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Gentile talks about coaching, growth of game

By Jared Zwerling
ESPNRISE.com

Wednesday, July 15, 2009

After a back injury stunted Melissa "Skeeter" Gentile's playing career at the University of Michigan in 2000, she went into coaching. Within six years, she was head coach at Jacksonville University. Gentile is now director and head instructor at the Fastpitch Learning Academy. She will be one of the coaches at the 2009 Under Armour All-American Game at Disney's Wide World of Sports on July 21. This year's event will be shown on ESPNU on July 25 at 7 p.m. ET. ESPN RISE: What was your experience ...

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