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Concordia University Texas

Concordia University Texas Athletics
 Concordia Fldhs 11400 Concordia Univ Dr Austin, TX 78726
Division 3 Texas South
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Jeff Staton

Jeff Staton is in his first year as the head coach for the Concordia Texas softball team. He is the 10th head coach in the history of the program.


Prior to becoming head coach, Staton served as an assistant coach for three years, including a 25-win season in 2018, tied for the second-most wins in a single season in program history, as the Tornados made a run to American Southwest Conference Tournament semifinals for the first time since 2000.


Staton is grateful and ready to begin his tenure as Concordia Texas' head coach.


"I am so blessed to be given the opportunity to build on what we have started here at Concordia," Staton said. "I have such a passion for this university and our softball program. I want to thank Ronda Seagraves and the administration for believing in me and trusting me to lead this program and our wonderful young ladies. We will work tirelessly to build this program to a conference power and to glorify the Lord in all we do."


Staton brings a wealth of softball experience, having coached girls select softball for 28 years, while also serving as the Director of the Texas Stix Girls Softball Association. He has helped over 140 girls go to play college softball from NAIA to NCAA Division I.


Staton is no stranger to the university or the city.


A native of Austin, Texas, Staton was a four-sport athlete in high school and attended Tarleton State University to play football before transferring to Southwest Texas State to play baseball.


Staton's daughter, Haylee Staton, pitched for the Tornados in 2010 and was an ASC West First Team selection before finishing her career at University of Texas-San Antonio.


Staton and his wife Kathy currently reside in Liberty Hill, Texas.

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Nicole Dufour

Coach Nicole Dufour is in her fourth year as the assistant coach of the Concordia Texas softball team.


In her three years with the Tornados, CTX has advanced to the ASC Tournament twice, including an appearance in the ASC Tournament semifinals in 2018 for the first time since 2000.


Prior to coming to Concordia, Dufour was the head coach at Walker High School in Louisiana from 2014-15. In her two seasons, Dufour led Walker to back-to-back bi-district championships and coaches 34 NFCA academic all-Americans as well as one NFCA all-American.


From 2012-2014, Dufour was the head softball coach at Runnels High School in Baton Rouge, La. In her two years, she won back-to-back district title and was named the district coach of the year in both of her seasons at Runnels.


Out of college, Dufour moved to Baton Rouge, La., where she became an assistant coach for the nationally ranked St. Amant Gators. In the 2010 season, the Gators finished the season with 24 wins and only 3 losses and along with a district championship were bi-district champions and regional finalists. The 2011 season continued on with over 20 wins and a trip to the state quarterfinals.


Prior to that, Nicole spent two seasons with the Louisiana 007’S where they captured the USSSA 12U World Series title in 2011. Additionally, Dufour spent three seasons with the Louisiana Patriots where they were able to take the 2012 AFA 14U national title, 2013 NSA 14U title, and a 4th place finish at the 2014 triple crown nationals.


A graduate of Southside High School in San Antonio, Texas where she was a 4 sport letterman in volleyball, basketball, softball, and track, Dufour achieve her bachelor’s degree in Business Finance as well as History, from the University of Texas in Austin.

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Brittani Whitten

Brittani Whitten is in her second season as a part of the CTX softball coaching staff after a very successful two-year career as a member of the Tornados softball program.


In her career, Whitten had a .401 batting average with 15 doubles, three triples and seven homers over 60 career games. She was also 19-for-19 in her career in stolen base attempts, which is tied for 10th in program history.


Going into the 2019 season, Whitten is tied for seventh in program history in career home runs and tied for ninth in most triples. In the 2018 season, Whitten had the third-highest OBP (.511) in single-season history as well as the sixth highest batting average (.413), slugging percentage (.720) and stolen bases (10).


Whitten earned a number of accolades in her career, including being selected NFCA Second Team All-Region and Second Team All-ASC in 2018. She also was named Third Team All-ASC her junior season.


Coming out of Roseville High School in Roseville, Calif., Whitten spent her first two collegiate seasons at Tyler Junior College where she played in 105 career games in two seasons. Over two years at TJC, she racked up 11 homers, 43 RBIs and a .293 average.


Whitten graduated in the spring of 2018 with a bachelor's degree in criminal justice and currently lives in Austin.

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