Rounding Third Softball

Monique White has resigned as head coach at Hampton University. White led the Pirates for three seasons going 51-102. HU went 17-35 overall and 7-20 in CAA play in 2024.

Shelly Hoerner is out as head coach at Appalachian State the institute has announced. Hoerner coached the Mountaineers for seven seasons compiling a record of 161-172 while going 44-100 in Sun Belt Conference play.

The postseason is upon us and Rounding Third Softball Coverage powered by Dobbins Softball Consulting & Development starts this week as we head to The Plains of Auburn, AL for the SEC Tournament. Action gets started tomorrow night at 6 pm CST as the No. 12 and 13 seeds Kentucky (30-21, 8-16) and Ole Miss (30-24, 7-17) matchup. Check-in here and on all RTS Social Media Platforms for live in-game updates and onsite information all week from the SEC Tournament.

Rank	School	Record	Last Week’s Record	Las Week’s Ranking
1	Texas	45-6	3-0	1
2	Tennessee	40-9	3-0	3
3	Oklahoma State	44-9	2-1	5
4	Oklahoma	46-6	1-2	2
5	Duke	44-6	0-0	6
6	UCLA	34-10	4-0	7
7	Stanford	42-12	3-1	9
8	Missouri	40-14	3-1	10
9	Florida	43-12	4-0	12
10	Texas A&M	39-12	0-3	4
11	Arkansas	36-15	2-2	8
12	Louisiana	40-16	2-1	15
13	LSU	38-14	2-1	16
14	Georgia	38-15	1-2	13
15	Washington	31-12	0-2	14
16	Florida State	41-13	1-3	11
17	Texas State	42-13	3-0	17
18	Virginia Tech	39-11-1	1-0	18
19	Mississippi State	33-17	3-1	23
20	Northwestern	33-10	2-1	20
21	Miami (OH)	45-7	3-0	21
22	Arizona	33-15-1	1-0	22
23	Boston U.	49-4-1	4-0	24
24	Alabama	33-16	1-2	19
25	Charlotte	36-16	4-0	NR

Dropped out of Rankings: Michigan

For the first time in 32 year the University of the Pacific will have a new leader.

Head Coach Brian Kolze has announced his retirement. Kolze led the Tigers to an 824-797-2 overall record. He guided the program to eight NCAA tournament appearances and a Big West Championship title in 2011, while producing 10 All-Americans during his tenure.

Belinda Hendrix the often criticized and controversial three-time National Championship Coach is on the move again. Sources have confirmed to RTS that The Family Hendrix are on their way to Kansas to run the program at Garden City Community College.

Belinda Hendrix served part of the 2024 season as head coach at first-year program Southeast Arkansas College before their season was suspended in February by what the institute termed “unforeseen circumstances, including injuries and roster challenges” after a 4-13 start. Both husband Jimmy and daughter Madyson also worked on the staff there.

Hendrix is best known for her 17 seasons at Chipola College where she built a JUCO powerhouse that led to the aforementioned National Titles. She would depart Chipola in the summer of 2021 for Division I East Tennessee State. She would coach one season there going 8-48 before being terminated in the fall of 2022 after players leveled accusations of mental abuse.

RTS has been informed some sort of legal action is ongoing against ETSU on behalf of Belinda and Jimmy Hendrix, which were both employed there as head and assistant coach. The source has explained the suit would shed more light on the complete story and timeline of events. RTS has reached out to East Tennessee State for further comment on any current litigation involving the institute on the matter.

Freshman Allyse Leija hit a walk-off solo shot in the bottom of the 7th to punch Dallas Christian College’s ticket to their first National Christian College Athletic Association World Series on Saturday. DCC downed Arlington Baptist University 8-7 in a deciding Game 2 of the regional tournament in Plano, TX. ABU had forced an “if” game earlier in the day defeating the Crusaders 14-3. The NCCAA World Series will be held May 14-16 in Kansas City, MO

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The University of Central Arkansas honored the founder of their softball program Tuesday night, Natalie Shock, by naming their softball stadium in her honor in front of 2,100 fans in a game against Arkansas. Shock coached the Bears for 11 seasons starting with the squads first in 1996. She compiled a record of 207-296. Shock has since served as an Associate Athletic Director at UCA after her retirement from coaching.

Texas, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas A&M, Oklahoma State are the top 5 in this week’s Softball America DI Top 25.

Rank	School	Record	Last Week’s Record	Last Week’s Rank
1	Texas	42-6	4-0	1
2	Oklahoma	45-4	3-0	2
3	Tennessee	37-9	3-1	3
4	Texas A&M	39-9	2-0	4
5	Oklahoma State	42-8	3-0	5
6	Duke	44-6	5-0	6
7	UCLA	30-10	3-1	7
8	Arkansas	34-13	2-1	8
9	Stanford	39-11	3-1	9
10	Missouri	37-13	2-0	14
11	Florida State	40-10	4-0	16
12	Florida	39-12	2-2	14
13	Georgia	37-13	1-2	10
14	Washington	31-10	1-2	12
15	Louisiana	38-15	5-0	19
16	LSU	36-13	1-3	11
17	Texas State	39-13	2-1	20
18	Virginia Tech	38-11-1	3-2	15
19	Alabama	32-14	1-2	18
20	Northwestern	31-9	2-0	22
21	Miami	40-7	4-0	25
22	Arizona	32-15-1	1-2	21
23	Mississippi State	30-17	0-3	17
24	Boston	45-4-1	5-0-1	24
25	Michigan	37-14	4-0	NR

Received Votes: Virginia, Charlotte

Dropped out of Rankings: Kentucky