College of the Redwoods Hires New Softball Coach

Feature Icon College of the Redwoods (CR)Press release from College of the Redwoods:

College of the Redwoods has hired Megan Valente as the new women’s softball head coach to replace long-time coach Maggie White who will be stepping down after twenty-five years. Valente was CR’s assistant softball coach under Coach White from Fall 2018 through Spring 2020. Before that, she was head softball coach at Mercy High School in Red Bluff in 2017-18 and, most recently, Valente served as the head assistant coach at Adams State University in Alamosa, Colorado.

“The CR Athletic department is extremely excited to welcome Megan back to the Softball Program at CR,” says Athletics Director Bob Brown. “During her last tenure she was able to establish a great rapport with all of our staff and players in the program, some of whom are still on the team and are very excited about her return.”

“I am excited to be back at College of the Redwoods,” says Valente. “COVID cut our 2020 season short and I always felt like I had unfinished business. I was gone for a year but those players I coached as freshmen are coming back for one final run,” she says. “I am excited to come back and work with this talented group of athletes and make a run to win the GVC!”

“I am confident Megan will embed herself in our local softball community and continue to build on the relationships she established when she worked for us as an assistant,” continues Brown. “She’s ready and excited about this opportunity and has presented a clear plan and vision for the future of the program.”

Valente also recently earned her Bachelor’s Degree in Interdisciplinary Studies from HSU. She will take over the program starting immediately and will be meeting with student athletes and new recruits over these next few of weeks.

CR President Keith Flamer says, “I am pleased with the level of experience Coach Valente brings to our softball program. She has coached at multiple levels and understands our community. We look forward to Coach Valente doing great things for the softball program.”

Coach White continues to serve as a Health and Kinesiology instructor and will mentor all student athletes in CR’s Cap & Gown program, where she will help students balance the demands of both their studies and their sport.

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Martin
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2 years ago

Welcome to CR Coach Valente. The very best of luck to you and the softball team!