Former University of Northern Colorado softball player Cristin (Dumler) Green begins her first season as assistant coach for the Bears.

Green was a pitcher for the Bears team in 2002 and 2003, compiling a 2.79 earned run average in 38 appearances on the mound. As a junior in 2002, she had the lowest ERA on the team and tallied a pair of shutouts. As a senior she had 11 complete games (21 for her career) and one shutout. Green struck out 112 batters in her two seasons in the circle.

Prior to playing at Northern Colorado, Green spent two seasons at Colby Community College in Colby, Kan. At Colby CC, she was named All-Jayhawk Conference twice as a pitcher and was also a first-team all-region selection. She holds the school record for highest winning percentage by a pitcher.

She played high school softball at Platte Valley High School where she was a two-time All-Weld County selection. Green was a four-time all-conference selection and recorded a school record 559 career strikeouts. She named to the all-state team as a junior and senior.

Green won two state championships with her summer ASA team and placed in several national tournaments.

Green received her degree in elementary education with an emphasis in speech communication from Northern Colorado in 2004. She and her husband, Jon, live in Greeley.