JoAnne Ferguson enters her second season as head softball
coach at Pomona-Pitzer Colleges. Ferguson comes to
Pomona-Pitzer from George Washington University, where she
served as Head Coach for the past two seasons.
In 2005, George Washington's third year of the program
and Ferguson's first at the helm, she led the Colonials to a
program-best 10 victories, their first Atlantic 10
Conference win and a season-high five conference victories
overall as GW finished sixth in the nine-team league.
Ferguson's athletes also excelled in the classroom as five
individuals earned National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA)
Academic Scholar-Athlete accolades and one athlete was named
to the A-10 Academic All-Conference team.
Prior to George Washington, Ferguson served as the head
softball coach at Kenyon College, a Division III school in
Gambier, Ohio, from 2000-04. During her tenure at Kenyon,
the team posted a 59-73-1 record, including a 17-15 mark in
2004, the squad's first winning season. The 2004 campaign
also marked the second time in the program's previous three
years that it qualified for the North Coast Athletic
Conference Tournament. For her efforts, Ferguson was named
the 2004 North Coast Athletic Conference Coach of the Year.
In 2000, she guided the team to a single-season record 18
victories. Ferguson coached 17 all-conference performers,
six all-region selections, four All-NCAC Tournament
selections and one league newcomer of the year at Kenyon.
A native of Clarksburg, MD, Ferguson began her coaching
career as an assistant at the University of Virginia from
1997-2000, while earning her master's degree in sports
psychology. During that time she helped lead the Cavaliers
to appearances in three consecutive ACC championship games.
In the off-season, Ferguson spends her time working at
several coaching clinics. She has worked as an instructor at
the Ohio State Softball Camp each year since 2001 and the
University of Virginia Softball Camp each season since 1997.
In 2001-02, she served as the director of the Kenyon College
Winter Fastpitch Softball Clinic.
In 2003, Ferguson served as the president of the North Coast
Athletic Conference Softball Coaches. Prior to her
appointment, she was the group's vice president in 2002-03.
Ferguson is also an active member of the National Fastpitch
Coaches Association (NFCA) and the Women's Sports
Foundation.
As a player, Ferguson was a switch-hitting catcher and first
baseman for Shippensburg University from 1992-1996. The
Raiders posted a combined record of 103-67-1 during her four
years on the squad. Ferguson finished her career with a .275
batting average and was an All-Pennsylvania State Athletic
Conference (PSAC) performer. She was also the team's captain
during her senior campaign. Ferguson graduated from the
school in 1996 with a bachelor's degree in psychology and a
minor in coaching. |
