Softball Coaching Staff

Head Coach - Jessica Cabato 

Jessica Cabato returns for her third season as the Head Softball Coach.

In 2009, Cabato led the Rangers back to the NWAACC postseason for the 2nd straight year, finishing tied for 2nd-place in the North Division and 4th overall in the NWAACC.

In 2008, Cabato helped the Rangers to an NWAAC North Division 2nd-place finish and a 3rd-place NWAACC post-season trophy to her already impressive softball resume. The teams 26 league wins in 2008 established a new OC Fastpitch Softball record.

A senior All-American pitcher and 2000 graduate of Central Kitsap High (Silverdale, Wash.), Cabato helped the Cougars to a 4^th-place state finish her sophomore year and a 3^rd-place trophy as a senior.

During the summer months, she honed her pitching skills with two of the top select fastpitch teams in Kitsap County; Diamond Dusters and Kitsap County Braves.

Following graduation, Cabato traveled east and helped Bethune-Cookman University (Dayton Beach, Florida) win a two conference championships and play in the NCAA Regional tournament. While at Cookman, seh earned Rookie of the Year and All-Conference honors, as well as a All-Region nomination.

The mother of two children, Christopher and Kaira, Cabato and fiance Michael have plans to marry next summer. When not coaching, she works as an electronics technician at Intermediate Maintenance Facility Bangor.

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Assistant Coach - Jeff Robinson

Jeff Robinson enters his 3rd season as an assistant coach with the Rangers softball program. For the last seven years he has been coaching the Diamond Dusters, Kitsap County's premier select softball team.

A Kitsap County native, Robinson graduated from South Kitsap High in 1978, where he played football as a wide receiver, and baseball as a 2nd and 3rd baseman.

The Crane Accident Prevention Program Supervisor at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Robinson has worked in the yard for the last 29 years. He lives in Gig Harbor, Wash.

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