Might be hard to find, but there's a cute video of when she was an assistant at Ohio State and Whitman went into the batting cages to tell her she would be inducted into the Illini Hall of Fame.
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Illini Softball 2026
Lance McMahon.
Would be better than the others, if he would come.Lance McMahon.
Guessing McMahon didn't have interest. I'm not sure Illinois can/will commit to softball to the level he would command. Illinois has more pressing needs.
Illinois really needs someone that can coach pitching - at a high level. I don't know who that would be or.....who would accept. The pitching and defense this year was brutal. Verdun was a fantastic pitcher at Coal City and DePud - high level D1. It didn't translate to coaching.
The Paulson's will be the Melinda Fisher/Kramos of Champaign - if that's desired.
The others names being thrown out - maybe better than this year but other than catching lightning with a pitcher, it should be considered a highly successful if they are challenging the mid-level B1G teams. A .500 B1G season in a very mediocre B1G, Whitman should probably do some cartwheels.
Super Regionals start tonight!!
Illinois really needs someone that can coach pitching - at a high level. I don't know who that would be or.....who would accept. The pitching and defense this year was brutal. Verdun was a fantastic pitcher at Coal City and DePud - high level D1. It didn't translate to coaching.
The Paulson's will be the Melinda Fisher/Kramos of Champaign - if that's desired.
The others names being thrown out - maybe better than this year but other than catching lightning with a pitcher, it should be considered a highly successful if they are challenging the mid-level B1G teams. A .500 B1G season in a very mediocre B1G, Whitman should probably do some cartwheels.
Super Regionals start tonight!!
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