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(March
13, 2002)
Fresno
State's Wright is Grandest of Them All
First
NCAA Division I softball coach in NCAA history to amass 1,000 NCAA Division I
wins
FRESNO CA (March 13, 2002) Fresno State softball head coach Margie Wright
became the first NCAA Division I softball coach and the 24th NCAA Division I
head coach overall, regardless of sport, to amass1,000 NCAA Division I wins
last night.
The
tenth-ranked Fresno State softball team (20-6) swept Tennessee Tech in a
non-conference
doubleheader
to give Wright career wins No. 999 (4-0) and No. 1,000 (2-1) at home in
Bulldog Diamond.
Before
a crowd of 1,687, Wright joined an elite group of 1,000-win coaches on the
NCAA Division I level
as 23 head baseball coaches had posted 1,000 NCAA Division I victories
entering the 2002 season.
Freshman
right-hander Jamie
Southern (Clovis) picked up the two wins as she tossed a no-hitter in
game one and came
in relief for a game two victory as she improved to 15-3 on the season.
Wright's
accomplishment will be officially celebrated with a pre-game ceremony on April
4 when the Bulldogs host Tulsa in
a Western Athletic Conference doubleheader, 6:00 p.m., at Bulldog Diamond.
[Source:
Jan Winslow, Fresno State]
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