Hannah Shalett Quintana enters her sixth season as the head coach of the Skidmore softball team after serving as an assistant coach at Ithaca College for four years.
In her first season at the helm, Shalett Quintana led the Thoroughbreds to their first Liberty League playoff appearance since 2010, earning her and her staff Liberty League Coaching Staff of the Year honors. Skidmore also recorded a program-best six Liberty League wins. Additionally, four players earned All-Liberty League honors, one was selected as all-region and six were named to the Liberty League All-Academic Team. In 2015, she guided the team back to the postseason, giving the Thoroughbreds their first ever ever back-to-back Liberty League postseason appearance.
2016 saw the Thoroughbreds reach the postseason for the third season in a row, reaching the league championship game for the first time ever. Another milestone was reached for the Thoroughbreds when senior infielder Dani DeGregory became the program's first NFCA Division III All-American. DeGregory and junior outfielder Lauren Fortunato also earned NFCA All-Region honors. In 2017, Skidmore won 19 contests, the most since 2010, reaching the league postseason for the fourth season in a row. Fortunato earned back-to-back All-Region honors and junior infielder Lizette Roman-Johnston earned NFCA All-Region honors for the first time. The 2018 squad won 18 games, setting multiple offensive and pitching records. That season saw five Thoroughbreds - seniors Lizette Roman-Johnston and Kristina Foley, junior Karly Fishkin, sophomore Emily Popp, and rookie Hannah Paolucci - earn All-Liberty League honors. Roman-Johnston earned NFCA All-Region honors for the second year in a row.
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A 2007 graduate of Ithaca, Shalett Quintana was a standout catcher for the Bombers, earning all-America and academic all-America honors. She also entered the Ithaca College Athletics Hall of Fame in 2017. She returned to the Ithaca program after two years as an assistant softball coach at Smith College.
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As a player, Shalett Quintana was one of Ithaca's most decorated players. She earned first-team all-America honors as a senior and was named Division III Catcher of the Year by Diamond Sports. Shalett Quintana, who graduated magna cum laude with a bachelor’s degree in sociology, earned second-team academic all-America honors and won Ithaca's Iris Carnell Award as the top female athlete in her senior class. She was also honored as the Empire 8 conference 2007 Woman of the Year.
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Shalett Quintana was a member of the Ithaca staff that won the 2010 NFCA Northeast Coaching Staff of the Year award. At Ithaca, her teams had an overall record of 121-59 and won three Empire 8 regular-season and two Empire 8 tournament championships. The team had three NCAA Division III regional appearances, one NCAA regional championship and a seventh place national finish at the College World Series.
