Angie Jacobs
Angie is a Medford, Oregon native and graduated from Medford Senior High in 1984, where she started in varsity basketball and softball for 4 years. She is a 1989 graduate of the University of California where she played catcher and first base. She played professionally in Orlando, Florida, Georgia and in Italy. After several assistant coaching positions, she became the head softball coach for the Miami Redhawks in 1998 through 2006.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
- 4-year All-Southern Oregon Conference catcher, 1st team all-state as a senior at Medford Senior High NorPac Rookie of the year her freshman year at Cal; 1987 & 1988 All-West region player; 1986 third place team in College World Series: 1987 Pac-10 title 1989 Honda Inspiration Award winner-presented annually to an athlete who competes under extraordinary circumstances; she returned to play after a reattached thumb procedure resulting from a mill accident selected to the first Women’s Pro Fastpitch League all-star team in 1997
- A two-time ASA All-American helping to lead the Redding Rebels to three consecutive national titles. She hit the game winning home run in a 1-0 win over Australia in the Canada World Cup Championship in 1993
- Set a school all-time winning record of 172 wins at Miami, 77 MAC wins
- In 8 seasons as head coach, team honors include 18 All-MAC selections; 11 MAC all-tournament team selections; 4 All-Region selections; 3 seasons with 25 or more wins; 3 appearances in MAC tournament finals; 2 players were drafted professionally; 1 Mid-American Conference Tournament Championship (2005); and 1 NCAA Tournament appearance (2005, Tenn. Regional)