Mary Baldwin University

Mary Ann Kasselmann worked together with Blackburn Bryan through the 1980s to build a stronger program with additional staffing and enhanced facilities. 

Between 1982 and 1994, Kasselmann served as volleyball coach, basketball coach, admissions counselor, swim coach, athletic trainer, sports information director and Athletic Director.

Under Kasselmann’s leadership, the Mary Baldwin athletic program moved from King Gym into the currently used Physical Athletic Center (PAC), which included the institution’s first weight-training center, a larger dance studio and was adjacent to several new athletic fields and the new tennis complex.  She eased travel by getting two MBC logo vans, added the sports of lacrosse and softball (club team) and facilitated the use of the YMCA pool for the swim teams.

She helped develop the transition to the new Atlantic Women’s Collegiate Conference (AWCC), in which Mary Baldwin had great success for nearly two decades before joining the USA South Athletic Conference. 

Kasselmann, who also instituted several athletic awards still presented annually, currently lives in Cincinnati, Ohio.