NEBRASKA SOFTBALL HEAD COACH RHONDA REVELLE REVELLE IS WINNINGEST COACH IN NEBRASKA HISTORY RHONDA Rhonda Revelle has won 913 games at Nebraska, more wins than any other coach - male or female - in the history of Nebraska Athletics. Revelle passed baseball coach John REVELLE Sanders as Nebraska's all-time wins leader with her 768th victory on March 3, 2013. She became Nebraska softball's all-time wins leader with her 189th victory on April 11, 1998. HEAD COACH • 25TH SEASON • NEBRASKA (1984) 921-501 CAREER RECORD • 913-485 AT NEBRASKA REVELLE A HALL-OF-FAME COACH COACHING ACCOLADES Rhonda Revelle earned the highest honor a collegiate softball coach can achieve in • National Fastpitch Coaches Association Hall of Fame (2010) 2010, when she was inducted into the National Fastpitch Coaches Association Hall of • Nebraska Softball Hall of Fame (1997) Fame. Revelle is a member of an elite fraternity, as she is one of only 73 coaches to be • Winningest Coach in Nebraska Athletics History enshrined in the NFCA Hall of Fame. Revelle is one of 16 Hall of Famers who are actively • Winningest Coach in Nebraska Softball History coaching at the Division I level in 2017. • Four-Time NFCA Midwest Region Staff of the Year (1998, 2002, 2013 & 2014) • Midwest Region Coach of the Year (1995) COACH OF THE YEAR IN THREE DIFFERENT CONFERENCES • Four-Time Conference Coach of the Year (1995, 1998, 2001 & 2014) Rhonda Revelle has been named coach of the year in three different conferences during • Big Ten Coach of the Year (2014) her career. Revelle was named Big Eight Coach of the Year in her third season at Nebraska • Two-Time Big 12 Coach of the Year (1998 & 2001) in 1995, and she was the Big 12 Coach of the Year in both 1998 and 2001. In 2014, Revelle • Big Eight Coach of the Year (1995) was honored as the Big Ten Coach of the Year. • Has Led Nebraska to the Top 11 Season Win Totals in Program History • Winner of Seven Conference Titles • Winner of Four NCAA Regional Championships REVELLE RANKS HIGHLY AMONG ACTIVE COACHES Not surprisingly given her Hall-of-Fame status, Rhonda Revelle compares well to her • Coached Three Women's College World Series Teams (1998, 2002 & 2013) active coaching peers. Revelle ranks 15th among all active Division I coaches with 921 • Coached 21 All-Americans at Nebraska career victories and is one of only 28 coaches in NCAA Division I history to record 900 • Coached 14 Academic All-Americans at Nebraska career wins. Revelle is also one of only five active Division I coaches who has taken • Dr. Barbara Hibner Trailblazer Award Recipient (2007) her team to 20 NCAA Tournaments, and her 47 wins in the NCAA Tournament rank 15th nationally among active coaches. PLAYING ACCOLADES • Member of Nebraska's 1982 Women's College World Series Team (Inaugural WCWS) REVELLE'S RANKINGS AMONG ACTIVE DIVISION I COACHES • 1982 All-Big Eight Selection Category Total Rank • Nebraska Single-Season Saves Record Holder (7 in 1983) NCAA Tournament Appearances 20 5th • Ranks 10th in School History in Career Saves (7) Wins at Current School 913 12th • Five-Time ASA All-American Career Victories 921 15th NCAA Tournament Wins 47 15th TOP-LEVEL ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE • Three-Time NFCA President (1999-2002; 2005-06; 2013-present) ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICA TRADITION THRIVES UNDER REVELLE • Nebraska Senior Woman Administrator (2006-08) Nebraska softball leads the nation with 30 academic All-Americans, a total that is the third-highest in NCAA history among all female athletic programs. Revelle has contributed When Nebraska began its search for a head softball coach following the 1992 season, the to that total, producing 14 academic All-Americans in her first 24 seasons. Revelle's total Huskers were in need of an enthusiastic, high-energy coach who could return the program ranks second nationally among all Division I coaches during that time. to its perch among the nation's elite. NU found that coach in Rhonda Revelle, who returned to her alma mater in 1993 on a mission to re-establish the Huskers as a national power. MOST ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICANS DURING REVELLE'S TENURE Consider it mission accomplished. Coach, School Total The numbers speak for themselves: 913 wins; 20 NCAA Tournament berths; 15 top-20 Ralph & Karen Weekly, Tennessee 17 national finishes; eight top-10 finishes; eight coach-of-the-year awards; seven conference Rhonda Revelle, Nebraska 14 titles; and three trips to the Women’s College World Series. Those numbers solidify Revelle Eugene Lenti, DePaul 13 as one of the sport's elite coaches, and the National Fastpitch Coaches Association agreed in 2010, when Revelle was inducted into the NFCA Hall of Fame. NEBRASKA AN NCAA