The 2012-13 season is the first year that Carey Smith-Marchi has been on the Eagles' coaching staff.

Smith-Marchi is no stranger to Emory softball fans, having lettered four years (2006-09) as a player where she concluded her career by playing in 138 games, 136 in a starting capacity.  She finished ninth on the school's all-time list with 85 RBIs and eighth with 25 doubles.  Her eight home runs tied for seventh place all-time at Emory, and finished with a career batting mark of .349 (119-of-347).  As a junior, she hit .396 en route to earning First Team All-University Athletic Association honors and was the team's lone representative on the NFCA All-Atlantic First Team. 

Smith-Marchi also works in the University's Development Office as a Program Coordinator in the Candler School of Theology.