
Title: | Head Softball Coach |
Phone: | 251-580-2192 |
Email: | mallory.radwitch@coastalalabama.edu |
Coach Radwitch is entering her tenth season as head softball coach. She was recently named to the Belhaven University Sports Hall of Fame Class of 2022. Last year, the Sun Chiefs tied the record for the most wins in school history with a record of 43-15 and finished first in the Southern Division. She also got her 300th career win during last season, as well as, sent 12 Sun Chiefs on to play at the next level. For the second year in a row, the team received NJCAA Academic Team of the Year Honors for their team gpa of 3.5 and had 11 players receive NJCAA Academic All-American Honors. The team also had 15 NFCA All America Scholar-Athlete award recipients. Coastal South had the Southern Division Player of the Year in the 2022 season. During the 2021 season, the team had a record of 34-19 and won the Southern Division Championship. Coastal South also had the Southern Division Player and Pitcher of the Year and Coach Radwitch received the Southern Division Coach of the Year Award. Twelve players received NJCAA Academic All-American Honors and the team was named as one of NJCAA Academic Teams of the Year with a team GPA of 3.45. In 2020, the season was cut short due to COVID but the Sun Chiefs had a record of 16-6. In 2019, the Sun Chiefs finished second in the Southern Division and fifth at the ACCC Region 22 Tournament and had an overall record of 35-27. She was also named as the Co-South Coach of the Year. In 2016 and 2017, her teams won a total 85 games with a record of 43-15 in 2016, winning Southern Division titles and achieving the most wins for a season in the college's history. In her tenure at Coastal, she has had 4 player/pitchers of the year for Region 22 and over 40 players received All-Region 22 honors for their athletics and academics. Coach Radwitch was a member of the coaching staff for the 2017 NJCAA All-Star Team that competed in the prestigious Canada Cup.
As a graduate of Baker High School she grew up in Mobile, Ala. She was a member of the Honeybees State Championship Softball Team in 2005. She then attended Faulkner State where she played both volleyball and softball. While at Faulkner she received the President's Award, was a member of the All-Alabama Academic Team, and was also a member of Phi Theta Kappa. After graduating from Faulkner State with an Associate's Degree in General Studies, she attended Belhaven University in Jackson, MS, where she also played softball. While there she received honors for the 3.0 Blazer Club, All-Region, All-Conference and NAIA and NFCA 1st Team All-American Honors. She currently holds the record for most home runs in a season (18) and highest batting average in a season (.485) at Belhaven. Also, she ranks 1st all-time in home runs (33), 1st all-time in slugging percentage (.835), 2nd all-time in batting average (.451) and is top-10 among career leaders in RBI, hits, and on-base percentage. After graduating with her B.S. in Psychology she was then a graduate assistant for two years at Belhaven. In 2010, she and the coaching staff received NFCA NAIA East Region Coaching Staff of the Year award. In 2011, she received her Masters Degree in Public Administration from Belhaven University. Coach Radwitch is the huddle coach for Fellowship of Christian Athletes at Coastal and received the FCA MVP award in 2021 for her service to the organization. She also teaches in our Health/Physical Education department alongside her coaching duties.
She currently resides in Spanish Fort with her husband, David, and their 10-year-old son, Bryce, 7-year-old son, Brantley and 1-year-old son, Brendan.