Baldwin Wallace University

Baldwin-Wallace University Athletics
275 Eastland Road Berea, OH 44017

Division 3 Ohio Midwest

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Tom Spencer

Tom Spencer enters his 20th season as the head softball coach at Baldwin Wallace University in 2024. Spencer, who is in his 25th overall year of coaching, also served as the BW head coach from 2000-2002.

Spencer and his staff were named as the 2011 Ohio Athletic Conference Coaching Staff of the Year and the 2023 Co-OAC Coaching Staff of the Year. That marked the third time that Spencer has been honored by the OAC. He was also named the 2001 OAC Coach of the Year.

In 2019, Spencer and his staff set the school-record for wins in a season with 33, advanced to the OAC Tournament and coached the OAC Rookie of the Year. The 33 victories bested the previous record of 28 wins which had been set in 1992 under the legendary Marcia French and was tied by Spencer in 2001 and 2011. He and his staff led the Yellow Jackets to the 2011 OAC Tournament title, a 28-11 overall record.

Spencer returned to BW in 2007-08 as the head coach and a professor in the Division of Health and Physical Education.

Prior to returning to BW, Spencer posted a 55-103-1 mark at NCAA Division I Butler (Ind.) University and an 65-20 mark in two seasons at NAIA Notre Dame College (Ohio).

In Spencer's first tenure at BW, the Yellow Jackets won 20 games each year. Overall, his teams were 70-52. In addition to coaching softball at the University, Spencer was the Head Women's Golf Coach and served as an assistant women's basketball coach.

With the BW women's hoops team, Spencer served as Cheri Harrer's main assistant and helped BW to five consecutive appearances in the NCAA Division III National Tournament, including two straight "Elite Eight" finishes.

Spencer began the women's golf program and led it to a No.3 regional ranking in its first season. He then led the team to consecutive appearances at the NCAA Division III National Tournament.

Spencer earned a bachelor's degree from Bowling Green State University in 1984 and a teaching certificate from Cleveland State University in 1988. Prior to BW, he served as a teacher and softball and basketball coach at Fairview High School.

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Sami Watterson

Sami Watterson '19 enters her fifth overall season and second as a graduate asistant coach with the Baldwin Wallace University softball team in 2024.

Watterson, who earned a Bachelor of Science in biology in May of 2019, is the Chief Operating Officer of Poppin Cleveland.

During her playing career, Watterson was a four-year letterwinner that appeared in 138 career games. She recorded 107 hits, 55 runs batted-in, 27 walks, 16 doubles, 14 stolen bases, five homeruns and four triples.

Watterson, who is pursuing her MBA in sport management, resides in North Ridgeville with her husband Griffin '19, who was a four-year member of the BW baseball team, and their daughter Josephine.

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Jeff Boledovic

Jeff Boledovic '89 enters his fifth season as an assistant coach with Baldwin Wallace University softball in 2024.

Boledovic returned to his alma mater after serving as a travel softball coach for 11 years as well as a club softball coach for four season. He has served as a hitting consultant for two years and was an assistant coach at Midpark High School for two years.

Outside of coaching, Boledovic worked in the City of Brook Park Service Department for 27 years.

While at BW, he earned a Bachelor of Arts in business management and was pitcher of the Yellow Jacket baseball team for four seasons.

Boledovic resides in Brook Park with his wife Stephanie. The couple have a son (Zach) and two daughters (Alexis '19 and Ashley). Alexis was a four-time All-Ohio Athletic Conference and three-time Academic All-OAC softball student-athlete and holds the school single-season record for hits and runs scored.