Arynn Rasmussen is in her first year as an assistant coach with the Briar Cliff softball program. She will serve as the Chargers' pitching coach.

Rasmussen also teaches at West High School and serves as an assistant softball coach at Hinton High School.  Prior to coaching at Hinton, she served as the head softball coach at Dakota Valley for two years.  Rasmussen earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in mathematics from Morningside in 2005.  The four-year letterwinner posted a 12-18 career record on the mound for the Mustangs with a 4.42 earned run average. She also registered a .251 career batting average with 13 doubles, two triples, five home runs, and 36 RBI.

Rasmussen was a 2001 graduate of Irwin-Kirkman-Manilla High School, where she was a five-year letterwinner in softball. The four-time all-stater finished her prep career with a career pitching record of 114-55 with a 1.12 career ERA. She struck out more than 750 batters. Offensively, she hit a career .336 batting average with over 40 doubles, 13 homeruns and 118 RBI.