New Faces

From staff reports

Danielle Delude Jean Hazelwood

Danielle Delude
Athletics

Danielle Delude is the new softball coach and recruiting facilitator. She came to Sweet Briar after coaching at Stonehill College for the past six years and serving as assistant coach for four years prior to taking the head coaching position.

While at Stonehill, Delude guided her teams to the highest win totals in the softball program’s history. Through her guidance, her teams excelled both on the field and in the classroom. She coached a number of all-conference teams and all-conference academic teams. In her past three seasons her teams combined for more than 60 wins.

Delude was a four-year varsity athlete for Stonehill, and she batted .260 during her 1998 senior season and led the team in RBIs. She is a member of the National Fastpitch Coaches Association.

Her first day was Oct. 5.

Jean Hazelwood
Athletics

Jean Hazelwood started on Oct. 1 as Sweet Briar’s new director of athletic facilities. She is in charge of the new 53,000-square-foot Fitness and Athletics Center, along with the Daisy Williams Gymnasium and all outdoor facilities.

Prior to coming to Sweet Briar, she was director of athletic facilities at Randolph College for four years.

Hazelwood is a graduate of Randolph-Macon Woman’s College, where she was a member of the varsity soccer team. After graduating from R-MWC, she earned a master’s in health and physical education from East Stroudsburg University.

She interned at Brown University, where she served as an event manager for the university’s varsity athletic department. She also served as the facility and equipment manager at Vassar College, assisting in the daily operation of the athletic facilities and managing game-day operations for Vassar’s 25 varsity sports.