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Career Record: 162-147-1 (1999-Present)
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Head coach Becky Hall took over the Wittenberg softball program in 1999 and produced immediate results.
In 2000, Hall steered the Tigers to their first-ever NCAC Championship, as well as their first NCAA Division III Championship Appearance, winning the first Division III NCAA game in school history, by finishing the season at 31-14. Hall's teams have won one NCAC regular season title, one NCAC Tournament championship and made two NCAA Division III Tournament appearances, winning an opening round game each time. She has earned NCAC Coach of the Year honors twice in her career.
Hall graduated from nearby Urbana University in 1997 after playing four seasons of softball as a second baseman. She was named All-Mid-Ohio Conference in both 1996 and 1997. Hall also served as a team captain in those years. A native of Springfield, Hall began her coaching career at Wittenberg in 1998 as an assistant.
In addition to her duties as head softball coach, Hall served as assistant coach for the Tiger field hockey team from 2000-02, working primarily with the goalkeepers. Hall has given private hitting and defensive lessons, is a coach for the Miami Valley Xpress summer softball team and has conducted various camps and clinics to help enhance and encourage girls in the Greater Miami Valley to play softball and improve their skills. She has also given back to the community through her involvement in the National Youth Sports Program (NYSP) at Wittenberg in 2001 and 2002 for Springfield area children. Then in 2006, Hall earned Four-Star Master Coach honors from the National Fastpitch Coaches Association.
Hall, who also serves as Wittenberg's director of club sports and intramurals, resides in Dayton.
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Billie Carder joined the Tigers coaching staff in 2006.
She joined the Tigers after completing her coursework for a degree in sports management from The Ohio State University in 2006. Carder was a four-year letterwinner for the Buckeyes, primarily playing shortstop and third base. At the conclusion of her senior year, in which she started all 62 games and led the team in runs batted in, she was named third-team All-Big Ten. She finished her career with a .278 batting average and 72 runs batted in.
Before her Ohio State playing days, Carder graduated from Celina High School in Celina, Ohio. While at Celina, Carder was a three-time first-team All-Ohio softball player and her career hit total ranks third all-time in the state.
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Doug Hatcher has been a volunteer coach for the Tigers staff for five years, working primarily with the team's catchers.
Hatcher has a wealth of softball experience as he and Wittenberg Head Coach Becky Hall have coached together for four years for the Miami Valley XPRESS summer softball team. He also has been the head softball coach at West Carrollton High School for five years.
Aside from his work in softball, Hatcher is a junior high school football coach at West Carrollton and a firefighter with the Moraine Fire Department. He and his wife Karen reside in West Carrollton with their daughter Stacy, who attends West Carrollton High School and is a member of the softball team. Their oldest daughter, Rachael, attends Wittenberg and is a member of the Tiger softball team.
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Steve Morris joined the Tigers as a student manager in 2004. Throughout his time as manager, Morris has helped run drills in practice, and this year he will be in charge of the scorebook during games.
Morris graduated from Emmanuel Baptist Christian High School in Toledo, Ohio, in 2003. He is an education major at Wittenberg and will graduate in the spring of 2007.
During his time at Wittenberg, Morris has been elected Homecoming King, participated in the Wittenberg chapter of Concerned Black Students, and played basketball for the Tigers for one year.
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