Ashley Obrest has been named the volunteer assistant coach for the Boston University Terriers. Obrest spent the last eight years as the head coach at Boston College, before parting ways with the Eagles after the 2019 spring season. During her tenure at the helm of the BC program, Obrest collected a 200-219 overall record, with a 66-113 mark against ACC opponents. The squad posted a winning record in five straight seasons from 2014-18, and finished the 2019 season with an 18-35 record. The Eagles batted .249 as a team during the ’19 campaign. Prior to her tenure at Boston College,…
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Former Hofstra standout Lisa Ciavardini Mulosmani will be inducted into the program’s Athletics Hall of Fame as part of the Class of 2020. Ciavardini, as she was known during her playing career, was a third-team all-American in 2000 and was a four-time all-Region selection during her time in Hempstead. The 2001 America East conference Player of the Year, Ciavardini earned a trio of all-conference honors during her career. A .328 career hitter, Ciavardini’s batting average ranked fourth all-time in program history at the time of her graduation. She currently ranks in the top ten in program history in four statistical…
Charline McCombs, a Longhorn State philanthropist and supporter of the University of Texas softball team, passed away on Thursday, according to media reports in San Antonio. She was 91 years of age. McCombs, along with husband Billy Joe “Red” McCombs, were supporters of the University of Texas, and frequent supporters of the Longhorns’ softball program. In the late nineties, the Texas softball complex was dubbed “Red & Charline McCombs Field” after the couple’s generous support. Red and Charline McCombs married in 1950, and were known as frequent philanthropists. Former Longhorns head coach Connie Clark and current coach Mike White expressed…
UPDATE 12/11/19 – UTEP officially announced Hubbard’s hiring in a press release on Wednesday evening. ORIGINAL STORY: Utah Valley head coach TJ Hubbard will be named the new head coach at UTEP, sources confirmed to JWOS on Wednesday. Hubbard spent the last three seasons as the head coach at Utah Valley, collecting a 52-86 overall record, including a 24-23 conference record. The Wolverines went 10-4 in WAC play during the 2018 season, a season that culminated in a second-place finish in the conference standings, the best result in program history. During that same 2018 campaign, Hubbard was named the WAC Coach…
Caty Reeves has been named the new assistant coach at Abilene Christian. The Ole Miss Spirit made note of Reeves’ hiring in an interview with Ole Miss interim head coach Ruben Felix on Tuesday. Sources close to the Abilene Christian program later confirmed the hire to JWOS. Reeves most recently spent two seasons as the volunteer assistant coach at Ole Miss, and was part of the coaching staff that led the Rebels to the 11th-overall seed in the 2019 NCAA tournament and, ultimately, the second-ever Super Regional berth in Ole Miss program history. Prior to her time on staff at Ole Miss,…
Florida State has added an inter-conference transfer in pitcher Danielle Watson, the school announced on Friday. Watson, who is transferring from Louisville, will sit out the 2020 season, as dictated by ACC transfer rules, but will be eligible for play for the Seminoles in 2021 and will have two years of eligibility remaining at that time. During her two-year career at Louisville, Watson collected a 26-25 overall record, with a 3.52 ERA and 193 strikeouts to her credit. She held opponents to a .225 batting average during her Cardinals tenure. An All-ACC Academic Team member in 2019, Watson tossed a…
Mike Smith has resigned as the head coach at Ole Miss, the school announced on Sunday evening. In a story that JWOS broke in mid-November, Smith had been on paid administrative leave for nearly three weeks, while the university conducted what was termed an “external audit of [the] softball program”. Associate head coach Ruben Felix will serve as the interim head coach for the 2020 season “We are committed to a healthy culture and overall experience for our student-athletes,” Ole Miss athletic director Keith Carter said in a statement. “Our primary focus is to foster success for everyone involved with…
Amanda Chidester won the HitTrax Home Run Derby for the second consecutive year on Friday. The Home Run Derby – which takes place in a batting cage and uses the HitTrax software to track the “home runs” – was held at the NFCA Convention in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The Derby earned significant acclaim following its debut at the 2018 event, and made a return for the ’19 edition of the convention. Chidester, who signed an endorsement deal with HitTrax earlier in the fall, was one of several professional and Team USA players who took part in the home run…
The National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) inducted a trio of new members into the organization’s Hall of Fame on Friday night at the annual Convention in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Dee Abrahamson, Brad Pickler, and the late Anthony LaRezza all earned induction as part of the Class of 2019. Abrahamson was formerly the head coach at Northern Illinois and also famously served as the NCAA’s Softball Secretary-Rules Editor; she was inducted in the Hall of Fame’s Trailblazer category. Pickler enters his 33rd season as the head coach at Cypress College, and has earned more than 1,300 career wins during his…
Fort Lewis College has hired Ashley Reeves as the program’s new head coach. Reeves spent the past seven seasons on staff at Abilene Christian, most recently as the Wildcats’ associate head coach. She was part of the coaching staff that helped guide the program through the transition to the Division I level. A former Texas Tech Red Raider, Reeves earned a trio of all-Big 12 honors during her playing career, including first-team honors in 2004 and 2007, along with a second-team nod in ’06. She earned NFCA all-Region honors also in 2007. In addition to her seven seasons at ACU,…