June 29, 2010
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Five years ago, This Day In ASU History would go down as a landmark as Lisa Love made her first hiring as ASU's Athletic Director, bringing in former ASU baseball player, Clint Myers to fill the vacancy left in the ASU softball program's coaching staff after Linda Wells retired after 16 years of service.
Since that day, Myers has brought nothing but success to the program at the highest of levels with some of the highlights of his career including:
- ASU's first NCAA Championship in 2008
- Four consecutive WCWS appearances (a school record)
- Five consecutive Super Regional appearances (a school record)
- Complied a 264-71 (.788 winning percentage)
- 745-114 career softball record over 15 years
- Resetting nearly every offensive category in ASU, Pac-10 and NCAA history.
- 11 NFCA All-Americans
- 2 USA Softball Team Members
- 3 Finalists for USA Softball Player of the Year
- 39 All Pac-10 team awards
- 38 Pac-10 All-Academic awards (11 in 2010 alone, an ASU school record)
- 3 Pac-10 Player of the Year awards
- 1 Pac-10 Defensive Player of the Year award
- 2 Pac-10 Newcomer of the Year award
- 13 ESPN the Magazine Academic Awards
- 5 Honda Broderick Award Finalists
- 1 Pac-10 Pitcher of the Year Award
In addition to all of his coaching accolades, Myers also played for the Maroon & Gold from 1970-1973 where he was a member of the CWS National Runner-up in both 1972 and 1973 before being drafted in the third round of the Major League Baseball (MLB) draft by the St. Louis Cardinals in 1973.
A true Sun Devil through in through, June 29, 2005 will be a landmark in ASU history for years to come.