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03/12/2012 Husky Coach Gets Jersey Retired At PacificCindy Ball was honored prior to the UW-Pacific game on March 4. Cindy Ball is in her third year as an assistant coach at Washington. She joined Heather Tarr's staff in the summer of 2010. Ball brings quite a resume, having played and/or coached and nearly every level. Most recently, Ball was the head coach at Cosumnes River College in Sacramento, Calif. (2010-2010), where she re-started the program after a year break and led them to 25 more wins than the previous season with a 34-17 record in 2008. In 2009, CRC posted an impressive 41-11 record to finish second in the Big 8 Conference and third in Northern California. In her final season at CRC, the team was the No. 1 seed in the North and competed in the Cal JC State Final Four Tournament, finishing the year with a 36-16 record. For one season prior to CRC, Ball was the head softball coach at Modesto Junior College in Modesto, Calif., where she led the team to a 16 game improvement from the previous season and a Regional Championship. From 2002-06, Ball was an assistant at her Alma Mater, the University of the Pacific in Stockton, Calif. At UOP she was the pitching coach while helping scout, assist with practice plans, monitor students academics and promoting and organizing camps. Ball also has numerous club coaching and teaching experience throughout Northern California. She sports a master's degree in education from UOP in 2006 and completed her bachelor's degree in sport sciences in 2002. As a student-athlete for the Tigers (1999-2002), Ball was a two-time NFCA All-American and the Two-Time Big West Pitcher of the Year. She finished her career as the leader in innings pitched (883.1), wins (91), saves (10), strikeouts (761) and shutouts (46). She also broke season records in wins (33), saves (6), shutouts (18) and RBI's (46). She continued her playing career after her collegiate years were over by playing professionally in Italy in 2002, leading Team Bussolengo to the playoffs. Ball led that team in batting average, home runs and ERA. In 2004, Ball returned to Stockton, Calif., to play in the National Pro Fastpitch League with the Stockton-Sacramento Sunbirds. From 2008-10 she participated in the Canada Cup where she was an All-Star in 2008 and as a designated player hit .600. Ball is a 1998 graduate of Camarillo High School in Camarillo, Calif. |
