Completed Event: Track & Field at Sun Belt Conference Outdoor Championship on May 15, 2026 , , T-13th of 13
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Grace Chelemen
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Grace Chelemen enters her second year with the Dukes, continuing to work with outfield and baserunners, while assisting with hitters. She continues to take over camp director duties on behalf of the program.
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Chelemen is no stranger to the Sun Belt Conference, as she was a four-year standout student-athlete at Marshall, posting multiple top-25 program records while earning First Team All-SBC and NFCA Third Team All-Region laurels in her final campaign in 2023. She was also named to the 2023 All-Sun Belt Tournament team and the recipient of the Thundering Herd’s Warrior Award.
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Along with her time in Huntington, the Woodhaven, Mich., product spent the 2024 season on staff at Southern Miss as a graduate manager.Â
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The newest member of the Dukes’ coaching staff began her softball coaching career in the summer of 2023 as the head coach of the Smoky Mountain Rain, a summer league softball team based out of the Scenic City Collegiate League. In her debut at the helm, she led her team to the 2023 Music City Collegiate League Championship and earned coach of the year honors.
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In addition to coaching, Chelemen also played professionally as an outfielder for the Coastal Bend Tidal Wave, a member of the Women’s Professional Fastpitch league for the 2024 season.
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Chelemen graduated with her bachelor’s degree from Marshall in 2023 and earned a master’s degree in coaching and sport performance from Southern Miss.
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Chelemen is no stranger to the Sun Belt Conference, as she was a four-year standout student-athlete at Marshall, posting multiple top-25 program records while earning First Team All-SBC and NFCA Third Team All-Region laurels in her final campaign in 2023. She was also named to the 2023 All-Sun Belt Tournament team and the recipient of the Thundering Herd’s Warrior Award.
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Along with her time in Huntington, the Woodhaven, Mich., product spent the 2024 season on staff at Southern Miss as a graduate manager.Â
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The newest member of the Dukes’ coaching staff began her softball coaching career in the summer of 2023 as the head coach of the Smoky Mountain Rain, a summer league softball team based out of the Scenic City Collegiate League. In her debut at the helm, she led her team to the 2023 Music City Collegiate League Championship and earned coach of the year honors.
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In addition to coaching, Chelemen also played professionally as an outfielder for the Coastal Bend Tidal Wave, a member of the Women’s Professional Fastpitch league for the 2024 season.
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Chelemen graduated with her bachelor’s degree from Marshall in 2023 and earned a master’s degree in coaching and sport performance from Southern Miss.
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