On Monday, January 09, 2023, Mary Bean started as an Assistant Coach – Women’s Softball with Women’s Intercollegiate Athletics department.
Her preferred pronouns are She and Her. Prior to working here, she worked with the Schaumburg Boomers Professional Baseball Team for one season and the Dennison Silver Hawks 16u and 18u travel softball coach for two seasons.
She is also involved in the community, participating with Student Athlete Advisory Committee Initiative: Educating and opening discussions with the campus/Evansville community on current social injustices and promoting equality and unity amongst athletes and the community.
Mary graduated from University of Southern Indiana with a Bachelor’s degree in Exercise Science. There she played college softball at the University of Southern Indiana for all four years. She also enjoys playing ping-pong, bowling for
fun, and is determined to become good at golf.
Her hometown is Schaumburg, IL. Her parents are Mike and Maggie Bean and her fur brother is Choppers Bean.
Some additional information she would like to share was that during her collegiate journey, she was University Student Athlete Advisory Committee Co-President, Great Lakes Valley Conference SAAC representative, and DI Exploratory Committee Member (named by university president). She is also a Big Green Bay Packers fan, loves dogs and plants.
Welcome Mary!