TUCSON, Ariz. – Arizona Softball head coach Caitlin Lowe has announced the hiring of Amber Freeman as the program's third assistant coach. Freeman will focus on coaching the hitters and catchers.
 
"We are so excited to welcome Amber to the Arizona family!" said head coach Caitlin Lowe. "She is a player-centric coach who strives to make everyone around her better. She was an incredible player during her career, both athletically and academically, and she has continued to develop elite athletes at the college level. We can't wait to have her in Tucson!"
 
Freeman comes to Arizona following stints at Georgia, Cal, and Vanguard University and is part of the USA Softball coaching pool. At Georgia, Freeman helped the Bulldogs finish with a 43-19 record and a Super Regional appearance. With her guidance, Georgia's offense rank sixth in the NCAA with 92 home runs, eighth with 1.48 home runs/game, and 23rd with 86 doubles. In addition, the Bulldogs had a .527 slugging percentage which ranked 14th in the nation.
 
Prior to Georgia, Freeman was the pitching coach for Cal in the 2022-23 season, helping the Golden Bears to a 35-21-1 record and an appearance in the NCAA Tournament. Before her season at Cal, Freeman was the head coach at Vanguard University for three years from 2020-22 and helped the Lions to an overall record of 82-36.
 
Collegiately, Freeman was a standout catcher at Arizona State from 2012-15, earning NFCA All-American honors three times and was named the 2013 Pac-12 Player of the Year. She remains ranked fourth in ASU history with 56 career home runs and fifth with 197 career RBI and 46 career doubles. Freeman also earned 2015 Pac-12 Scholar-Athlete of the Year honors and was a two-time Academic All-American.
 
Freeman was picked by the USSSA Pride as the 11th overall pick in the 2015 NPF Draft. She also a member of the 2010 Pan-American U-18 gold medal team, the 2011 ISF Junior World Champion team, and the 2013 World Cup silver medal team with USA Softball.