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Illinois Wesleyan Tabbed NFCA Regional Coaching Staff of the Year

Titans posted 37-9 record

6/4/2025 12:00:00 PM

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - A stellar season saw the Illinois Wesleyan University softball team's coaching staff voted the National Fastpitch Coaches Association Region VIII Coaching Staff of the Year Wednesday, June 4.

Led by head coach Tiffany Prager and assistant coaches Nikki Miller, Kimmy Hassel, and Bob Grimes, the staff guided the Titans to a 37-9 overall record. IWU captured the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin regular season and tournament championships, while advancing to the NCAA Division III Softball Tournament Super Regionals for the first time since 2019. Illinois Wesleyan strung together 25 straight wins, breaking the previous program record of 21.

A total of eight Titans earned All-CCIW accolades with the staff being voted CCIW Coaching Staff of the Year, while Jen Kuhn, Ella Hermes, and Bella Pinter garnered All-Region status from the NFCA. Kuhn went on to reel in First Team All-America honors as well as being named the Rawlings Gold Glove Award recipient at shortstop. She is the third Gold Glove winner in program history, while Ava Khoury and Mallory Holland became the first Titan duo in IWU laurels to sweep the NFCA National Player of the Week awards.

Representing each of the NFCA's 10 Division III regions, these respective coaching staffs – Wesleyan University (Conn.) (Region I), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Region II), Ithaca College (Region III), Rowan University (Region IV), Gettysburg College (Region V), Virginia Wesleyan University (Region VI), Trine University (Region VII), Illinois Wesleyan University (Region VIII), Saint Mary's University of Minnesota (Region IX) and East Texas Baptist University (Region X) – are now eligible for the ATEC/NFCA Division III National Coaching Staff of the Year award, which will be announced on June 11.

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