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Entering her fifth season with the Golden Bears in 2025 and holding a career record of 116-87-2, Spencer is coming off a 2024 campaign which was highlighted by the program's second straight NCAA Tournament appearance. The squad won 37 games, the most for the program since 2015 and was selected for the NCAA Baton Rouge Regional. The Golden Bears hit 79 home runs as a team, the second most in program history, while Elon Butler and Lagi Quiroga tied for the regular season conference home run crown with 16 apiece.

The Bears picked up six wins over programs who were ranked in the Top 25 in 2024, defeating then-No. 21 Louisiana on the road in Lafayette on Feb. 11, beating then-No. 17/21 Virginia Tech in Phoenix, 6-5 (8), on Feb. 17 and taking down then-No. 3/5 Georgia at Stanford in the DeMarini Classic, 7-2, on March 2. The Bears defeated then-No. 21 Arizona twice, 7-6 (9) on March 23 and 8-7 on March 24 before beating then-No. 8 Washington, 4-3, on April 21.

In 2023, Cal advanced to the Norman Regional Final with a thrilling 7-5 win over Missouri to notch its 35th win of the season, its most since 2018 at the time. The Bears ultimately fell to No. 1 Oklahoma before the Sooners went on to win their third straight national title.

Cal set a new program record with 81 doubles in 2023 as Spencer led Makena Smith to become the program's first two-time NFCA All-American since 2013. Smith finished her Cal career fifth in the program record books in home runs (46), RBI (162), batting average (.364) and slugging percentage (.628) while sitting tied for third in total bases (410).

In 2022, the Bears went 28-27-1, including series wins over No. 7 Washington, No. 24 Stanford and No. 25 Arizona. Cal's offense put up program Top-10 marks with 57 home runs (third-best in history) and a .291 team batting average (seventh-best in history) under the tutelage of Spencer.

As a shortstop, Spencer was part of four straight Women's College World Series teams with the Golden Bears, including the 2002 NCAA championship squad. She returns to Cal after spending the past two seasons as an assistant coach at Texas and the 2013-18 seasons at Oregon.

Spencer was born in Oakland and attended Arroyo High School in San Lorenzo. Since earning her Cal degree in American studies in 2006, she has remained entrenched in softball as both a player and a coach. She played professional softball through 2010, while her coaching career began at Chabot College in 2007. She moved to the Division I ranks in 2011 as an assistant at Michigan State before her stints at Oregon and Texas.

While at Texas in 2019, Spencer helped the Longhorns to a final No. 9 national ranking from Softball America, as the team reached the NCAA Super Regionals for the first time since 2013. Her efforts helped produce five All Big-12 honorees, three all-region selections and two NFCA All-Americans.

During Spencer's time at Oregon, the Ducks produced five 50-win campaigns, five regular-season conference championships and four appearances in the WCWS. In addition, the Oregon coaching staff won the 2016 Pac-12 Coaching Staff of the Year award. Spencer mentored 17 All-Americans, four Academic All-Americans and a Pac-12 Scholar-Athlete of the Year.

Before heading to Eugene, Spencer completed two seasons as an assistant coach at Michigan State, guiding Spartans shortstop Lindsey Hansen to All-America honors in 2011.

At Chabot, Spencer was tabbed the Coast Conference North Division Coach of the Year in 2009, and eight of her players transferred to upper division programs.

While donning the Blue and Gold, Spencer started 277 consecutive games at shortstop. In addition to being on the 2002 national championship team, she was also part of two consecutive national runner-up finishes in 2003 and 2004, as well as the 2005 Pac-10 championship squad. Spencer was named to the WCWS All-Tournament team twice (2002, 2003) and an NFCA All-American as a junior when she batted .326 with eight home runs and 17 stolen bases.

Highlighting an impressive professional playing career from 2005-10, Spencer was a four-time All-National Pro Fastpitch selection. She was part of the 2009 league champion Rockford Thunder squad and served as team captain for the Philadelphia Force in 2007.

Telesco spent the 2023 season as head coach at Park University Gilbert, leading the Buccaneers to a 36-14 record and 22-6 mark in California Pacific Conference play. The Buccaneers staff was recognized with the ATEC/NFCA NAIA National Coaching Staff of the Year Award.

The 36 wins at Park University Gilbert set a school record and surpassed the number of wins the program had accumulated in its first three seasons of competition. Telesco was selected as the Cal Pac Coach of the Year and the Bucs had two First Team all-conference selections, honorable mention all-conference honorees and two student-athletes recognized on the All-Defensive team.

As a team in 2023, the Buccaneers set school records in just about every offensive category, including runs (287), hits (425), doubles (75), triples (13), home runs (22), RBI (250), walks (120), sacrifice bunts (32) and stolen bases (103).

Prior to Park University Gilbert, Telesco spent three seasons as the associate head coach, recruiting coordinator and hitting coach for the softball program at South Mountain Community College in Phoenix, Ariz. While at SMCC, Telesco helped turn around a program that had finished last in its conference (ACCAC) prior to his arrival into a nationally ranked NJCAA program.

