Fillies Head Coach

Donna Campbell

 

Donna Campbell enters her thirteenth season at Abraham Baldwin College and her twenty second 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 547 wins and 311 losses.  In twenty two years of coaching, Campbell’s teams have won 7 State titles and 3 State Runner Up titles, and five national tournament appearances.

 

Thirteen 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 12 years of coaching fastpitch at ABAC, she has guided her teams 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).  Campbell has been named GJCAA Fastpitch Coach of the Year five times; 97, 98, 00, 01, 02

 

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. Campbell’s philosophy of hard work, commitment, and dedication to her players and her program have produced positive results.

 

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.

 

 

Elske ten Hoope

Assistant Coach

 

Elske enters her first year as an assistant coach for the 2008 Fillies team where she will be coaching the Fillie pitching staff.  Elske graduated from Alfrink in May 1998. While at Alfrink she played in the highest competitive league in fastpitch.    Elske pitched for the Young Dutch National Team as they gained three European championships. She has played in World championship tournament in Taiwan and the Kingdom Games in St. Martin and Curaçao.  Elske was a leading pitcher for the ABAC Fillies in 2003 and 2004 and earned a softball scholarship to attend Valdosta State University where she pitched for the Lady Blazers in 2005 & 2006.  She graduated with a Criminal Justice degree in May of 2007 from VSU. 

 

Campbell states:  “I am so excited to have Elske join me this year as this is something we have been working toward since she was a played for me in 2003 & 2004.  She will provide great pitching expertise to the young Fillie pitching staff and will be a great mentor to them.  I am lucky to have her as my assistant and together we hope to get the young Fillies back on top of the GJCAA.”

 

Elske was born and raised in the Netherlands and has been living in the United States since becoming a Fillie in 2003.  She is engaged to be married to Derrick McCardell with a date set for May 18, 2008. 

 

 

 

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