Softball
- Title:
- Assistant Coach, Softball
- Phone:
- 412-648-8334
Giorgiana Zeremenko enters her third season as an assistant coach after joining the staff in August 2023. Zeremenko returns to her alma mater after playing for the Panthers from 2015-2018. Zeremenko primarily works with the hitters and infielders.
Last season, Zeremenko helped the Panthers return to the ACC Softball Championship for the first time since 2018, and mentored Kylie Griggs to NFCA East Third Team All-Region honors. Coach G oversaw multiple players contribute to the Panthers’ offensive growth of hitting 26 home runs over a 15-game stretch late in the season.
In 2024, Zeremenko helped guided the Panthers to hit four grand slams during the season, tying the 2019 Panther team for the most grand slams in a season in program history. Zeremenko also saw Cami Compson finish the season ranked ninth in the ACC and 53rd in the NCAA with 13 home runs this season. Compson finished her career at Pitt with 34 career home runs and tied with Holly Stevens (2010-13) for third all-time in program history.
Prior to joining the Pitt coaching staff, Zeremenko had coaching stints at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE), Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP), Saint Francis, and Louisville. During her tenure at Louisville, Zeremenko helped the Cardinals to the regional finals of the NCAA tournament. Zeremenko primarily worked with batters, catchers, and infielders, which enabled the Cardinals' offense to one of the nation's finest in 2019.
As a player, Zeremenko was a part of the first Pitt softball team to reach the ACC Championship Game and NCAA Regional Final in 2015 and also helped lead the Panthers to their first ACC Coastal Division title in 2018.
The Canonsburg, Pa., native is a two-time NFCA Mid-Atlantic All-Region selection (2018 – first team, 2016 - second team) and was named to the All-ACC First Team in 2018. Zeremenko is the program's all-time career home run leader (46) and ranks second in program history in career RBI (127). In 2016, she set single-season program records in home runs (17), on-base percentage (.487), and slugging percentage (.888).
Zeremenko earned a bachelor's degree in exercise science from the University of Pittsburgh in 2018 and became the program's first player to be selected in a professional draft after being picked 19th overall by the E1 Pro Ballers in the American Softball Association (ASBA) draft.
