Saskia Kosterink (born August 13, 1984 in Zwolle) is a Dutch softball coach and former player who played for the Dutch national team in international competitions in 151 games.[1][2] She became the head coach of the Dutch softball team in 2024, beginning with the 2024 European Championships in Utrecht.[3][4]
Kosterink played for Run '71 Oldenzaal, Tex Town Tigers, Gulf Coast Community College, and Sparks Haarlem. She was a right-handed outfielder. She began playing for the Dutch national team in 2005. In 2007, she hit the most home runs in the Dutch Softball Hoofdklasse and during the European Championships that year she was named as Best Outfielder of the tournament. She was part of the Dutch team for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.[2] She later played on teams in Italy and Australia.[5]
Kosterink retired from playing softball in 2015 and joined the staff of the Dutch softball team in 2017.[5] She was the head coach for the Dutch team in the U-18 Women's Softball World Cup in 2021, where the team finished seventh out of eight teams.[6] She also coached the Dutch in the 2022 European Championship.[5]
References
edit- ^ Visser, Seb (2024-05-24). "Saskia Kosterink nieuwe bondscoach softbalsters – HonkbalSoftbal.nl". honkbalsoftbal.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 2024-09-03.
- ^ a b Athlete biography: Saskia Kosterink, beijing2008.cn, ret: Aug 16, 2008
- ^ Visser, Seb (2024-08-01). "Nieuwe bondscoach Saskia Kosterink: "We moeten het team in korte tijd klaarstomen voor het EK" – HonkbalSoftbal.nl". honkbalsoftbal.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 2024-09-03.
- ^ "Saskia Kosterink to take Netherlands Women's National Softball Team managerial job after World Cup Finals; Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games in sight". World Baseball Softball Confederation. 24 May 2024. Retrieved 2024-09-03.
- ^ a b c "Saskia Kosterink nieuwe bondscoach softbalsters Koninkrijksteam". KNBSB (in Dutch). Retrieved 2024-09-03.
- ^ "Netherlands' Saskia Kosterink: "Softball teaches you a lot about life"". World Baseball Softball Confederation. 18 January 2022. Retrieved 2024-09-03.
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