Jon Malgradi
Co-Head Coach

Jon Malgradi enters his first season as Co-Head Coach at Southern Miss after accepting the position with his wife, Kirsten Voak, on August 9, 2011.

Malgradi comes to Southern Miss after spending the previous three seasons as the head coach at Mesa Community College in Mesa, Ariz., where he compiled a 102-76 record, including a top-10 ranking in 2011 and a regular season conference championship in 2010. The program also set school record marks for wins (42) and their highest ranking in the NJCAA National Poll (No. 2). From 2006-10, he also was a clinician at all ASU softball camps.

Prior to Mesa, Malgradi coached at Central Arizona College in 2008, leading the Vaqueros to a .403 team batting average, and a Division I NJCAA record 484 runs in 62 games.

In 2006-07, Malgradi coached varsity at Seton Catholic High School where he also taught science, biology, and anatomy physiology. In winning a state title at Seton Catholic, Coach Malgradi's team went 20-2, breaking 21 of 23 school records in the process.

Malgradi also played baseball collegiately while at Fresno State during the 1997 and 1998 seasons. However, his playing career was cut short due to extensive damage in his pitching shoulder.

Kirsten Voak
Co-Head Coach

Kirsten Voak enters her first season as Co-Head Coach at Southern Miss after accepting the position with her husband, Jon Malgradi, on August 9, 2011.
 
Voak comes to Southern Miss after spending the 2006-2010 seasons at her alma mater, Arizona State, where she served as an assistant under head coach Clint Myers. In her five seasons with the team, the Sun Devils went 264-73 and won the 2008 WCWS National Championship. That year, Voak and the other members of the ASU coaching staff were named the National Coaching Staff of the Year. The Sun Devils were one of the top programs in the nation and made five consecutive trips to the Super Regional stage of the tournament and four consecutive trips to the WCWS.
 
While serving as the pitching coach, Voak developed three-time All-American pitcher Katie Burkheart, who was also named the MVP of the 2008 WCWS. She was also responsible for the development of six other All-Americans while at ASU.
 
Voak was a standout pitcher for ASU from 1999 through 2002, earning All-American honors in 1999 and 2000 and was also a three-time All-Pac-10 selection, earning the distinction in 1999, 2000, and 2001. As a player, she is third all-time in ASU history with 76 wins, including four no-hitters and a perfect game. She is the school's all-time leader with 893 strikeouts, and ended her collegiate career with a 1.48 ERA. Voak's name is all over the single season record book as well, holding the top two spots for single season strikeouts (316 in 2000, 314 in 1999), and she owns the second highest single season win total, 30 in 2000.
 
Voak was named the ASU Pitcher of the Year three times, and was a member of 1999 Junior Olympic Team and the 2001 ASA/USA National Softball team, helping lead them to the U.S. Cup, where they took home the gold medal. Voak also owns the State of California record with seven perfect games in 1998.