Former Central Michigan head coach Margo Jonker will be inducted into the Mid-American Conference Hall of Fame.
Jonker is one of six individuals being inducted as part of the Class of 2020, and the only one of the six being enshrined for coaching success.
The legendary Chippewa leader spent nearly four decades leading the program, collecting 1,245 wins, ten regular-season league championships, and ten MAC tournament titles before retiring following the 2019 season. She earned ten conference Coach of the Year awards and is the league’s all-time wins leader.
Under Jonker’s leadership, the Chippewas played in the AIAW National Championship in 1982 and the Women’s College World Series in 1987. She was inducted into the National Fastpitch Coaches Association’s Hall of Fame in 2003, and the CMU softball stadium is named after her.
Jonker is the fourth inductee into the MAC Hall of Fame in the softball category, joining fellow coaches Dee Abrahamson and Fran Ebert, as well as former Kent State standout Pauline Maurice.
