Kristen Hawkins
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- Title:
- Assistant Coach
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- Email:
- knhawkins@iccms.edu
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
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.