Maria
Morin begins her 14th year as the head softball coach at Rhode Island
College. Morin has built the RIC softball program into one of the top
teams in the Little East. Her current career record is 299-197-4.
Morin and her coaching staff were recently named the New England
Region Coaching Staff of the Year by the National Fastpitch Coaches
Association (NFCA).
Under Morin's guidance, the Anchorwomen posted the
greatest season in program history in 2007. Rhode Island College
posted a 41-7 overall record and a 12-2 (first place) mark in the
Little East Conference. The Anchorwomen won their third consecutive
LEC Regular Season Championship, second straight LEC Tournament
title and advanced to the NCAA Div. III Softball Tournament for the
second consecutive season. Rhode Island College hosted the NCAA Div.
III Softball Tournament New England Regional for the first time in
school history and won the region. The Anchorwomen were one of eight
remaining teams that advanced to the National Championships where
the club's season came to an end. RIC finished the year ranked 10th
in the nation, the program's highest ranking ever.
In 2006, Rhode Island College went 35-8-1 overall and
11-2-1 (first place) in the Little East Conference. RIC won the LEC
Regular Season Championship for the second consecutive season and
captured the program's first-ever LEC Tournament Championship, which
sent the Anchorwomen to the NCAA Div. III Softball Tournament for the
first time in school history. The program notched its tenth
consecutive winning season and established a new program record for
wins in a season. 2006 also marked the eighth consecutive season the
program has won 20 or more games. She was named the Little East
Conference Softball Co-Coach of the Year, the third time in her career
she's received this accolade.
Morin led the Anchorwomen to the 2005 ECAC N.E.
Div. III Softball Championship, the third such title in the
program's history (1984, 1986). The
Anchorwomen went 28-15 overall record and 12-2 (first place) in
the Little East Conference. She also led RIC to its first-ever LEC
Regular Season championship by winning the most conference games (12)
in school history. For her efforts in 2005, Morin was awarded her second LEC
Coach of the Year honor. She had previously won the award in 2003.
While an undergraduate at Skidmore College,
Morin was an outstanding pitcher for the Thoroughbreds from 1991
until 1994. She captained the team her junior and senior seasons
and was the team's Most Valuable Player in 1992, 1993 and 1994.
She is Skidmore's all-time leader in games started (56), is second
in wins with (38), games pitched (63), complete games (44), innings
pitched (363) and is third in career ERA (3.41). She was a two-time
NYSWCAA state playoff all-tournament selection and was named
the Offensive Player of the Year in 1991. She was named to the
Manhattenville Valiant All-Tournament Team in 1994.
Morin graduated from Skidmore with a
bachelor of arts degree in elementary education with a minor
in psychology in 1994. She earned Department Honors in Education,
finishing with a 3.93 grade point average. She received a Rhode
Island Best and Brightest Scholarship and the National Italian-American
Sports Hall of Fame Scholarship in 1990.
A native of Providence, Morin attended
Classical High School. During her playing career for the Purple,
Morin garnered numerous All-City, All-Division and All-State
awards as a pitcher in softball.
In addition to her coaching duties,
Morin is a teacher at the Carl G. Lauro Elementary School in
Providence. She and her husband, Phillip, reside in Johnston, Rhode Island with their
son Alex (2). |
