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Heidi Freitager
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Heidi Freitager is in her fifth year at Virginia and her second as the associate head coach after being promoted following the 2011 season.
At Virginia, Freitager is in charge of the pitching corps and also spearheads all recruiting efforts. She is instrumental in alumni outreach and works closely with the marketing and promotions and media relations staffs to positively promote the program.
Freitager guided freshman hurler Melanie Mitchell to first-team all-region and first-team all-conference honors in 2010. Mitchell also tied the program record for wins in a season and was second among ACC pitchers in strikeouts.
In three seasons, Mitchell already ranks among the top-10 in Virginia history in career strikeouts, complete games, shutouts, wins and innings pitched, among others.
Freitager arrived in Charlottesville after a one-year stint at Temple. Before her time in Philadelphia, she spent two years as the head coach at Everglades High School in Miramar, Fla. She led Everglades to the 2007 6A state championship while claiming two district titles. She also guided the West Pines Diamond Dusters 18 Gold squad during her time in Florida.
Prior to coaching in the high school ranks, Freitager served as an assistant at Nova Southeastern (2005), Morehead State (2004) and New Mexico State (2003).
Freitager played at Northern Iowa (1997-2001) where she started at catcher for four seasons and led her team to the Missouri Valley Conference championship in 2000. She graduated with a bachelor's degree in science in 2001 and later went on to earn a master's degree in sports administration from Morehead State in 2002.
Freitager was inducted into the Irondale High School Athletics Hall of Fame in 2009.
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