The Northwestern State Lady Demons softball team represents
Northwestern State University
Northwestern State University of Louisiana (NSU) is a public university primarily situated in Natchitoches, Louisiana, with a nursing campus in Shreveport and general campuses in Leesville/Fort Polk and Alexandria. It is a part of the Univer ...
in
NCAA Division I
NCAA Division I (D-I) is the highest level of intercollegiate athletics sanctioned by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) in the United States, which accepts players globally. D-I schools include the major collegiate athletic ...
college softball. The team participates in the
Southland Conference
The Southland Conference, abbreviated as SLC, is a collegiate athletic conference which operates in the South Central United States (specifically Texas and Louisiana). It participates in the NCAA's Division I for all sports; for football, it ...
. The Lady Demons are currently led by head coach
Donald Pickett. The team plays its home games at
Lady Demon Diamond
Lady Demon Diamond is the home stadium for the Northwestern State Lady Demons softball team. Located across the street from Prather Coliseum on the campus of Northwestern State University in Natchitoches, Louisiana, the stadium features seating fo ...
located on the university's campus.
In 2013, the Lady Demons' home field, Lady Demon Diamond, received a $466,000 renovation including a partially covered grandstand with chairback seating, a new press box, and concession stand.
History
Softball began at Northwestern State in 1979. The Lady Demons have competed in every season since that time. The program has won four Southland Conference regular season titles (1991, 1998, 1999, 2000), five Southland Conference tournament titles (1998, 2000, 2002, 2013, 2014). As conference tournament champions, the Lady Demons won the conference's automatic bid to the
NCAA Division I Softball Championship
The NCAA Division I softball tournament is held annually in May/June and features 64 college softball teams in the United States, culminating in the Women's College World Series (WCWS), which is played in Oklahoma City.
Tournament play and team s ...
tournament. As of the start of the 2015 season the Lady Demons have an all-time record of 924–912–3 and a Southland Conference record of 344–335.
The Lady Demons tie for second most regular season conference championships. The team has also performed well in the Southland conference tournament. At five, the Lady Demons are second in the number of conference tournament championships. In addition to winning five tournament titles, the team has the best tournament winning percentage (.651) with an overall record of 43–23 and has the second most conference tournament appearances of current conference membership at 16. Five Lady Demons have been named the conference tournament Most Valuable Player. Twenty-nine Lady Demons have been named to the conference All Tournament team with ten of those players named to the team multiple times.
Year-by-year results
Sources:
Post Season Play
NCAA Division I Tournament results
The Lady Demons have appeared in five
NCAA Division I Tournaments. Their combined record is 0–10.
Source:
Honors and awards
Southland Conference
Sources:
''Player of the Year''
*Rhonda Rube, 1989, 91,
*Annie Johnston, 2002
''Hitter of the Year''
*Brandy Kenney, 1998 (Shared)
*Annie Johnston, 2002
*Anne LaHaye, 1990
''Pitcher of the Year''
*Cindy Leggett, 1999
''Newcomer of the Year''
*Rhonda Rube, 1989
*Nancy Percle, 1990
*Annie Johnston, 2001
''Freshman of the Year''
*Jessica Holaway, 2000
''Coach of the Year''
*Rickey McCalister, 1989, 90, 91
*Gay McNutt, 1998, 99, 00
''All-Conference 1st Team''
*Misty Carraway, 1997
*Ginger Craig, 1988
*Lindsey Danzy, 2003, 04
*Amy Grisham, 1991, 92
*Annie Johnston, 2001, 02
*Shante Jones, 1998
*Brandy Kenney, 1998, 99
*Anne LaHaye, 1990
*Cindy Leggett, 1999
*Erin Mancuso, 2001
*Nicole Martin, 2003, 05
*Crista Miller, 2002
*Sarina Noack, 2006
*Sonja Olsen, 1988, 89, 90, 91
*Jennifer Owens, 1998
*Erin Palomarez, 2001
*Missy Pereira, 1990
*Claudia Percle, 1990
*Nancy Percle, 1990
*Brianna Rodriguez, 2013
*Rhonda Rube, 1989, 90, 91
*Rustie Stevens, 1992
*Shannon Straty, 1999
*Linette Stuart, 1999
*Brittany Virgoe, 2014
*Amber Welker, 2000
See also
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List of NCAA Division I softball programs
The following is a list of schools that participate in National Collegiate Athletic Association, NCAA NCAA Division I, Division I College softball, softball, according to NCAA.com. These teams compete to go to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and ASA Hall ...
References
External links
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