Dearring, Julie (KRAUTH)

Born in Tacoma, WA (lived there until moving to SD at age 6). 1989 Des Moines Roosevelt High School/1994 Augustana graduate. A South Dakota native from Lyons, Julie Krauth Dearring was a multi-sport high school star at Tri-Valley, Des Moines (Iowa) Roosevelt and Augustana. Two-time All-American who pitched Augustana to NCAA DII softball title in 1991. She was the national tournament MVP as the right-hander with a wicked change-up. She pitched every inning of all eight postseason games for the Vikings in 1991 and allowed only one earned run. She also scored the winning run in the national championship game. She finished that season 31-2 with a 0.33 ERA with 224 strikeouts and only 43 walks. She also batted .280 that season with nine doubles and six triples. As a senior, Krauth raised her average to .480 and was batting cleanup. Also was a standout basketball player at Augustana. She was named to the all-North Central Conference team twice. Scored 1,324 career points and set a school record for 3-pointers in a career (230). In high school, she started playing varsity basketball at Tri-Valley as an eighth grader and helped the Mustangs get to three state tournaments with two state runner-up finishes. She spent her junior and senior high school years at Des Moines Roosevelt High School where her father (Hall of Famer Dave Krauth) started teaching and coaching in 1987. At Roosevelt, she was a two-time all-state basketball player who led the school to its first state tournament, and she was a two-time all-state softball player as well. She got numerous DI softball offers, including from schools in Power Five conferences, but when her father got the Augustana women’s basketball coach job, the family moved back to South Dakota and Julie went along as she was attracted by the Vikings’ offer to play basketball as well as softball. As a youth in South Dakota, she helped make the Crooks Sluggers into a national fastpitch softball powerhouse, sometimes pitching as many as four or five games in a day. Julie is a special education teacher in the Twin Cities and has two daughters, Dailee and Devyn.