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Courtesy: Boise State Sports Information Release: 10/09/2007 |
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Erin Thorpe became the first head coach in the history of Boise State softball on Sept. 4, 2007. Upon her acceptance of the position, she was given the responsibility to build the Bronco program from scratch, which she continues to do as the Broncos enter into their second season. In her first season at the helms, Thorpe led the Broncos to a 22-30 overall record for the 2009 season. Thorpe needed only three games to earn her first Division I coaching victory when the Broncos beat Fordham 8-4 in their first weekend of the season. Thorpe also led the Broncos to series sweep of Utah State in their first-ever WAC series. Another milestone came when the Broncos not only made the WAC Tournament, but proceeded to upset San Jose State 8-4 in their first-ever WAC Tournament game before losing to Fresno State and Hawaii. Prior to Boise State, Thorpe was the head softball coach at Whittier College in Whittier, Calif. for five years (2002-2007). In August of 2004, she also became the school’s senior women’s administrator and in January of 2005 she was named assistant athletic director for compliance. Prior to her taking over the head coaching position in August of 2002, Whittier’s softball team had a record of 4-33. In her final season (2006-07) with the Poets, she guided Whittier to an overall record of 23-17, and a 12-12 mark in the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference to finish fourth. In 2007 Thorpe guided her players to five All-SCIAC honors, the rookie of the year in the conference and two NCAA All-West Region awards. The team finished the season 28th in the nation (NCAA III) for team batting average at .337. Thorpe played intercollegiate softball at the University of California, San Diego where she earned NCAA All-America honors in 2000 as a shortstop. Four times she was named to the NCAA All-West Region team, and in 1997 she also earned NCAA All-West Region tournament honors. She completed her collegiate playing career in 2000 by being named the Female Athlete of the Year at UCSD. She received her bachelor’s degree in economics management science at UCSD in June of 2000. She earned her master’s degree in business administration from Cal Poly-Ponoma in 2008. Thorpe and her husband Eric have two daughters, Jordan and Peyton. |
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Courtesy: Boise State
05/20/2010
05/16/2010
