Kristen Hawkins

Kristen Hawkins

Education:

Bachelor of Arts and Science: Sociology from University of Virginia
Masters of Education: Sports Administration — MED from Midwestern State University

Coaching Highlights:

First Assistant Coach at The University of New Mexico (2021-2022)
First Assistant Coach Alderson Broaddus University (2019-2021)
Assistant Coach at Western Illinois University (2015-2016)
First Assistant Coach at Midwestern State University (2013-2015)

Awards and Recognitions

As a coach:

At University of New Mexico: 

- Helped program achieve best season since 2014
- Coached Olympian Andrea Howard who led the Mountain West Conference (MWC) in six offensive categories and broke multiple school records
- Two First Team All-Mountain West Conference selections 
- 1 Mountain West NCAA Woman of the Year Nominee and Winner
- 1 NCAA Woman of the Year Nominee
- 1 CoSIDA Academic First Team All-American
- 1 First Team Academic All-District honors
- 10 Scholar Athletes

At Alderson Broaddus University:

20 student-athletes to Great Midwest Athletic Conference (GMAC) Academic All- Conference honors

At Western Illinois University:

- 12 NFCA All-American Scholar honors - 1 Summit League Academic All-League Team - 3 Second Team All-Summit League selectees - 1 Summit Softball All-League Team selection

At Midwestern State University:

- Participated in the NCAA 2014 Division II South Central Regional Championship game
- 1 NFCA All-American
- 2 Daktronics All-Region Team members
- 1 Lone Star Conference (LSC) All-Postseason Tournament Team - 7 All-LSC Team Members
- 2 NFCA National Hitter of the Week honors
- Achieved ranking of 24th in the country
- Led all of Division II in home runs per game (1.73) in 2014 - Shattered school record in 2014 for most HR in a season (95)

As a player:

- 4-year starter and captain at The University of Virginia (2009-2013)
- Nationally ranked in the NFCA/NCAA Top 25
- Led team in several offensive categories every year
- Among top ACC offensive category leaders during playing tenure
- Team made program history by making it to the NCAA Tournament and achieving first program win the NCAA Tournament (vs. Louisville)
- 4-year All-ACC Academic Team
- Holds Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League records
- 3-time All-State Selection

Personal Information:

Originally from Pittsburgh (Elizabeth), Pennsylvania. Has a dog named Cher.