(September 28, 2006) ?C Serena Settlemier, the 2006 Big 12 Player of the Year at the University of Kansas and a professional softball player for the Texas Thunder, was named assistant softball coach at Fordham University it was announced today by head coach Bridget Orchard. Settlemier replace Terri Adams, who took the head coaching job at Saint Joseph??s University. ??We are thrilled to have Serena join our staff,?? said Orchard. ??She brings both professional and Big 12 collegiate experience to our team, and that will only make us better for the upcoming season.?? Settlemier, a Second Team All-American in 2006, had an incredible playing career at Kansas, culminating in a Big 12 Championship in 2006, where she was named MVP of the tournament. She was named to the All-Big 12 First Team in 2006 after hitting .326 with school record marks of 22 home runs and 61 runs batted in, and was twice selected to the All-Big 12 Second Team in 2002 and 2005. She served as team captain of the Jayhawks in 2005, and over her career received the Jayhawk Scholar Award four times, while being an Academic All-Big 12 selection in 2004. Besides Kansas softball, Settlemier also worked as a broadcast coordinator for the Jayhawk Radio Network and ESPN Regional. While there, she produced women??s basketball broadcasts, as well as talk shows for Bonnie Hendrickson (women??s basketball head coach) and Bill Self (men??s basketball head coach). Following her career at Kansas, Settlemier signed on with the Texas Thunder of National Pro Fastpitch, where she garnered NPF Player for the Week honors once, which came against the Arizona Heat. A 2006 graduate of Kansas, Settelmier received her Bachelors?? degree in Communication, with an emphasis on Journalism. Founded in 1841, Fordham is New York City??s Jesuit University. With 22 men??s and women??s varsity sports teams, the Fordham Rams are members of the NCAA Division I and compete in the Atlantic 10 Conference in baseball, basketball, cross country, golf, indoor and outdoor track, women??s rowing, soccer, softball, swimming and diving, tennis and volleyball and in the Patriot League (NCAA I-AA) for football. TRANSACTIONS: Fordham - Names Serena Settlemier assistant softball coach.