Miranda Gajewski enters her third season as the assistant softball coach in 2026.
In Gajewski's second season, Drury won the GLVC Regular Season Title for the first time in program history. The Panthers posted a 35-23 record and 22-6 in GLVC play. Drury reached the NCAA-II Tournament for the second time in team history, winning the program's first-ever national tournament game.Â
Drury had two all-GLVC selections during the season, AJ Agers and Sophia Luetticke. Luetticke was also an all-region and academic all-American. Working with the pitchers, Gajewski had Jordyn Foley to the GLVC All-Tournament team.
Miranda Gajewski joined her sister, Brooke, to work with the Panthers pitching staff in 2024. A recent graduate of McKendree, Miranda was a three-time All-GLVC selection, was named to the All-Midwest Region team twice, and was the GLVC Freshman of the Year in 2018. She went 21-7 with a 1.98 earned run average in her first collegiate season at McKendree and ended her career with a 43-24 record. At the plate, Miranda was a .335 career hitter and collected 96 runs batted in during her 158 games. She was also a four-time Academic All-GLVC honoree and was honored with the league's Brother James Gaffney Award twice.
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Miranda helped Drury to the third-best earned run average in the GLVC and the team led the conference in saves with nine.Â
She has a degree in Biopsychology from McKendree and a Master's degree in Occupational Therapy from Wisconsin-LaCrosse.Â
