Clarion Athletics

Elisabeth ("Lis") Fee was named Clarion's head softball coach in July 2019, and is entering her third year at the helm of the Golden Eagles in the 2022 season.  She came to Clarion after four years as the head coach at Division III Bridgewater, where she led consistent annual improvement in one of the toughest conferences in the nation.

Fee's first two years as Golden Eagle head coach were limited by the COVID-19 pandemic, but she has still managed to place her mark on the program in limited opportunities. She coached Clarion to a 12-22 overall record in 2021, the Golden Eagles' first double-digit wins season since the 2004 campaign. Offensively, the Golden Eagles broke a slew of the program's single-season records, setting new marks in team batting average (.285), slugging percentage (.402), on-base percentage (.349), runs (165) and RBIs (142).

Rebecca Kelley earned her second career all-conference nod in 2021, earning First Team All-PSAC West honors at first base, while outfielder Carissa Giordano was named a Second Team All-PSAC West selection in the outfield. Infielder Brooke Cline was voted a Division 2 Conference Commisioners Association (D2CCA) Second Team All-Region selection at the utility position.

Fee's tenure at Bridgewater saw her turn the Eagles from doormat to contender in the competitive Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC).  The team improved on their previous seasons’ wins total in each of her four years, starting with 9 wins in 2016 and improving to 10 in 2017, 15 in 2018 and finally a 23-17 season in 2019.  The team returned to the ODAC Tournament for the first time since 2014. Fee coached five All-ODAC honorees in her four years, including Katrina Martin and Stephanie Carroll in 2019, with the latter a two-time all-conference player.  In 2017, sophomore Mikalia Guard became the program’s first All-Region selection since 2012. She was also a VaSID All-State and CoSIDA Academic All-District selection.

The Gibsonia, Pa. native earned two degrees from Westminster and earned four letters as a member of the softball team there.  A four-time honoree on the Presidents Athletic Conference (PAC) all-conference team – including First Team nods in 2010-11 – Fee helped Westminster to a four-year record of 82-68-1 and was named to the Louisville Slugger/NFCA Division III Central team in 2010.  Fee ranked second on her team as a senior in both batting average and ERA. She hit .337 with three home runs and a team-best 26 RBIs, while going 9-10 on the mound with a 2.39 ERA and 70 strikeouts.  In 2010, Fee was 13-4 on the mound with a 1.30 ERA and batted .327 en route to an All-Central Region selection in the utility position.
 
She went on to serve as a graduate assistant coach during the 2012 season, before starting a three-year stint as an assistant at Geneva College.  At Geneva, Fee called pitches and coordinated pitching conditioning, coached first base and was heavily involved with recruiting and practice planning.  Geneva reached the 2013 and 2014 Presidents’ Athletic Conference (PAC) championship games and had a record of 65-55 during Fee’s three seasons as an assistant.
 
Fee earned a Bachelor of Arts in Communication Studies from Westminster in 2011, and went on to earn a Master of Higher Education degree in 2013.