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william jewell college<br />
Coaching Staff<br />
Dustin Combs Head Coach<br />
Dustin Combs is entering his fourth season at <strong>William</strong> <strong>Jewell</strong> <strong>College</strong>.Under the direction of Coach Combs the softball program<br />
has produced four Academic All-Americans, 12 HAAC All-Conference Selections including the Conference Freshmen<br />
Player of the Year in 2009.Four players have been name to the NFCA Louisville Slugger All-Region Team.The 2008 Offensive<br />
production set new program records with 293 Runs Scored, 474 Hits, 91 doubles, 25 Homeruns, 275 RBI, and a .295 batting<br />
avg.while setting the new school record for wins with 33.In 2009,the Cardinals infield turned 25 double plays which ranked<br />
them in the top 10 at all collegiate levels.Defensively,the Cards finished the season with a .953 fielding percentage including 1B Kristen Marshall<br />
who led the Nation in fielding percentage (.998) of players with 400 or more chances.<br />
Coach Combs served seven seasons as the Head Coach of the Glendale High School softball program in Springfield, Mo. Combs, was hired in<br />
2000 to lead the program in its first season of state-recognized competition.Under Coach Combs the program compiled 108 wins,making him<br />
the all-time leader in wins for a softball coach in Springfield Public Schools history. In seven seasons the program won the Class 4 District<br />
Championships inDustin Combs is entering his fourth season at <strong>William</strong> <strong>Jewell</strong> <strong>College</strong>. Under the direction of Coach Combs the softball program<br />
has produced four Academic All-Americans,12 HAAC All-Conference Selections including the Conference Freshmen Player of the Year in<br />
2009. Four players have been name to the NFCA Louisville Slugger All-Region Team.The 2008 Offensive production set new program records<br />
with 293 Runs Scored,474 Hits,91 doubles,25 Homeruns,275 RBI,and a .295 batting avg.while setting the new school record for wins with 33.<br />
In 2009,the Cardinals infield turned 25 double plays which ranked them in the top 10 at all collegiate levels.Defensively,the Cards finished the<br />
season with a .953 fielding percentage including 1B Kristen Marshall who led the Nation in fielding percentage (.998) of players with 400 or<br />
more chances.<br />
Coach Combs served seven seasons as the Head Coach of the Glendale High School softball program in Springfield, Mo. Combs, was hired in<br />
2000 to lead the program in its first season of state-recognized competition.Under Coach Combs the program compiled 108 wins,making him<br />
the all-time leader in wins for a softball coach in Springfield Public Schools history. In seven seasons the program won the Class 4 District<br />
Championships in 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2005 and was runner-up in 2006 and made back-to-back State Quarterfinal appearances in 2001 and<br />
2002. In three different seasons his teams earned Academic All-Conference and Missouri State High School Athletic Association Outstanding<br />
Scholastic Achievement.<br />
Combs served as the Glendale Assistant Baseball Coach for seven years. In the summer of 2003, he was named the Glendale American Legion<br />
Head Varsity Baseball Coach. He spent three summers leading the program. In the summer of 2006, Combs assisted with the development of<br />
the Missouri Baseball Club,an 18-and-under select baseball program based out of Republic,Mo.,which has produced many collegiate baseball<br />
players over the past four years.<br />
In 2004, Combs received recognition from the National High School Baseball Coaches Association as District #5“Grounds Keeper of the Year,”<br />
and was a finalist for National Grounds Keeper of the Year through his work on the Glendale High School baseball field.<br />
Combs is a native of Commerce,Okla.,and a 1993 graduate of Commerce High School.He attended Northeastern A&M <strong>College</strong> in Miami,Okla.,<br />
for two years while playing baseball for the Golden Norsemen. Combs graduated from Northeastern State University in Tahlequah, Okla., in<br />
1998 with a bachelor’s of science degree in physical education and business education. He received his master’s degree in secondary administration<br />
from <strong>William</strong> Woods University, in Fulton, Mo.<br />
Coach Combs currently resides in Kansas City, Mo., with his wife Susan.<br />
Andrew Dowis Assistant Coach<br />
Andrew Dowis enters his second year as an assistant coach at <strong>William</strong> <strong>Jewell</strong> <strong>College</strong>.Dowis is a 2007 graduate of Northwest<br />
Missouri State University and a 2003 graduate of Jefferson High School in Conception, Mo.<br />
He was an all-state basketball performer as well as being on the 1A State Champion Softball team that went 22-0. During<br />
that run he was 15-0 as a starting pitcher.<br />
Dowis is currently working on his masters degree in Sports Management.
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