San Jose State standout Suzy Brookshire has entered the NCAA’s transfer portal, JWOS confirmed on Monday. Brookshire’s name appeared in the portal on October 2nd, almost exactly one month after SJSU hired a new head coach. Brookshire is just the second Spartan to enter her name in the portal following the unceremonious dismissal of longtime head coach Peter Turner earlier in the summer. Thanks to the NCAA’s extended eligibility waiver due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Brookshire has one season of eligibility remaining. Generally, a player who transfers twice during their collegiate career must sit out one season, but it is…
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Diane Hobin, who played three sports collegiately at Hofstra and went on to be head softball coach at Stony Brook, passed away on September 27 after a battle with cancer. A 1996 Hofstra graduate, Hobin competed in basketball, softball, and field hockey for the Pride during her career. She ranks third in career assists on the basketball court, and tenth all-time in the same category on the field hockey pitch. On the softball diamond, Hobin helped lead the Pride – then known as the Flying Dutchwomen – to a pair of NCAA tournament berths, in 1993 and 1995, and a…
In an announcement on Tuesday afternoon, La Salle University announced plans to cut several sports from the school’s athletic slate, including the softball program. Citing a Tuesday recommendation from the university’s board of trustees, the move will take the school’s athletics offering from 25 sponsored sports to 18 sports. In addition to the softball program, other similarly-affected programs at La Salle include baseball; men’s swimming and diving; men’s and women’s tennis; men’s water polo; and volleyball. Each of the affected teams will compete in their respective seasons, as allowed, before their respective programs are dissolved. “Through this process, it has become…
When Adrian Gregory stepped down as Texas Tech’s head coach last week, the coaching carousel began to heat up once again. Despite the controversy surrounding Gregory’s resignation and the circumstances leading up to it, the Red Raiders’ head coaching position is a solid job as the program has trended upwards in the last couple of years. Despite no postseason appearances in the first four years of her tenure, Gregory led the program to the NCAA tournament and a regional final appearance in 2019, and collected a 17-9 overall record in 2020 that included a pair of wins over SEC foes.…
Following the final game of her Athletes Unlimited season on Monday evening, Nerissa Myers announced her retirement as a player. “I find peace in knowing that I have given everything that I have to the game of softball,” Myers wrote on her social media account on Monday. “I wouldn’t change one inning, one practice, or one struggle that has shaped me. I sincerely thank every person who was with me on the journey.” Myers began her professional career in the summer of 2014, when she suited up for the Akron Racers in National Pro Fastpitch and was later named the league’s Offensive…
In today’s softball world, a coach spending ten years or more at one school is seen as a rather impressive achievement. A full staff staying together as one unit for any extended period of time is nearly unheard of. Whether due to the climbing of the proverbial ladder within the profession; tenures that end prematurely; or staffs that break off into separate paths, longevity is both rare and worth celebrating. With that in mind, we’ve assembled the list of the longest-tenured full coaching staffs in all of Division I. For purposes of this list, we defined a full staff as…
UAB has tabbed Kendall Veach as the program’s new volunteer assistant coach, it was announced earlier this week. Veach spent four years on the Auburn softball roster, including as the starting catcher in the latter portion of her career. She was part of the 2016 Tigers squad that finished as national runners-up and won the SEC tournament championship. During her playing career on the Plains, Veach collected 39 home runs and added 119 RBIs. She played all around the diamond, seeing time at first and third base, as well as behind the plate. An All-SEC Tournament honoree as a sophomore in…
In the latest look at the Assistant Coaching Carousel for 2020, we’ve got a handful of Division I hires, as well as a couple of former D1 assistants moving on to other levels. Brooke Morris is the new first assistant for Bianca Duran, who was recently named the interim head coach at Louisiana Tech. Morris had been the Lady Techsters’ volunteer assistant and was previously a graduate manager for the program. A former Nicholls State player, she was a 2-time all-conference honoree and holds a spot in the top 5 in that program’s record books for career hits and runs…
Adrian Gregory has stepped down as the head coach at Texas Tech, the school announced on Tuesday evening. Gregory assembled a 157-147 overall record during her tenure leading the Red Raiders, including an NCAA tournament berth during the 2019 season. Texas Tech assembled their finest campaign under her leadership in 2019, with a 42-16 overall record and a regional final appearance. On the 2020 season, Texas Tech owned a 17-9 overall record, including wins over South Carolina and Georgia. Gregory previously spent four years on staff at Sam Houston State, and her resume also includes stints on staff at Texas…
One of the flagship tenets of the still-new Athletes Unlimited league is the absence of traditional coaching roles. Players govern themselves, call their own pitches, and make their own decisions in the batter’s box. But without coaches, who handles the lineup card or waves a runner home? In AU, they’re called facilitators. While the weekly team captains fill out their own lineup cards and technically even make in-game personnel decisions, the facilitators handle substitutions with the umpire and occupy the third-base coach’s box. Four facilitators are in Rosemont for the AU season, and work with a new team each week on a…