TOURNAMENT REGULAR UNDER REVELLE While Revelle's legacy continues to grow, she is only focused on continuing to raise Rhonda Revelle has guided Nebraska to the NCAA Tournament in 20 of her 24 the bar for one of the nation’s elite programs. Revelle helped form Nebraska's tradition as seasons, including 20 of the last 22 years. Revelle ranks fifth among all active Division I a player on the Huskers' 1982 team, which qualified for the inaugural Women's College coaches with her 20 NCAA Tournament appearances, and among those five coaches, only World Series. Her contributions as both player and coach were a big reason why Nebraska Oklahoma's Patty Gasso has fewer coaching years than Revelle. Revelle has led Nebraska was voted the 12th-best program of all-time by the NFCA in 2003 and was recognized as to eight top-10 finishes in the NCAA Tournament, including three trips to the Women's the 10th-winningest program in NCAA history by CBS College Sports in 2007. College World Series. Entering her 25th season in 2017, Revelle owns nearly every Nebraska coaching record. With a record of 913-485 at Nebraska, Revelle has won more games than any other coach NCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES AMONG ACTIVE COACHES - male or female - in the history of Husker Athletics. Coach, School Total Revelle is about more than just wins however. She places the student-athlete first in Mike Candrea, Arizona 30 every decision she makes and is committed to developing not only great players, but great Diane Ninemire, Cal 28 students and citizens as well. Whether its her record-breaking win totals or her commitment Carol Hutchins, Michigan 24 to extending Nebraska's national lead in academic All-Americans, there is no doubt that Patty Gasso, Oklahoma 22 Rhonda Revelle was a home-run hire for the Husker softball program. Rhonda Revelle, Nebraska 20 PAGE 48 NEBRASKA SOFTBALL REVELLE REGULARLY LEADS NU TO TOP NATIONAL FINISHES REVELLE GROWS FAN SUPPORT FOR NEBRASKA SOFTBALL Rhonda Revelle has guided Nebraska to 15 top-20 national finishes and eight top-10 In addition to her coaching duties, Rhonda Revelle is also committed to growing the finishes. She posted top-10 national finishes when Nebraska advanced to the Women's popularity of Husker softball. She was instrumental in Bowlin Stadium being built, and College World Series in 1998, 2002 and 2013, and she added five more top-10 finishes since the facility opened in 2002, the Huskers have ranked in the top 10 nationally in when Nebraska fell one round shy of the WCWS in 1997, 1999, 2000, 2004 and 2014. attendance six times. Nebraska softball's popularity has continued to grow, reaching new heights in recent HUSKERS A FIXTURE IN NATIONAL RANKINGS seasons. In 2016, the Huskers averaged a school-record 1,006 fans per game. That same The NFCA top-25 poll began in 1995 and in its 22-year history, the Huskers have been season, Nebraska set a world record for the largest softball tailgate when 2,302 fans ranked in the final poll 15 times, all under head coach Rhonda Revelle. Nebraska was one came out to watch the Huskers take on top-ranked Michigan. of only six programs in the country to end the season with a national ranking in each of the first 12 years of the poll's existence. Revelle has guided Nebraska to 12 top-20 final REVELLE PROVIDES LEADERSHIP ON NATIONAL LEVEL rankings, eight top-15 rankings and three top-10 rankings. Rhonda Revelle's impact is not limited to Nebraska. She has served as a visionary Revelle also led Nebraska to its highest national ranking when the Huskers spent three leader for the sport and is in currently in her third term as president of the National weeks ranked third during the 2003 season. Revelle has also guided Nebraska to its only Fastpitch Coaches Association. Revelle served as the organization's president for the past three victories over a No. 1-ranked team, including a 1-0 victory vs. Michigan in 2016. four years following previous stints from 1999-2002 and 2005-06. In addition to her coaching duties, Revelle has also been the top female administrator FROM NEBRASKA TO THE OLYMPICS for Nebraska Athletics, serving as the Huskers' Senior Woman Administrator from 2006 to Softball was last included in the Olympic Games in 2008. That season, two of Rhonda 2008 before returning her full-time focus to coaching. Revelle's former Huskers competed for Team Canada, helping the Canadians to a fourth- place finish. Revelle was one of only five college coaches to have multiple former players A CHAMPION ON THE FIELD AND IN THE COMMUNITY compete in the 2008 Olympics. She trailed only Arizona's Mike Candrea for the most In addition to being a champion on the field, Rhonda Revelle is also a champion in former players competing in the Beijing Olympics.