Texas Woman's University Athletics

Van Wyk, currently the head softball coach at San Diego State University, was the 1979 Texas AIAW Player of the Year and a catcher/pitcher on TWU's 1979 national championship team. She transferred to California State-Fullerton in 1981 after TWU dropped its softball program. In 1982 at CSUF, Van Wyk posted a 35-1 record with a 0.18 earned run average. The victories remain a school single-season record and the .972 winning percentage is an NCAA record. She earned AIAW All-America honors and won the Broderick Award, which honors the outstanding collegiate softball player in the nation. She was also named WCAA All-Conference, Orange County Athlete of the Month, PONY All-Tournament pitcher, five-time American Softball Association All-American, and won an NCAA postgraduate scholarship with a 3.43 grade point average. She was the first female inductee in the Orange County Sportswriters Hall of Fame. Her 1982 stats included four no-hitters, back-to-back perfect game, 27 shutouts, 278 innings pitched, 270 strikeouts, and six one-hitters. From 1985 to 1988, Van Wyk played on the U.S. National Team. She was a CSUF assistant coach from 1983 to 1987, and a part of the 1986 national championship team. After leaving Fullerton, Van Wyk became a pitching instructor at Rod Carew's Baseball School in Anaheim, Ca., from 1987 to 1989. She then went to Azzano Decimo, Italy, to coach the Azzanase Softball Club. From January to March, 1990, Van Wyk was the pitching coach for the Walkerville Softball Club in Adelaide, South Australia. She returned to Cal State Fullerton as an assistant coach from 1991 to 1994. After 11 years at CSUF, Van Wyk was named assistant coach at SDSU. She has produced seven instructional videotapes on pitching, catching and strength training for softball. Now SDSU's head coach, she also has added Senior Woman's Administrator responsiblities.