The Cougars set a school record for winning percentage with a 25-9 record (.735) in his second season before posting program bests in home runs, hits and runs scored in his third year. South Mountain batted .406 as a team in 2021 and swiped 142 bases to lead all ACCAC teams.

Telesco is a 2018 graduate of Arizona State University with a degree in organizational leadership and is currently working towards a master's degree in organizational leadership from Park University.

During her tenure the Broncos' pitching staff hauled in six All-WCC honors including the 2024 WCC Player of the Year, Hazyl Gray. Santa Clara has finished third in the WCC in team ERA three straight years and issued the fewest walks in 2024.

The Salinas native played at Cal from 2000-2003 and earned an impressive 43-5 career record with a 1.97 ERA. She made an immediate impact on the program going 9-0 in 12 starts with a 1.62 ERA as a freshman. As a junior she, alongside Spencer, helped the program to its sole national championship going 13-2 on the year with a 2.45 ERA and the second most strikeouts (94) and innings pitched on the team. The Bears finished as national runners up during her senior season.

"I am absolutely ecstatic to wear blue and gold again," Deering said. "To be able to do the job I love at my alma mater; a place that's in my heart, is a dream come true."

Prior to her time at Santa Clara, Deering was the head varsity coach for Piedmont High School for seven years leading the program back-to-back league championships and producing the league MVP each year, both pitchers. She also served as the head coach for Chabot College and an assistant coach for both Boston University and the Oakland Vipers, an elite club team.

Deering graduated from Cal in 2003 with a bachelor's degree in American studies and a minor in LGBT studies and earned her M.A. in education from Boston in 2009.

Cuico spent the last three seasons as Cal's volunteer assistant after coaching with Spencer at both Texas (2019-20) and Oregon (2015-18).

The NCAA recently passed legislation that allows Division I softball and baseball programs to increase their full-time assistant coaches from two to three.

Cuico helped the Golden Bears return to the NCAA Tournament in 2023 for the first time in five years as the team advanced to the Regional Final before falling to No. 1 Oklahoma, which went on to win its third straight national title. She has been an integral part of the coaching staff, helping with every aspect of the game since her arrival in June 2020.

In her first year on the Texas staff in 2019, Cuico helped the Longhorns register a 46-17 overall record as well as the program's first NCAA Regional title and NCAA Super Regional berth since 2013. Texas batters improved in a number of offensive statistical categories including batting average, extra-base hits, RBI, slugging percentage and on-base percentage.

Prior to her stint at Texas, Cuico spent four seasons on the coaching staff at Oregon, her alma mater, serving as a volunteer assistant from 2015-18, focusing on hitting and defense. During that span, Duck batters posted the nation's top batting average in 2016 (.353) and the second-best fielding percentage in school history in 2018 (.973) on squads that produced numerous All-Americans.

A standout student-athlete at Oregon from 2011-14, Cuico was a two-time NFCA All-Pacific Region and three-time All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention selection. She was the first Duck to reach a career 40-home run plateau and currently ranks second in the UO record books in both career homers (46) and RBI (180), and also fourth in walks (100). During her time in Eugene, she propelled the Ducks to 193 wins, two Women's College World Series berths (2012, 2014) and two Pac-12 regular season crowns (2013-14).

Following her collegiate career, Cuico played two seasons of National Pro Fastpitch, highlighted by helping the Chicago Bandits win the 2015 Cowles Cup title.

Internationally, Cuico has been a member of the Philippines National Team. In 2017, she led her squad to a second-place finish at the Asian Women's Championship (highest finish in Philippines softball history), earning the Philippines berths in the 2018 Women's Softball World Championship and the 2018 Asian Games.

"We're very excited to add Marisa Stankiewicz to our program," Spencer said. "Marisa is the perfect person for this job as she will step in and help us improve on many levels. Her experience as a successful student-athlete and deep background in the game gives her a foundation on film, analytics and recruiting. Her understanding of the life needs of the players on the field, in the classroom and in the community will help her be the glue between the staff and players."

The Buccaneers' 36 wins set a school record, surpassing the number of wins the program had accumulated in its first three seasons of competition and the Bucs had two first-team all-conference selections, five honorable mention all-conference honorees and two student-athletes recognized on the all-defensive team.

As a team in 2023, the Buccaneers set new school records in just about every offensive category, including runs (287), hits (425), doubles (75), triples (13), home runs (22), RBI (250), walks (120), sacrifice bunts (32) and stolen bases (103).

Prior to Park University Gilbert, Stankiewicz spent two seasons as the assistant coach for the softball program at South Mountain Community College in Phoenix. The Cougars set a school record for winning percentage with a 25-9 record (.735) as Stankiewicz helped lead the team to program bests in home runs, hits and runs scored.

Stankiewicz played softball at Arizona State, where she started each game of her junior and senior seasons at second base. She finished fifth on the team as a senior in 2018 with a .509 slugging percentage and fourth on the squad in on-base percentage (.437).

A native of Gilbert, Arizona, Stankiewicz graduated from ASU with a degree in exercise and wellness in 2017 and a master's in liberal studies and media relations in 2018.