Brian Shearer led the softball team to its first conference regular season championship last spring and has raised three league title banners to the Rose-Hulman Softball Field since his arrival six years ago.

Shearer led the 2004 and 2005 squads to Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Eastern Division titles prior to earning the outright Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference league title in 2008.

The 2008 squad set school records for victories (25) and winning percentage (.676) to nearly double its win total from an injury plagued 2007 campaign.

Shearer led the Engineers to an improvement of 19 victories in 2004 and the SCAC Eastern Division crown. In 2005, the team finished 11-1 in SCAC East play on their way to back-to-back division titles. Rose-Hulman had a record of 15-5 in SCAC Eastern Division play over its back-to-back 2004 and 2005 championship seasons, including the team’s first regional ranking in school history.

During Shearer's tenure, several players have earned SCAC and National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) recognition for their efforts on the diamond.  Twernty-one players have earned all-conference honors in the last five years, highlighted by five award winners and Pitcher of the Year Jordan Goslee last spring.  The NFCA has awarded seven all-region honors to Rose-Hulman players, including the first two-time honoree in Ashley Montgomery.

Shearer also serves as an assistant facility director and the college's coordinator of human performance in the Rose-Hulman Sports and Recreation Center. Prior to Rose-Hulman, Shearer served as the wellness and aquatics director at Seward County Community College (Kan.) for four years. In 1999, He added softball coach to his resume.

As the softball coach at Seward County, Shearer was able to take a newly created program from a last-place finish in his first year to a third-place divisional finish in his second. Today, the program is one of the top teams in the Jayhawk conference.

A Clinton native, Shearer completed his bachelor's degree in Physical Education-Sports Studies at Indiana State University, before earning a master's degree in Kinesiology from Indiana University in Bloomington. He owns three national certifications and completed an internship with the National Institute for Fitness and Sport in 1997.

Brian and his wife, Shellina, and had their first child in 2007.

E-mail: brian.shearer@rose-hulman.edu
Phone: (812) 872-6086
Fax: (812) 877-8407

Alyssa Duncan

* Assistant Softball Coach

Alyssa Duncan begins her third year as softball assistant coach at Rose-Hulman this spring.

Duncan earned all-region honors at Lincoln Trail College under former Rose-Hulman head women’s basketball coach Tony Hill. She was college Athlete of the Year as a sophomore.

The elementary education and special education double major then played two years at Indiana State University, where she led the team with 14 RBIs as a junior. She earned Dean’s List honors each year and was a member of the Phi Theta Kappa organization.