2020 Georgia Tech Softball Information Guide Georgia Tech Communications & Public Relations @GTAthletics www.RamblinWreck.com 2020 GEORGIA TECH SOFTBALL INFORMATION GUIDE @GATECHSOFTBALL COMMUNICATIONS & PR GEORGIA TECH ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS & PUBLIC RELATIONS Arthur B. Edge Jr. Intercollegiate Athletics Center 150 Bobby Dodd Way NW, Atlanta, GA 30332 Phone: 404-894-5445 | www.RamblinWreck.com COMMUNICATIONS & PUBLIC RELATIONS INFORMATION MIKE FLYNN Assistant AD / Communications & Public Relations Responsibilities: Football1 Office: 404-894-5445 | Cell: 828-964-6406 | Email: [email protected] | @MFlynnGT MIKE FLYNN MIKE STAMUS Associate Director Assistant AD Associate Director MIKE STAMUS Communications & Public Relations Communications & Public Relations Responsibilities: Men’s Basketball, Golf, Football Credentials Office: 404-894-5445 | Cell: 404-218-9723 | Email: [email protected] | @BusterStamus ANDREW CLAUSEN Assistant Director Responsibilities: Football2, Baseball, Swimming & Diving Office: 404-894-5445 | Cell: 678-764-0867 | Email: [email protected] | @guruandrew LIZ RYAN Assistant Director Responsibilities: Women’s Basketball, Women’s Tennis Office: 404-894-5445 | Cell: 404-431-9619 | Email: [email protected] ERIC BURGHER Interim Assistant Director Responsibilities: Softball, Volleyball, Swimming & Diving2 ANDREW CLAUSEN LIZ RYAN Office: 404-894-5445 | Cell: 773-805-2344 | Email: [email protected] | @eburgher Assistant Director Assistant Director Communications & Public Relations Communications & Public Relations Mc Kinley Ward-La Salle Intern Responsibilities: Track and Field, Cross Country, Men’s Tennis, Men’s Basketball2 Office: 404-894-5445 | Cell: 520-353-5240 | Email: [email protected] ERIC BURGHER Interim Assistant Director Communications & Public Relations ii 2020 GEORGIA TECH SOFTBALL INFORMATION GUIDE @GATECHSOFTBALL QUICK FACTS & TABLE OF CONTENTS THE INSTITUTE TABLE CONTENTS Official Name ...............................................Georgia Institute of Technology The Institute/Table of Contents ..................................................................1 Enrollment ..................................................................................32,700 Follow Georgia Tech Softball ................................................................. 2-3 INFORMATION Location ................................................................................ Atlanta, Ga. Team Information & TV/Radio Roster ..................................................... 4-5 Founded........................................................................................1885 Mewborn Field ................................................................................... 6-7 Nicknames ............................................... Rambling Wreck, Yellow Jackets Mascots ..........................................................Buzz; 1930 Model “A” Ford MEET THE TEAM Colors ........................................................................ Old Gold and White Awald & Barfield .....................................................................................9 Institute Website ..............................................................www.gatech.edu Bruce & Dickerson ................................................................................10 Athletics Website ................................................... www.ramblinwreck.com Hooper & Huckabay..............................................................................11 Facility...................................................................Mewborn Field (1,500) Jackson & Johns .................................................................................12 Conference ......................................................................... Atlantic Coast Many & Mora .......................................................................................13 President .......................................................................Dr. Angel Cabrera Pinholster & Puckett ..............................................................................14 Director of Athletics ........................................................... Todd Stansbury Senior Women’s Administrator ................................................ Joeleen Akin Roper & Stanford .................................................................................15 Zeitler .................................................................................................16 Cassidy, Cowden, Davis, Kauf, McPherson ................................................17 COACHING STAFF Neleman, Ray, Stewart...........................................................................18 Head Coach ......................................................................Aileen Morales Head Coach Aileen Morales ...................................................................19 Alma Mater, Year......................................................... Georgia Tech, 2009 Assistant Coaches and Graduate Manager ................................................20 Record at Tech/Years .............................................................59-53/Third Career Record/Years ...............................................172-158/Seventh year Support Staff .......................................................................................21 Assistant Coach ..............................................................Reese Mariconda Insititute President and Faculty Athletics Representative ...............................22 Alma Mater, Year..........................................................Virginia Tech, 2009 Director of Athletics and Sport Administrator ..............................................23 Year at Tech ....................................................................................Third Assistant Coach/Pitching Coach ...............................................Alison Owen HISTORY Alma Mater, Year.....................................................Mississippi State, 2014 All-Americans .......................................................................................25 Year at Tech ....................................................................................Third National & ACC Athletic Honors ......................................................... 25-26 Volunteer Assistant Coach ....................................................Caroline Hardy Academic Honors, Georgia Tech Sports Hall of Fame & Pro Jackets ....... 27-28 Alma Mater, Year...............................................................Alabama, 2019 All-Time Letterwinners ...........................................................................29 Year at Tech ..................................................................................... First All-Time Coaches .................................................................................30 Year-by-Year Results ....................................................................... 31-42 ACC/NCAA Tournament Results ..............................................................43 FACILITY INFORMATION Series History ................................................................................. 44-55 Stadium ............................................................................Mewborn Field Capacity .......................................................................................1,500 RECORDS Outfield Dimensions ..................................................190 ft. down the lines Career Records ....................................................................................57 ................................................................................220 ft. at centerfield Season Individual Records .....................................................................58 Surface ......................................................................................... Grass Season Team Records ...........................................................................59 Single Game Records............................................................................59 2020 PREVIEW Season Leaders ............................................................................. 60-62 Starters Returning/Lost .......................................................................6/3 Team Year-by-Year Statistics ...................................................................63 Pitchers Returning/Lost ......................................................................5/0 Newcomers .........................................................................................8 SOFTBALL HISTORY First Year .......................................................................................1987 All-Time Record ....................................................... 1,027-814-2 (.558) NCAA Tournament App/Last ........................................................11/2012 NCAA Tournament Record ..............................................................19-22 2019 SEASON REVIEW Overall Record ..............................................................................31-27 ACC Record/Place ...................................................................11-13/7th Final USA Today/NFCA Ranking ............................................................NR ESPN.COM/USA Softball Ranking .........................................................NR CALL US GEORGIA TECH The Georgia Institute of Technology is the official title, but Georgia Tech will