2009 Summer Academy Coaching Staff
Kris Herman
The 2010 season marks Coach Herman's seventh at Williams and twenty-third year coaching in the NESCAC. With an overall record of 468-234-3 , nine consecutive conference championships (1997-2006) and NCAA Division III World Series appearances in 2000, 2005 and 2006, she brings a wealth of experience to the field. Herman was named NESCAC Coach of the Year four times and earned New England COTY honors in 2001, 2005 and 2006.
Cheryl Milligan
Coach Milligan has been the head coach at Tufts University for five years and has spent her entire playing and coaching career as a Jumbo. Tufts 44-3 in 2009 and finished 4th in the NCAA D3 World Series. She is a very well respected clinician and was named NESCAC Coach Of the Year in 2005, 2007 and 2009. Her teams have been among the top 10 in New England consistently throughout her career.
Rachel Hanson
The head coach at University of Dallas, Coach Hanson has just completed her third season. Coach Hanson was an All-Conference player at Trinity University in San Antonio where she still holds records for hits, runs, stolen bases and walks. Her teams have improved each year of her tenure at UD and look to be a contender at the regional level in '10. Rachel also coaches Volleyball at Dallas.
Joey Lye
2010 Ephs assistant coach and 2009 Williams graduate Joey Lye joins the program in 2009. Joey was NESCAC Player of the Year in '09 and was named to every all-star team available all four years of her career. She was a second team all-american shortstop in '08 and has significant experience in the outfield as well as infield. She led the nation in batting average (.564) this season.
Julie Fox
Head Coach at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Coach Fox enters her fourth year at the helm of the Engineers in 2010. A former standout player at Tufts, Fox spent one year as an assistant for the Jumbos before her appointment at MIT.
Eph Players***
A group of Williams College softball players will round out the coaching staff in '09. They bring a perspective that enables all Academy students to learn what it takes to be a college softball player as well as balance the rigors of academics. In 2008 we had nine current or former Ephs working at SAWC.
Winter Academy and clinics are staffed by the Williams College players and coaches.