California State Polytechnic University (Humboldt)
NCAA DII • CCAA
Date: July 2, 2022
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I never had a coach that has treated athletes so poorly. In the 2021-22 season, 4 players quit. While I cannot speak for those that quit, there has been a lot of shady business going on within the Humboldt Softball program. A hazing situation that happened during the 2021 season that Coach Shelli should’ve been fired for. While me personally I don’t know what she did, but it did make our brand new Athletic Director quit after not even being at the school for a year. Also during our 19 day road trip there were her “favorites” that she caught smoking weed in the hotel room and did not do anything. Also another teammate bought alcohol for underage players. On top of all of that, Coach Shelli bought alcohol for the seniors using NCAA money at the local Buffalo Wild Wings. Also told a player of color that “she wasn’t the face of Humboldt Softball” and discouraged players of color from kneeling during the national anthem. Also did nothing when a group of players were misgendering another player who identified as a lesbian. Also makes fun of players bodies and comments on how big or small different players’ breast are. For me I had never had a coach talk so poorly about her players. She openly talks poorly about girls on the team to other players in her office. She sucks the joy and the love for the game from each of her players that aren’t her favorite. Even her favorites have mentioned wanting to transfer school. Don’t even get me started on the team culture. To call us a team is a big joke. You can even tell in the dugout that we don’t like one another. Every day at practice we always think “Who’s going to like me today?” There is obvious tension between players and sometimes even screaming matches against one another. But Coach Shelli doesn’t do anything about it. For as long as she has been playing and coaching she doesn’t understand the game at all. From an outside perspective, she is very very hard on the pitchers. It seems like if the pitcher gives up 2 or 3 hits she switches them out. Even if a defensive player makes an error, she will take out the pitcher and not the player that makes 6 errors in a row. For as much as I love the campus and I love softball, it’s not worth being coached under Shelli Sarchett. There so many other things I could say but you would be reading this post for a lot longer.