Mizzou’s Larrisa Anderson adds to the softball staff

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

Mizzou softball coach Larissa Anderson made an addition to her staff, on Friday afternoon. Molly Jacobsen will come to Columbia to assist with the pitching staff, as well as scouting.

Jacobsen spent the last two seasons at Texas, where she was a graduate manager in 2022 and a volunteer assistant in 2023. As a member of the Longhorn staff, she played a part in an NCAA National Championship Runner-up finish in 2022 and an NCAA Super Regional appearance in 2023.

She was a pitcher at Texas for her graduate season, in 2021. Before that, she pitched at Ole Miss from 2019-20 and Des Moines Area Community College from 2017-18. In her year playing with the Longhorns, Jacobsen recorded a 14-6 record with 76 strikeouts. Her team also made a Super Regional appearance that season,

The Iowa-native also brings experience in the Southeastern Conference. She totaled 19 wins, five saves, and 230 strikeouts with a 2.53 ERA over two seasons in Oxford.

Jacobsen also plays, professionally, for the Florida Vibe softball team.

"Molly is an upcoming star in our profession," Anderson said in a press release, on Friday. "I've always admired her work ethic and determination in her playing career, which has carried over now to her coaching career. She has been mentored by some phenomenal softball minds in our game and I look forward to sharing the bullpen with her and our pitching staff."