Charissa Fuhr will be in her third year as pitching coach for the Drury University softball team.
In 2019, she helped the Panthers to a 36-win season, matching their most wins in program history. Drury also won their first postseason games in team history going 2-2 in the GLVC tournament.
Fuhr pitched for Iowa State from 2006-2009 and appeared in 79 games in three seasons before an injury cut short her career. She finished her career with a 26-25 record, a 3.69 earned run average and 191 strikeouts. In 2007, Fuhr had nine wins and 91 strikeouts – both totals were the second most by a freshman in program history.
She finished her high school career at Springfield-Kickapoo and went 22-5 with a 0.26 ERA in her senior season. Fuhr helped the Chiefs to a 22-6 record in 2005, their best finish in program history. She was named to All-Ozark Conference, all-district and all-region as well as the Most Valuable Player of the Missouri All-Star game.
Fuhr played ASA for the KC Xtreme and helped her squad to the Kansas AFA state championships and a national runner-up finish. She was selected the USSSA National Majors Outstanding Pitcher and to the all-tournament team.
Fuhr graduated from Iowa State with a degree in Kinesiology and Health Science.
Charissa (Carlin) Fuhr resides in Nixa with her husband and their one child.
