Butler Softball Camps - Butler University

Butler University Softball Camps

Coaching Staff

Assistant Coach Rachel Keeney

Coach Keeney was the starting shortstop for the Minnesota Golden Gophers from 2001-2005. She was named the team’s most improved player in 2003 and selected as the team’s most valued player in 2004 and 2005. She received Minnesota’s Outstanding Defense Award in 2004, when she led all Big Ten shortstops in fielding percentage. She led the team in assists as a senior and finished second on the team in runs batted in, while starting all 52 games.

Keeney served as a student assistant coach at Minnesota in the fall of 2005 as well as an instructor at several nationally recognized camps, including University of Arizona softball camp and the University of Minnesota North Country softball camp. She earned her B.S. degree in child psychology and coaching in December of 2005 from Minnesota.

Cara Johnson-Hirsch

Cara specializes in pitching and travels the region sharing her expertise with students and coaches. She is an alumnus of North Central High School in Indianapolis and played for Western Illinois University from 1994-1998. As a three-year varsity letter winner for the Westerwinds, she was selected as First Team All Region and an All-American candidate. She was a three-year First Team All-Conference selection and a two-year captain as well as holding a number of All-Time records for the program. Cara then went on to play in the WPSL for the Tampa Bay FireStix.

After her playing years, she coached at the University of Chicago from 1999-2001 before moving on to coach at Lake City Community College in Lake City, Florida. Cara currently coaches Team Indiana, a 18U youth travel team and is a private pitching instructor in Indianapolis as well as founder of SoftballOne, Inc.

Butler Bulldogs

Our entire Butler Bulldogs team will be instructing at this clinic which include several All Conference players, Players of the Week, All-Tournament Team members, and All-Newcomer Team members.