Bio

At Simpson

• Completed ninth season in 2025
• Record of 169-138 (58-78 A-R-C) in nine seasons
• Coached the Storm to a regular season conference title and trip to the NCAA Tournament in 2025
• Named A-R-C Coaching Staff of the Year in 2025
• Led the Storm to 20-win seasons in 2018, 2019, 2023, 2024, 2025
• Hired on Dec. 14, 2015 as the 11th head coach in program history (Kyle Owens served as interim head coach for the 2016 season)
• Enters 2026 campaign ranked third all-time in career wins

Player Achievement Under Matthias

• NFCA All-American Second Team: Megan Heidelbauer (2025)
• NFCA All-American Third Team: Ashlyn Steen (2024, 2025)
• NFCA Gold Glove: Megan Heidelbauer (2025)
• All-Region: Megan Heidelbauer (2024, 2025), Ashlyn Steen (2024, 2025), Alexis Ehlers (2023, 2024), Maddie Luderman (2022, 2023, 2024), Kate Kriegel (2024), Caelynn Obleton (2024), Megan Crockett (2021), Randie Richmond (2021), Sara Trent (2021), Ashley Allen (2018), Taylor Davis (2018), Madison Rasmusson (2018) 
• Conference Player of the Year: Megan Heidelbauer (2025)
• First Team All-Conference: Alexis Ehlers (2025), Megan Heidelbauer (2024, 2025), Kate Kriegel (2025), Ashlyn Steen (2023, 2024, 2025), Maddie Luderman (2022), Megan Crockett (2019, 2021), Randie Richmond (2021), Madison Rasmusson (2018)
• Second Team All-Conference: Mackenzie James (2025), Emma LaFave (2025), Caelynn Obleton (2024, 2025), Katie Shaner (2025), Alexis Ehlers (2023, 2024), Maddie Luderman (2023, 2024), Kate Kriegel (2022, 2024), Camrey Leo (2021), Ashley Allen (2017, 2019), Emily Bell (2018, 2019), Sara Trent (2019), Madison Rasmusson (2017)
• Honorable Mention All-Conference: Karlie Hill (2021), Ashley Allen (2018), Kasiah Ehresman (2018)
• CSC/CoSIDA Academic All-American: Megan Heidelbauer (2025), Ashlyn Steen (2025), Maddie Luderman (2023), Ashley Allen (2018) 
• CSC/CoSIDA Academic All-District: Alyssa Breckner (2025), Megan Heidelbauer (2024, 2025), Kate Kriegel (2025), Katie Shaner (2025), Ashlyn Steen (2024, 2025), Caelynn Obleton (2024), Alexis Ehlers (2023), Karlie Hill (2023), Kate Kriegel (2023, 2024), Maddie Luderman (2022, 2023), Madeline Petersen (2023, 2024), Emily Bell (2021), Camrey Leo (2021), Kayla Reusche (2019), Ashley Allen (2018)
• Academic All-Conference (95)

Recent Team Accomplishments Under Matthias

• 2025: earned an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament, the team's first appearance since 2016... won a share of the A-R-C regular season title, the first since 2010... finished the year with a 34-9 record, the most wins since 2000 and fewest losses since 2004... broke single season records for runs (324), triples (21), home runs (49), RBIs (287) and walks (154)... boasted the sixth-best scoring offense in the country (7.53 runs/game) as well as the third-highest slugging percentage (0.575)
• 2024: finished the year with 27 wins, the most since 2016... earned a spot in the American Rivers Conference tournament as the five seed... beat Nebraska Wesleyan in the opening round of the tournament
• 2023: notched 23 wins, the most since 2016... led the American Rivers Conference in the classroom for second year in a row with a grade point average of 3.607... led all NCAA DIII teams with the most National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) Academic All-Americans (23) for the second year in a row... led the A-R-C in overall batting average (.322) and slugging percentage (.490)... tied for first in the conference in home runs (36)... led the conference in eight different offensive categories
• 2022: won 19 games including three victories over teams that qualified for the NCAA Tournament... led the American Rivers Conference in the classroom with a grade point average of 3.506... led all NCAA DIII teams with the most National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) Academic All-Americans (24)... offense tied for second in the league with 25 home runs, while the pitching staff ranked third with 184 strikeouts
• 2021: tallied 13 wins in conference play for a fifth place finish, the highest since 2016 and the most league wins since 2010... closed the regular season by winning eight of 10 games, highlighted by a three-game sweep of Dubuque... ranked second in the league in overall batting average (.322) and slugging percentage (.483) and fourth in doubles (65) and home runs (29)... in conference play only, ranked top-3 in batting average (.319), runs (140), hits (216), doubles (39), home runs (28), RBIs (128) and slugging percentage (.506)
• 2019: advanced to the A-R-C Tournament Semifinals... offense led the league with 26 home runs... beat one top-10 squad and three regionally-ranked teams en route to the success in the conference tournament... became the first United States collegiate team allowed to play in Cuba

Before Simpson

• Spent two seasons as the head softball coach at Waverly-Shell Rock High School... led the Go-Hawks to a 33-6 mark in 2016, coming up one game short of the state tournament... helped the team to a state tournament appearance and a Class 4A-best 34 wins in 2015
• Compiled more than 130 wins in seven seasons as the head baseball coach at Denver High School
• Began coaching career as an assistant baseball coach at Wartburg College, also serving in the admissions department... helped the Knights win four-straight Iowa Conference Championships and four-straight trips to the NCAA Tournament from 1999-2002... helped the program to its first appearance in the Division III College World Series in 2000

Year-by-Year at Simpson