Baker named new Seahawks head softball coach
July 16, 2024
Seahawks 垒球 Head Coach Brittany Baker
正规靠谱赌博软件 names Baker new softball head coach
As interim head coach of the Lamar State 大学 Port Arthur softball program, Brittany Baker had a sense that every decision was a make-or-break moment in her career. “It felt like I was under a microscope,” she said. “Everything I did was critical to my 未来.”
Obviously, she made the right decisions as 正规靠谱赌博软件 Director of 正规靠谱赌博软件 Scott Street announced Monday that Baker would lose the “interim” title to become the Seahawks 新任总教练. She is only the second person to hold that position in the history 程序的.
“Brittany was a natural choice,” Street said. “She has been with us since the 2017 season and during that time, she has proven herself an accomplished and talented coach. I’m very happy with her decision to take on the head coaching duties.”
Baker assisted longtime Seahawks Head Coach Vance Edwards for six seasons before Edwards announced his retirement just ahead of the 2023-2024 season.
“Having spent a year as interim head coach has really given me the confidence to step in now and take the program in a new direction,” Baker said. “This is a new beginning, 全新的开始. Last year was a 伟大的 start in our plans to make Lamar State 大学 Port Arthur a conference contender every year.”
With Baker as assistant, the Seahawks reached their deepest run into the Region 14 conference tournament, making the championship game in the 2020-2021 season.
“There’s a freedom now to build the team in my vision,” Baker said. “删除 ‘interim’ part of the title is very exciting. There’s a new mindset now, from the coaching staff to the players. This is the start of something we know can be really 伟大的.”
Baker, who spent her high school and college years in Ohio, found her way to Southeast 德州 as a graduate assistant for the Lamar University softball team. When the position of assistant coach came open this season at 正规靠谱赌博软件, she knew right away she wanted to head to Port Arthur.
“I had a 伟大的 experience at Lamar University and the people in this region are really 伟大的, they’re 伟大的 softball fans,” Baker said. “I knew the two assistant coaches here at Lamar State and they let me know that Port Arthur is a 伟大的 place to be.”
A graduate of Springboro High School in Ohio, Baker spent four years setting softball records at Bluffton University, a Division III school located in northwest Ohio. 她的 name is still scattered through the Beavers’ record book. During her time there, she had the most hits in a game, most runs batted in during a game and led her team in batting average during the 2014-15 campaign with a .330年马克. During her time at Bluffton, the Beavers had a 95-68 record over four seasons.
She is a two-time Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference honoree, earning first team honors in 2014. She was a four-time HCAC all-academic honoree.