MARIA VAN ABEL

Maria graduated from the University of Wisconsin - Madison with a degree in Business Management. Maria was a 4-year starting center fielder for the Wisconsin Badger’s Softball team and contributed to back-to-back NCAA Tournament appearances and the program’s first ever Big 10 Tournament Championship.  Under the leadership of a coaching staff that focused on a high-energy, savvy, and uniquely strategized approach to the game of softball, the left-handed slap hitter ranks second in the Wisconsin program’s record books in career batting average, stolen bases, and total hits. Her senior year as team captain, she earned All-Big Ten Defensive honors along with earning NFCA Division I All-America Scholar-Athlete honors and Academic All-Big Ten honors 3 consecutive years .
           
​Maria began administering private hitting instruction in the Fox Cities her senior year of high school and continued instructing and mentoring numerous student-athletes throughout her college career.  She coached several camps in her years at UW-Madison, specializing in slap hitting, base running, and outfielding technique.
​LAURA BEYER (VAN ABEL)

Laura Beyer enters her third season as a volunteer coach at UW-Oshkosh. Prior to her time here, Laura coached at UW-Green Bay and St. Norbert College. Beyer attended the University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point where she was a 4 year starting shortstop. The left-handed slap hitter holds numerous career records with the Pointers including batting average, triples, and homeruns. Laura was voted to represent UWSP athletics at the NCAA National Leadership Conference. She was also selected to play on the Midwest All-Star Team in an exhibition game against the USA Olympic Softball team during their ‘Bound 4 Beijing’ tour before the 2008 Olympics.
           
​Along with years of collegiate coaching, Laura has been administering softball instruction for the last 8 years focusing on hitting, slap hitting, and defensive techniques.
​SCOTT BEYER

Scott is entering his fifth season as the head softball coach for the UW-Oshkosh Titans. Under Beyer, the Titans own a 79-36 overall record. Beyer has coached numerous players to all region honors. Under Beyer's coaching, the team has set new school records in batting average, doubles, home runs, stolen bases, slugging percentage and fielding percentage. Beyer came to UW-Oshkosh from UW-Green Bay, where he served as an assistant coach for the NCAA Division I Phoenix since 2011.

​Beyer has over ten years of experience in administering private, semi-private, and group lessons along with coaching several baseball and softball teams. Beyer has assisted in the development of over 100 high school student athletes into NCAA and NAIA collegiate players. Beyer specializes in hitting technique and defensive fundamentals.
We could not be more thrilled to welcome Sara & Whitney into our 360U family.
These two women are EVERYTHING we teach our athletes to strive to be. Not only do they share the same views on the softball x's & o's, but they share our fundamental belief that our athletes' success on the diamond is a direct result of being a balanced, well-rounded & CONFIDENT young woman who is accountable to herself and everyone around her.
Check out the bios below on these two rock star instructors.