"We return five starters from last years championship team," says Hopkins. "I feel that with their leadership, we should have yet another title run. Sarah Terry, our returning first team AVCA all-American will lead the attack this season."
NORMAN, Okla. - DePaul (Division I), Maryville (Division II), Carnegie Mellon (Division III), Ohio Dominican (NAIA), Frank Phillips (NJCAA DI) and South Mountain (NJCAA DII) have been named Academic National Champions for their respective divisions announced the GCAA. DePaul posted the highest recorded team GPA with 3.66. A total of 113 teams submitted GPAs of 3.00 or higher and earned All-Academic Team recognition.
"This is an incredible academic accomplishment to compliment another fantastic year on the course for FPC," says coach John Green. "This group of guys were amazing and I am extremely proud of them. This is the first time to be named the GCAA Academic National Champions. We have been for the past three years listed as All-Academic Team of the Year but this is the first year to finish on top and I see this as a reflection of the awesome faculty, staff, and administration at Frank Phillips College. Without their efforts we would not be able to be on the road as much as we are and still be successful in the classroom. I am proud to bring this recognition to Frank Phillips College and Borger, Texas."
Albion, Brown, Butler, Carnegie Mellon, DePaul, Detroit Mercy, Duke, East Tennessee State, Gonzaga, Mercer, Ohio Dominican, Puget Sound, Seton Hall and Wofford were also accorded President's Special Recognition status for earning team GPAs of 3.50 or better.
WEATHERFORD, Texas -- Weatherford College has hired Dottie Cupp as the school's first softball coach, athletic director Steven Garippa said Thursday.
The school's board of trustees voted in June to add softball to the athletic program. Cupp will spend
the 2010-11 academic year teaching and recruiting, with the first group of players on campus in the fall of 2011.
After a semesterof fall scrimmages, the Lady Coyote softball team will play its first official games in the spring of 2012.
"She hasexperience as a recruiting coordinator, softball skills camp director, pitching coach, and still holds several impressive records from her playing days at the University of Central Florida," Garippa said.
Cupp spent the past two years as an assistant softball coach at Towson University in the Baltimore area.
The native of Milton, Fla., was head softball coach at Polk Community College in Winter Haven, Fla., for three years before her stint at Towson.
Under Cupp, Polk CC advanced to the Region 8 Tournament in 2008.
She also served as an assistant coach at the University of North Florida.
Cupp playedtwo years at Gulf Coast Community College in Panama City, Fla., where she was co-pitcher of the year as a sophomore and a two-time first team Louisville Slugger All-American.
She moved on to Central Florida, where she holds the school record for career shutouts (20). She earned all-conference honors in all four years of college softball, along with all-region honors as a freshman, sophomore and junior.
"While theapplicant pool was very strong, I feel that Coach Cupp will bring a focused intensity and compassion to building our new softball program," Garippa said.
Cupp said she is "very excited" about the opportunity at Weatherford College.
"I'm especially excited to start a new program. I was one of the first seniors at Central Florida, so I've been in the situation as a player and now I'll have the opportunity to do it as a coach. Texas has a lot of softball talent, so I'm ready get started recruiting and building the program."
She will also teach in WC's kinesiology department. She holds a bachelor's degree in business from UCF and a master's degree in kinesiology from Texas Woman's University.
