Alana Aweau

Alana Aweau joined the Seattle U softball coaching staff in the summer of 2019.

Seattle U won its second straight WAC Tournament title in 2021, returning to the NCAA Tournament for the second straight season. Aweau's work with the outfielders paid off, as all three regular starters were named All-WAC. Ally Choate earned NFCA All-Region Third Team and First Team All-WAC, while Cherise Silvan was First Team All-WAC and Olivia Viggiano was voted Second Team All-WAC.
 
In 2020, Aweau worked with SU's outfielders, among several roles with the program. The Redhawks knocked off a nationally-ranked opponent for the second straight year, as they took down No. 18 Missouri and nearly beat several other ranked powerhouses. 
 
Aweau spent the 2019 season as a Director of Operations for Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, California. She previously spent time at Division II Academy of Art University, where she was an assistant coach from 2014-2018, with responsibilities that included hitting, outfield, and academics. She coached 18 All-PacWest honorees, including 1 All-American and 2 All-West Region players. In 2018, the Urban Knights reached their first NCAA Regional and broke the program wins record with a 40-18 season. The offense set the program’s highest batting average (.315) in 2017 and in 2018, set single-season records in runs (266), hits (457), doubles (86), runs batted in (240) and walks (163).
 
Prior to that, she coached one year at Dominican University in San Rafael, CA. The 2014 season is still the program’s winningest season in the NCAA Division II era. Aweau also coached at University High School in San Francisco as an assistant coach.
 
Aweau played collegiately at San Jose State University and later transferred after her freshman year to play for Academy of Art University’s first three seasons, spanning 2009-2011. In her career, she hit .350, scored 75 runs, tallied 91 runs batted in, and finished her career as the program's career home run record-holder (21).
 
She received her BFA in Advertising in 2012 from Academy of Art University and earned her Masters in Positive Psychology from the University of Missouri in May 2018.