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Cindy Bristow Cindy Bristow

Cindy has been involved in virtually every facet of softball throughout her 30-plus year career in the sport.

Player
• Pitched and played 1st base collegiately at Cal Poly Pomona were she earned All-American honors
• Played professionally for the Santa Ana Lionettes

Coach
• Assistant Coach at Arizona State
• Head Coach at New Mexico State
• Head Coach at Wichita State
• Head Coach and Assistant General Manager of the Georgia Pride who later became the Florida Wahoos in the Women's Professional Softball League

Leader
• President of the National Softball Coaches Association
• National Director of Junior Olympic Softball for the Amateur Softball

Association
• Director of National Teams and Coaching Development for USA Softball
• Director of Development for the International Softball Federation (ISF) - the world governing body for the sport of softball, including the Olympics

Educator
• Authored 8 softball instructional books • Produced 14 instructional video tapes on Softball
• Featured speaker at hundreds of softball clinics both in the US and abroad
• Organized and Leader of numerous softball clinics
• Cindy is also a color analyst for ESPN's college softball coverage

Accomplishment
• Inducted into the National Fastpitch Coaches Association Hall of Fame
• Helped guide the selection of the US's first-ever Olympic Softball team that won a Gold Medal in the 1996 Olympic Games.
• Coordinated the Greek Olympic Softball Team's creation and first-ever appearance in an Olympic Games
• Has worked with 3 different Olympic Softball Teams; USA, Greek and Chinese
• Led the Florida Wahoos to a WPSL championship
• Awarded WPSL Coach of the Year
• Traveled the world to help increase the level of softball coaching and play on a global level while working with the ISF's 125+ member countries