Laura Berg Position: Assistant Coach Experience: First Season Alma Mater: Fresno State '98

Laura Berg officially joined the Oregon State staff in September 2011 after one of the most successful softball careers in NCAA and Team USA history.

Berg previously had two stints as an assistant coach at her alma mater, Fresno State, from 2000-03 and 2005-06, stepping down to train with the U.S. Women's National Team in the interim. Joining the national team in 1994 as a center fielder, she is a four-time Olympic medalist in softball and has won 11 total medals, 10 gold, while competing for the United States in the Olympics, the ISF Women's World Championship and the Pan-American Games. Her eighth-inning hit in the gold medal game in the 2000 Sydney Olympics drove in the winning run to help the Stars and Stripes defeat Japan, 2-1.

As a player for the Bulldogs in the mid-1990s, Berg was a four-time All-American whose collegiate career was highlighted by a NCAA Championship title in 1998. She led her squad to three Women's College World Series appearances, two Western Athletic Conference crowns and helped Fresno State to a 206-60 (.774) record in her four-year career.

Berg's name is scattered throughout the NCAA, WAC and Fresno State record books in a number of offensive categories. She is second all-time in career hits in NCAA history (396), is 12th in runs (245) and her 25 career triples tie her for 23rd. Berg finished her career with a .414 batting average and by the time her senior season ended in 1998, she ranked first in school history in triples, runs, hits and stolen bases, while also finishing as the WAC's career leader in triples, runs, hits, at bats, games played and total bases. She is the only Fresno State player to amass 300 or more career hits and also posted a 160-game defensive errorless streak in the field.

Berg joins the staff after having spent the past year as an officer in the Los Angeles Police Department. A native of Santa Fe Springs, Calif., she received her bachelor's degree in commercial recreation from Fresno State in 1998.