PYO softball.


Kristy Rausch
Kristy has been playing softball for 12 years both locally and on a team based in Columbus. She played for Mason High School from 2002-2005 earning All FAVC and All District honors all four years and FAVC Player of the Year and All State honors as a senior.

Kristy has continued her softball career at Fairmont State University in WV, where she earned Second Team and First Team honors her sophomore and junior years respectively. She has also been selected to the ESPN The Magazine All-District First Team two years in a row. This past year, she received three player of the week awards while leading her team in batting average, doubles, RBIs, and home runs, setting the school record with 12. Her play, along with her academic record, earned her a 2nd team Academic All-American award.

Kristy is studying Mathematics, Math Education, and Computer Science at Fairmont State. She plans to graduate in 2010 and hopes to be a teacher and coach softball.


Bob Burlew
Director of Softball

Bob has been coaching softball since 1991. He served as softball commissioner for PYO from 1996 to 1999. In 1999 Bob formed the Ohio Fastpitch Club, The HEAT. The HEAT currently has 8 member teams ages ranging from 12 to 23. Bob’s teams competed at national tournaments including the 18U ASA NATIONAL in 2006. Bob coached high school ball at Landmark and Cincinnati Christian from 2000 to 2007. His teams went to Districts 5 of those 7 years and in 2004 Bob was awarded Miami Valley Conference Coach of the Year. His 2 daughters both went to college on softball scholarships, the oldest played 2 years at Campbellsville University and the youngest is currently playing at Mt Vernon Nazarene University.


Tiffany Burlew
Tiffany grew up playing ball. She started playing travel ball when she
was 12 and continued her career to the college ranks.

In High School, at Landmark, she set records for most strikeouts and wins. She was a 3 time MVP in the Miami Valley Conference from 2002 to 2004 and in 2004 she was elected to the All State Team. Tiffany played college ball at Campbellsville University where she and the team won their conference title in 2005 and 2006.

Tiffany is currently completing her nursing degree at Thomas More College and coaching the Jr High fastpitch team at Hopewell.