Head Coach

Delilah Pacheco-Leon

Coach Delilah Pacheco-Leon has a wealth of experience, passion, and great knowledge of softball. With a proven track record of success, she is committed to developing our team’s skills, fostering a positive team environment, and achieving new goals on and off the field.

Prior to joining Lake Travis High School, Coach Pacheco-Leon was the Assistant Head Softball Coach, Girls Athletic Coordinator, and Head Volleyball Coach at Manor High School. She was the Head Softball Coach at St. John Paul II High School and John F. Kennedy Elementary before that.

Coach Pacheco-Leon has been playing softball from the time she was three years old and attended and played at Blinn Junior College, acting as Team Captain both years, before transferring and playing softball for the University of Utah where she earned a Bachelor Degree of Science in Sociology in 2017. 

Assistant Coach

Sarah Pannkuk

Coach Sarah Pannkuk is a Lake Travis Alumni. She was a Varsity softball player all four years she attended Lake Travis. She is happy to come home to the Cavalier Nation!

She is entering her 3rd year of coaching and teaching. She spent her first two years as the Athletic Coordinator and head coach at a middle school in Manor. During her extent in Manor ISD, Sarah has coached her teams to District Champions. Her background as a Lake Travis alumni and her impressive track record with the Manor ISD middle school teams, including an undefeated season, highlight her dedication and skill in coaching.

Coach Pannkuk’s dual role as a teacher and coach, particularly in CAV Leadership, Freshman Volleyball, and as an Assistant Softball Coach, demonstrates her commitment to developing students both on and off the field. Her academic background in Psychology and Exercise Sport Science/Coaching should also be a great asset in her approach to coaching and mentoring young athletes. She has always wanted to be a coach because she enjoys developing the skills of the young athletes and watching them go on to play at the next level!

Assistant Coach

Dori Mallinger

Coach Dori Mallinger is a dedicated educator and multi-sport coach who brings energy, enthusiasm, and a deep love for student development to everything she does. She has only been teaching for three years, but has been coaching for much longer, having discovered her passion for coaching in 8th grade when she took on her first team—coaching 3rd grade YMCA volleyball. That early experience sparked a lifelong commitment to mentoring young athletes both on and off the court.

Over the years, Coach Mallinger has coached a wide variety of sports, including volleyball, soccer, basketball, and swimming. She even spent several college summers as a surf instructor. Her coaching philosophy centers on building confidence, fostering teamwork, and helping students grow not just as athletes, but as people.

Coach Malliger earned her degree from Oklahoma State University and began her professional career abroad at the International School of Stuttgart in Germany. There, she taught and coached in a diverse, global learning environment, gaining valuable experience that continues to inform her teaching practice today. After returning to the United States, Coach Mallinger settled in Austin, where she first worked at a middle school before joining the team at Lake Travis High School. In her free time, she loves staying active by playing on local sand volleyball teams and is active in the club volleyball community.