In nine seasons, Jody Fetterhoff has guided Duquesne’s bowling program from its infancy to the upper echelon of collegiate bowling.
Named the first head coach in program history in October of 2015, the former head men’s and women’s bowling coach at Adrian College has guided the Dukes to NCAA Championship appearances in 2021, 2023 and 2024 while establishing the Dukes as a fixture in the National Tenpin Coaches Association (NTCA) Top 25.
Duquesne, which has been ranked in every NTCA Top 25 since February of 2018, has finished ranked 14th or better in each of the past six seasons (8th in 2020, 11th in 2021, 12th in 2022, 12th in 2023, 10th in 2024, 14th in 2025), including a pair of top 10 final rankings.
DU has also excelled in the classroom as well under Fetterhoff, having earned NTCA Academic Team Awards in each of its nine seasons, with the team final GPA at 3.26 or better every year.
In 2024, Fetterhoff was named the Northeast Conference (NEC) Coach of the Year for the second consecutive in leading the Dukes to their first outright NEC regular-season crown, a spot in the NCAA Championship and their first appearance in the Elite Eight. Duquesne earned a share of the NEC regular-season crown in 2023, a year in which Fetterhoff claimed her first NEC Coach of the Year honor.
The Lancaster, Pa. native, who brought 10 years of collegiate bowling coaching experience to the Bluff, wasted no time in making her mark on the program.
Starting from scratch, Fetterhoff assembled a roster that won a tournament title (Golden Bear Classic), defeated 12 ranked teams and placed a bowler in the Intercollegiate Singles Championship in 2016-17.
As a team, the Dukes capped their inaugural season with a fifth-place finish at the 2017 Intercollegiate Team Championships Sectional Qualifier. DU, which turned in its highest tournament average of the season at 184.46 over 64 baker games, finished 80 pins shy of qualifying for the Intercollegiate Team Championships.
The 2016-17 Dukes were recognized for their performance as one of two teams also receiving points in the final National Tenpin Coaches Association Top 25 Poll.
Duquesne built on that solid foundation to finish with a 65-43 (.602) record and No. 19 national ranking in 2017-18. Olivia Farwell, a seven-time NEC Rookie of the Week, went on to earn honorable mention NTCA All-American honors. Farwell also was named the NEC Rookie of the Year and earned spots on both the All-NEC First Team and All-NEC Rookie Team. As the team, the 2018 Dukes won both the Virginia Union Invitational and Golden Bear Classic.
In 2018-19, DU capped a 60-45 (.5710) season by placing fifth at the ITC Championships in Dayton, Ohio. The Dukes, who finished No. 20 in the final NTCA poll, posted 21 wins over ranked programs. Individually, Farwell was named NTCA Second Team All-American as well as NEC Bowler of the Year. In addition, freshman Jessica Cadez earned a spot on the NEC All-Rookie Team, giving the Dukes at least one All-Rookie Team member in each of its seasons as a member of the NEC.
The 2019-20 Dukes were on a 13-match winning streak and nestled in the NTCA Top 25 for the first time in program history when the season was cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Dukes finished 65-23 (.739), with Farwell once again earning NTCA Second Team All-American honors in addition to being named to the All-NEC First Team. Allison Hresko and Megan Cook were both named to the All-NEC Second Team, while Kiearra Saldi earned a spot on the All-NEC Rookie Team.
In an abbreviated 2020-21 campaign, the Dukes continued to thrive, going 35-17 (.673) overall, including a 16-5 (.762) record in NEC play. DU made history when it was awarded one of 10 at-large berths for the 2021 NCAA Bowling Championship. Thanks to the bid, the bowling team became just the fifth program in school history to earn an NCAA Championship appearance.
Competing without injured All-American Olivia Farwell, the 2020-21 Dukes rallied to produce a second All-American in sophomore Kiearra Saldi (honorable mention). Saldi (second team), Hresko and Shannon Small (each honorable mention) all earned spots on the NTCA All-Region Team.
In addition, Small, the NEC Rookie of the Year, was named to the NTCA’s inaugural All-Freshman Team.
In 2021-22, DU made school history when Farwell became the first student-athlete in any sport to earn a national player of the year honor when she was named Player of the Year by the NTCA. Farwell also went on to become just the second athlete in school history to earn All-American honors four times when she was tabbed First Team by the NTCA.
The Dukes capped the 2021-22 season in impressive fashion when both Farwell and Saldi both advanced to the nationally televised semifinal of the United States Bowling Congress (USBC) Intercollegiate Singles Championship.
