Alexis Bermudez enters her first season as an assistant coach at Holy Cross in 2022-23.
This is the first collegiate coaching stop for Bermudez, who began her coaching career in May 2020 as coach for a 14U travel ball team. Bermudez spent time as the Augusta Flames Softball coach in Bridgewater, Va., a camp instructor at St. Paul High School in Santa Fe Springs, Calif. and a skills instructor at Diamond Development.
A standout collegiate athlete, Bermudez joins the Crusaders following three years as pitcher for James Madison University. She finished her three-year career as a Duke totaling a 23-8 record with a 3.22 ERA, 15 complete games and 113 strikeouts across 193.1 innings. During the 2021 season, Bermudez helped the Dukes to a 41-4, 17-1 CAA record, a CAA Championship and an appearance in the Women’s College World Series. In 2020, she was a Fall Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) Academic Honor Roll selection.
Before her time as a Duke, Bermudez competed for Bethune Cookman for two seasons. In 2018 she was named the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Rookie of the Year helping guide the Wildcats to the MEAC Conference Championship earning Tournament Outstanding Performer honors. Bermudez followed up her stellar freshman campaign with the 2019 MEAC Pitcher of the Year award and an appearance on the All-Tournament Team.
Over her five-year collegiate career, she played in a total of 144 games, 125 in the circle, with 97 starts. She was 51-41 with a 3.38 ERA across 563.2 innings with 347 strikeouts and one save.
A native of Whittier, Calif., Bermudez graduated in May 2022 from James Madison with a bachelor’s degree in communication studies.
