Fillies Head Coach

Donna Campbell

 

  

Donna Campbell enters her tenth season at Abraham Baldwin College and her twentieth year in the coaching profession.  Before coming to ABAC, Campbell coached nine years on the high school level and has compiled a career record of 496 wins and 262 losses.  In twenty years of coaching, Campbell’s teams have won 7 State titles and 3 State Runner Up titles, and five national tournament appearances .

 

Ten years ago, in her first year as a collegiate coach, her ABAC team went 44-12 and won the 1996 National Junior College Slowpitch Championship.  She was named NJCAA Slowpitch Coach of the Year.  In 9 years of coaching fastpitch at ABAC, she has guided to five GJCAA State titles, two GJCAA State Runner Up finishes, one District C championship, and four top 16 NJCAA finishes competing in four National Tournaments. 

 

Since starting the fastpitch program, Campbell’s teams have captured the GJCAA State titles five times. (97,98,00,01, and 02).  In 2005, her team compiled 25 wins and finished 5th in the GJCAA.  Her team went 10-8 against the Georgia opponents. Campbell has been named GJCAA Fastpitch Coach of the Year five times; 97, 98, 00, 01, 02.  Campbell’s teams have a combined record of 121-31 against the opposing Georgia Junior Colleges in ten seasons. 

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As a former player for Sunbelt/ Blaze, Campbell was inducted into the Georgia USSSA Softball Hall of Fame in 1997 and has been named to All-American teams at past National Tournaments.  Campbell has retired as an active player following the 2000 Summer season.

 

Over her coaching career, Campbell has maintained a passion for the game she loves so much.  Her philosophy that hard work, commitment, and dedication produces positive results, but if it’s not fun it’s not worth it. 

 

Campbell has earned an A.A. degree from Middle Georgia College, a B.S. and Masters Degree in Health and Physical Education, both from Georgia College and State University.  In addition to her position as Head Softball Coach, Campbell is an Assistant Professor of Health Education at Abraham Baldwin.