Carol Hutchins
Carol Hutchins
Carol Sue Hutchinsis an American softball coach. In 31 years as the head coach of Michigan Wolverines softball, she has more than 1,400 career wins, more than any other coach in University of Michigan history in any sport, male or female. As of April 2nd, 2016, Hutchins had a career record of 1,458 wins, 474 losses, and 4 ties, for a .754 winning percentage. She led the Wolverines to their first NCAA softball championship in 2005...
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The shortstop is like the point guard in basketball. Merchant was a key to every aspect of last year's team.
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I told all the players I had last summer on the national team to look at their uniforms, they said 'USA' across the front. That's always something special. But it's going to be even more special now since chances are being taken away from us. I'm not going to give up hope that somebody is going to come to their senses on this.
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I'm looking forward to meeting Alan Trammell and Kirk Gibson.
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There's no doubt that we really value the fall practice because of the weather in Michigan. We value getting to go out and play together, and it's hard for us to do that when there's snow on the ground.
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She looked at that (final at-bat) as a chance to make something happen. That's what mental toughness is all about - concentrating on what's going to help you be successful, not how you just failed.
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It was a great moment for Michigan and for Michigan softball. I was so proud of those kids. They were incredible all week.
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Samantha's one of the most mentally tough people I've ever met,
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Getting here was hard, winning here was really hard. For us to be the champion, I don't think there's a word for it.
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I don't want to say all is lost, but it's going to be a lot of work to get us back by 2012. Maybe 2016 is more realistic. But this is terrible for our sport and for women. It's a huge blow to all of us.
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It's a tremendous blow for women, I can't even start to say how many opportunities have been negated for women athletes because of this.
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We're trying to get a look at the new team, the (2006) team. Our goal is to get the young kids some experience to see what they've got.