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Drexel University

Drexel University Athletics
 Daskalakis Athletic Center - 3141 Chestnut St Philadelphia, PA 19104
Division 1 Pennsylvania Northeast
Private Large National competitor
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Katie Jansson

Katie Jansson, enters her fourth season at the helm of the Drexel Softball program. She was named Drexel's head coach in August of 2021, becoming the program's 10th head coach in the history of the program.


In her first three seasons with the Dragons, Jansson developed five All-CAA athletes along with one All-Rookie team performer. The Dragons also were represented three times in the NFCA All-Region Honors.


In 2020, Jansson completed her third season as the head coach of the Iona College softball team. She led the Gaels to Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference tournament appearances in each of the two seasons the tournament took place. Jansson coached the MAAC Player of the Year, the MAAC Pitcher of the Year and the MAAC Rookie of the Year during the 2021 season. In addition, 11 student-athletes were named to the MAAC All-Academic list.


Before her arrival at Iona, Jansson served as the head coach at Monroe College. She led the Mustangs to a 21-19 overall record and a 2018 NJCAA Region X tournament berth, the first appearance in program history at the NJCAA Division I level. She also coached Monroe's first-ever NJCAA DI All-American. Jansson was an assistant coach at Iona during the 2017 season and prior to that was a graduate assistant coach for Manhattanville College. The Valiants finished the 2016 campaign as Middle Atlantic Freedom Conference champions. The team also made an appearance in the NCAA Regional championships and the 2016 NCAA Super Regionals.


Jansson, a 2014 graduate of Iona, was a standout student-athlete for the Gaels from 2010 to 2014. A four-year starter at catcher, the Gaels won three MAAC softball championships (2011, 2012 and 2014) during her four years. Jansson was a 2014 MAAC All-Tournament Team selection. She ranks in the top 10 in program history with 199 career games played and 79 runs batted in. Jansson's 16 home runs are the second-most by a Gael catcher. In the classroom, Jansson was a three-time MAAC All-Academic Team honoree and NFCA Scholar-Athlete All-American. She graduated cum laude in 2014 with a Bachelor of Arts in speech language pathology and earned a Master of Science in sports business management at Manhattanville.


Jansson lives in New Jersey with her husband, Matt.

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Brielle Pietrafesa

Brielle Pietrafesa enters her fourth season as an assistant on Katie Jansson's staff at Drexel. Pietrafesa was named Assistant Coach of the Drexel University softball program in December of 2021. Pietrafesa works primarily with the outfielders and hitters.


Pietrafesa comes to the program after working for a year at Penn Hospital as a Patient Service Associate. She also was responsible for coaching the U18 South Jersey Mystics Softball team in Westhampton, N.J. During the 2019 and 2020 seasons, Pietrafesa worked as a volunteer assistant coach with the Villanova softball team where her main role was to provide extra help for athletes at practice, in-game and in the classroom.


Pietrafesa, a graduate of Hofstra University in 2018, was a reliable player on the Pride's softball team. She played in 198 games and started in 195 appearances, owning a batting average of .306 and a slugging percentage of .548. Pietrafesa also collected many accolades throughout her career, including Philadelphia Inquirer Softball Player of the Year in 2014, CAA All-Rookie team in 2015. In 2016, she was named to the All-CAA first team and was a third-team NFCA All-Northeast Region selection. In her junior and senior year of playing for Hofstra, Pietrafesa was named to the All-CAA second team twice and named as an NFCA All-Northeast Region first team recipient. In the classroom, she was named as an Academic All-American in 2016 and 2017.

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Carly Todd

Todd joined the softball program as an assistant coach in September of 2022. She comes to Drexel after a stint as Head of Softball at Name Your Sport in Runnemede, N.J.


In the coaching realm, Todd has had experience working with many different programs in N.J. and Pa. Most recently, she worked as a head varsity softball coach at Gloucester Catholic High School and also with the N.J. Gators Premier 18U team.


Todd graduated in 2017 with a bachelor’s degree in exercise science and sports studies. While playing on the Scarlet Knights’ softball team, Todd earned dean's list and was named to the Big Ten All-Academic Team in 2016. She was also chosen to be the captain of the 2016-17 team.

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