University of Nevada Las Vegas

The winningest coach in UNLV softball history with 511 victories in 17 seasons on campus, Shan McDonald made the Rebels a national force in the 1990s. Now just the sixth head coach to be voted to the UNLV Athletics Hall of Fame, the Canadian came to the school after playing and coaching at Texas A&M. She steadily built the Rebels despite competing in the softball powerhouse Big West Conference and being stuck playing at a basic ball field wedged between a campus cafeteria and residence hall. By year four the Rebels were in the NCAA postseason field and would stay there for seven consecutive springs. The 1990 squad made the first of two consecutive Women's College World Series appearances but it was the 1995 team that went down as the best in school history as the Rebels set or tied 30 different school team records and 17 single-season marks en route to tying the school record for wins with a 49-14 record. The first and only UNLV softball squad to win an outright conference title, the Hall of Fame team went 27-5 in the Big West, including 15-2 on the road. The Rebels posted a 2-1 record in Oklahoma City before being eliminated by top-ranked Arizona to finish tied for third at the event and close the season ranked fourth in the nation. The two-time West Region Coach of the Year and two-time conference coach of the year produced all five UNLV softball players already voted into the Hall of Fame. In fact, during her tenure McDonald coached 18 NFCA All-Americans, four Big West Players of the Year, one Mountain West Player of the Year, 43 All-West Region selections, 58 All-Big West honorees and eight All-Mountain West selections. McDonald's success also spurred the construction of a top-notch facility across campus in the form of Eller Media Stadium. Active in the international level of her sport, McDonald was an assistant coach with the 1996 Canadian National Team in the Summer Olympics and head coach of the China National Team that finished fourth in the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.

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