Longwood University Athletics

Former All-ACC standout and Boston College ace Jessica Dreswick reunited with her college pitching coach Dr. Megan Brown as an assistant coach with the Lancers in August of 2021. She was elevated to the top assistant spot heading into 2022.

Longwood softball set program high marks in Dreswick’s second season as top assistant, including top ten wins over #4 Florida State and #8 Duke, a second-consecutive 30+ win season, and another Big South regular season title. In addition, the Lancers finished the season ranked 57^th in the NCAA’s RPI, the highest ranking in school history.

Several players earned high-level recognition in Dreswick’s second year, including Big South Player of the Year/NFCA 1^st Team All-Region for sophomore Jaden Pone and the NFCA’s Rawlings Gold Glove for sophomore Emily Vinson.

In her first season in Farmvile, she helped the Lancers claim a share of the regular season title while also advancing to the Big South Championship Game, with the team finishing as runners-up. Sydney Backstrom was named the Big South Pitcher of the Year for a second straight season while setting the program single-season and single game strikeout records in addition to breaking the career strikeouts record. Likewise, Jaden Pone was named the Big South Softball Freshman of the Year after leading the team with a .416 batting average. The duo were part of a group that saw six Lancers earn All-Big South recognition.
 
Dreswick’s foray back into college softball followed an international playing career that saw her play championship-level softball on two continents following her graduation from Boston College in 2018. She pitched for clubs in Czech Republic, Italy and South Australia, won the Italian National Championship in 2019, reached the Australian National final in 2020, and coached high school-aged players during the offseason.
 
Brown coached Dreswick at Boston College for the final three years of her collegiate career and helped her develop into one of the ACC’s best pitchers and one of the top players in Boston College softball history. Dreswick was named to the All-ACC and NFCA All-Region teams every year under Brown’s tutelage and went on to set Boston College records for wins (59), walks allowed per seven innings (2.07) and innings pitched (675.1).
 
Dreswick’s transformation into one of the ACC’s best included a significant increase in velocity that has become a hallmark of pitchers under Brown’s mentorship. Jumping from 63 miles per hour as a sophomore to 70 as a senior, Dreswick and her power arm carried the Eagles to a third-place ACC finish in 2017 and a second-place Atlantic Division result in 2018.  
 
For her career, Dreswick posted a 59-38 record, a 2.64 ERA and 472 strikeouts in 675.1 innings – all among the top 10 in Boston College history. As a senior, she went 18-11 with a 2.43 ERA and won 62 percent of Boston College’s games, propelling the Eagles to a second straight 30-win season. She also holds Boston College’s single-season records for wins (22) and starts (39), which she achieved during her All-ACC first-team performance as a junior.
 
Dreswick also etched her name in the Boston College history books by throwing the program’s first-ever perfect game as a senior and the program’s first ACC no-hitter as a sophomore. That perfect game was a five-inning gem against ACC rival Virginia that included seven strikeouts and only 57 pitches. Her no-hitter in 2016 came against another ACC rival, NC State, in a full seven-inning effort that included six strikeouts.
 
Dreswick has also gained a wealth of coaching experience since her days as a collegian, mentoring athletes from middle through high school since 2014. Most recently, she was an assistant coach at Hunterdon Central Regional High School in Flemington, N.J., for the 2020-21 season and has also coached with the South Australia Softball Developmental program, the New Jersey Pride, and Saint Peters Middle School in Adelaide, Australia.
 
A native of Flemington, N.J., Dreswick graduated from Boston College with a Bachelor of Arts in Communication. She was a member of the Student Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) and also volunteered with numerous community service projects, including the Wounded Warrior Project and Athletes for Autism.