Cindy Bristow |
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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 |