“I would like to thank Coach Grasso for his years of service to our softball program and the institution, and we wish him well,” Morgan said. “I believe the program is in good hands under the leadership of Interim Head Coach Bill Street and Assistant Coach Louise Blackwood.”

Grasso was in the fourth season of his second stint at GBC, and finished with 91 career coaching victories. He led the Lightning to 19 wins in 2009 after the team had won just 11 games combined in the two previous seasons.

Streets, who was an avid ASA competitive fast pitch softball player from 1968-1987 and 1995-97, also boasts a decorated coaching career at the youth and college level. He coached various ASA Midway Girl’s Softball teams (10-and-under, 12-and-under, 14-and-under) and collected six Delaware State Championships (1989, 1990, 1999 with the 10-and-under, 1991, 1992 with the 12-and-under and 1993 with the 14-and-under) and three league championships from 1988-1990 with the 10-and-under squad. His 1990 10-and-under team also competed in the National Tournament in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma.

 

He also had a coaching stint at Wilmington College (now Wilmington University) from 1993-97 and then coached at Newark High School from 1998-2009.