DU earned five NEC individual awards, the most in program history, in claiming a share of the program's first regular-season conference title in 2022-23. The Dukes advanced to day two of play in the NCAA Championship Regional, which was contested in Pittsburgh for the first time, and also made a repeat appearance at the ITC Championships.
Saldi and Small both earned NTCA All-Region and All-NEC First Team honors, while Brenna Gleim and Ranelle Ulanday were named All-NEC Second Team and Emma Siekierski was named to the All-NEC Rookie Team for Duquesne which finished with a 68-28 (.708) record during the regular season.
During the 2023-24 campaign, the Dukes closed with an overall record of 71-36 (.664), claimed their first outright NEC regular-season championship and made a second consecutive appearance in the NCAA Championship. Hosting at AMF Mt. Lebanon Lanes, Duquesne advanced to the Elite Eight before falling to eventual national champion Jacksonville State. In the postseason NEC awards, the Dukes swept the major categories, with Saldi claiming NEC Bowler of the Year, Maribeth Baker tabbed the NEC Rookie of the Year and Fetterhoff claiming NEC Coach of the Year accolades.
In addition, Saldi, Small and Baker each earned All-Northeast Region honors, while Saldi was named to the NTCA Honorable Mention All-America Team while also being selected the NEC Winter Scholar-Athlete of the Year for bowling.
During the 2024-25 season, the Dukes claimed back-to-back NEC Bowler of the Year accolades, as Small followed Saldi in collecting the 2025 honor. Small joined Farwell as the only bowlers in program history to be named both the NEC Rookie of the Year and NEC Bowler of the Year and was also one of 10 finalists for the 2025 International Bowling Media Association (IBMA) Collegiate Bowler of the Year, presented by Storm Bowling. Small, named a 2025 NTCA Honorable Mention All-American, was also named to both the IBMA All-America Second Team was well as the National Collegiate Bowling Coaches Association (NCBCA) All-America Second Team.
Small was one of three Dukes named to the 2025 All-NEC First Team, joining Siekierski and Ulanday, and would also go on to earn the 2025 NEC Winter Scholar-Athlete of the Year, the second straight bowler from Duquesne to claim the award and joining Saldi, who was bestowed the plaudit in 2024. The Dukes would also make their first appearance in the final of the 2025 NEC Championship and finish with an overall record of 58-47 (.552).
Fetterhoff, who led Adrian to a third place finish in her last two Collegiate Club Championships, had 25 student-athletes named academic All-American by the NCBCA in her five seasons at Adrian. Under Fetterhoff’s leadership, the Adrian bowling program grew to one of the most competitive in the region. In addition to the 25 Academic All-Americans, Fetterhoff recruited and coached 20 bowlers who went on to earn all-tournament team honors.
Fetterhoff was the assistant coach at Union College in Barbourville, Ky., in 2009-10, prior to making the move to Adrian. She was the head coach at her alma mater, Shippensburg University, from 2005-08.
An NCBCA Honorable Mention All-American as well as an Academic All-American at Shippensburg, Fetterhoff helped lead her team to an American Heartland Intercollegiate Bowling Conference Championship in 2006-07. She was named conference co-MVP that same season.
Fetterhoff completed her bachelor’s degree in criminal justice at Shippensburg in 2006 and received her secondary education certification in history and social sciences, also from Shippensburg, in 2008.
Duquesne made women’s bowling the school’s 17th varsity sport on July 1, 2015. The bowling program, which was established in 2015-16, began competition in 2016-17.
COMPETITIVE SUCCESS
• Has led the Dukes to a three NCAA Championship appearances (2021, 2023, 2024)
• Produced the 2021-22 NTCA National Player of the Year (Olivia Farwell)
• Three bowlers have earned earn seven total NTCA All-American honors: Olivia Farwell in 2018, 2019, 2020 & 2022, Kiearra Saldi in 2021 & 2024 and Shannon Small in 2025
• Finished ranked 14th in the final 2025 NTCA Top 25, marking the sixth consecutive season Duquesne has finished the year ranked among the nation’s top 15 programs
• Has been ranked in every NTCA Poll dating back to February of 2018
• Has produced nine All-NEC Rookie Team members, including three NEC Rookie of the Year accolades, in nine years
• Is 169-26 (.867) vs. unranked teams over the past five seasons
• Has 64 all-time wins over Top 10 programs
ACADEMIC SUCCESS
• Has earned an NTCA team Academic Award (minimum 3.2 GPA) in each of its nine seasons of existence
• Has placed multiple bowlers on the NTCA All-Academic Team every year
