Bio

Jessica Jones-Sitzmann was named the assistant athletic director in 2021, stepping aside as Morningside's head softball coach as the winningest coach of any sport in Morningside University history.  

Jones-Sitzmann was named Morningside's head softball coach in 1999, and accumulated an 803-402 record in her tenure. She led Morningside to 15 30-plus-win seasons, 10 NAIA tournament appearances, eight GPAC regular-season championships, and eight GPAC post-season tournament championships. She was named Hauff Mid-America Sports Coach of the Year by the Great Plains Athletic Conference six times, most recently in 2017. 

She was named the 2017 recipient of South Dakota State's Ralph Ginn Award for Coaching Excellence. The award, named after the longtime SDSU football coach, is presented to graduates of SDSU who have distinguished themselves in the fields of coaching and education.

Jones-Sitzmann is a 1993 graduate of South Dakota State University, where she was a standout pitcher. She posted a 42-39 record with the Jackrabbits and established a school record with a 1.81 career earned run average. She earned NCAA Division II All-America honors as a junior in 1992 to become the Jackrabbits' first-ever softball All-American.