Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters softball

The Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters softball team represents Louisiana Tech University in NCAA Division I college softball. The team participates in Conference USA. They are currently coached by head coach Bianca Duran. They play home games at the Lady Techster Softball Complex. The Lady Techsters have made eleven NCAA Tournament appearances and have advanced to the Women's College World Series three times. On April 25, 2019, a tornado struck the Louisiana Tech campus completely destroying the Lady Techster Softball Complex. A new stadium is being planned, at another location on campus. Meanwhile, home games will be played at the new state-of-the-art Ruston Sports Complex, completed in 2019.

Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters
UniversityLouisiana Tech
Head coachBianca Duran
ConferenceC-USA
LocationRuston, LA
Home stadiumLady Techster Softball Complex (Capacity: 1,000)
NicknameLady Techsters
ColorsBlue and Red[1]
         
NCAA WCWS appearances
1983, 1985, 1986
NCAA Tournament appearances
1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1995, 2008, 2017, 2019
Conference Tournament championships
2008, 2017, 2019
Conference championships
2019

Players

First Team
  • Lea Ann Jarvis, catcher (1984, 1985) (LA Tech Athletic Hall of Fame)
  • Stacey Johnson, pitcher (1986) (LA Tech Athletic Hall of Fame)
  • Debbie Nichols-Hedrick, pitcher (1988) (LA Tech Athletic Hall of Fame)

Second Team
  • Debbie Nichols-Hedrick, pitcher (1989)

Third Team
  • Debbie Nichols-Hedrick, pitcher (1990)

Academic All-Americans
  • Faith Holman (1986)
  • Stacey Johnson (1986)
  • Paige England (1997, 1998, 1999)
  • Erica St. Romain (1999)

First Team
  • Amberly Waits, shortstop (2009) (Inducted into LA Tech Athletic Hall of Fame, Oct 2019)

Conference Player of the Year
  • WAC: Amberly Waits, shortstop (2009)
  • C-USA: Morgan Turkoly, outfield (2018)
  • C-USA: Jazlyn Crowder, outfield (2019)

National Pro Fastpitch Draft

Coaches

Hall of Fame
See also: National Fastpitch Coaches Association Hall of Fame
  • Bill Galloway, head coach (2001)

Regional Coach of the Year
  • Bill Galloway, head coach (1988)
# Name Years Seasons Games Win Loss Tie Pct.
1 Barry Canterbury 1980 1 29 7 22 0 .241
2 Gary Blair 1981 1 35 18 17 0 .514
3 Bill Galloway 1981–2002 21 1059 705 352 2 .667
4 Sarah Dawson 2003–2012 8 464 198 266 0 .427
5 Mark Montgomery 2013–present 7 389 226 163 0 .581
All-Time

Year-by-year results
Season Conference Coach Overall Conference Notes
Games Win Loss Tie Games Win Loss Tie
2008[2] WAC Sarah Dawson 66 37 29 0 17 7 10 0 WAC Champions
2009[3] WAC Sarah Dawson 57 34 23 0 20 12 8 0
2010[4] WAC Sarah Dawson 47 26 21 0 21 11 10 0
2011[5] WAC Sarah Dawson 56 17 39 0 21 6 15 0
2012[6] WAC Sarah Dawson 58 25 33 0 20 8 12 0
2013 WAC Mark Montgomery 53 27 26 0 21 11 10 0
2014 C-USA Mark Montgomery 52 19 33 0 23 7 16 0
2015 C-USA Mark Montgomery 50 31 19 0 21 12 9 0
2016 C-USA Mark Montgomery 54 32 22 0 21 12 9 0
2017 C-USA Mark Montgomery 62 38 24 0 24 16 8 0 C-USA Champions
2018 C-USA Mark Montgomery 57 34 23 0 24 15 9 0
2019 C-USA Mark Montgomery 61 45 16 0 24 19 5 0 C-USA Champions

See also

References
  1. Louisiana Tech University Quick Reference Logo Slick (PDF). August 10, 2018. Retrieved October 14, 2018.
  2. "Louisiana Tech Athletics – Softball". Latechsports.com. 2008-05-18. Retrieved 2016-10-22.
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  4. "Louisiana Tech Athletics – Softball". Latechsports.com. 2010-05-14. Retrieved 2016-10-22.
  5. "Louisiana Tech Athletics – Softball". Latechsports.com. 2011-05-13. Retrieved 2016-10-22.
  6. "Louisiana Tech Athletics – Softball". Latechsports.com. 2012-05-11. Retrieved 2016-10-22.


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