Froboese is the head of the first-ever intercollegiate softball program at Southwestern. In her first season she led the Pirates to a SCAC-West first place finish with a 9-3 conference mark to earn a bid to the conference tournament. While there SU went 1-2 and placed two players on the All-Tournament team. Froboese coached four Pirates to post season honors with one earning SCAC First Team honors and three as Honorable Mention selections. One player received was All-South Region player and Coach Froboese was named as the 2009 SCAC Coach-of-the-Year.
Coach Froboese earned her 100th in the 2009 season with a 10-9 victory over Trinity at home on April 11th.
Froboese comes to Southwestern after spending four years at Howard Payne University in Brownwood, TX. During her tenure at Howard Payne, she posted an overall record of 85-65, 67-37 in conference play. Froboese led the team to a 21-13 overall record in her first season at the helm and built the program up to a 28-win season in 2007, the most wins in program history.
In 2004, the Lady Jackets led all of NCAA Division III in doubles 69. In four years, Froboese produced three West All-Region players, 27 All-Conference selections and nine National Fastpitch Coaches Association Academic All-Americans. Also, during her tenure her players had a graduation rate of 100 percent.
Prior to her time at Howard Payne, Froboese spent two years as an assistant coach at her alma mater, Stephen F. Austin State University. A 2001 graduate of SFA, she finished her career in possession of four batting records. Froboese struck out just 10 times in 601 collegiate at-bats. During the 2001 season, she set a single-season hit record with 67 base hits. She also set career marks with 98 runs batted in, 36 doubles and 123 runs scored. In 2001, she was named the Southland Conference Utility Player of the Year.
Froboese earned a Bachelor's degree in kinesiology and holds a Master's degree in Educational Leadership from SFA.
| Year | School | Overall | Conference |
Highlights |
| 2004 | Howard Payne | 21-13 | 19-9 | |
| 2005 | Howard Payne | 18-22 | 15-13 | |
| 2006 | Howard Payne | 18-18 | 16-8 | |
| 2007 | Howard Payne | 28-12 | 17-7 | |
| 2008 | Southwestern | Did not | compete | |
| 2009 | Southwestern | 19-16 | 9-3 |
SCAC-West Champion, SCAC Coach-of-the-Year |
| Totals | 104-81 | 76-40 |
Assistant Coach Robin Becker
Robin Becker enters her first season at Southwestern University as
the assistant Softball and Cross Country Coach. Becker is a 2008
graduate of St. Edward's University and pitched for the
Hilltoppers. In a remarkable senior season at SEU, Becker pitched
the Hilltoppers to a third place finish in the NCAA DII World
Series. She was an All-Conference and All-Region performer for her
efforts on the mound. Becker hopes to bring her passion for the
game along with her competitive attitude to this new program in its
inaugural 2009 season. Becker also serves as a Resident Associate
in the Resident Life Department and teaches racquetball in the
fall.
