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IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Gary Holden, Sports
Info. Director
(540) 365-4306
January 23, 2005
Petrel Named Assistant Softball Coach at
Ferrum
Ferrum, Va.
– Director of Athletics Abe Naff has announced the hiring of Jim
Petrel as Assistant Softball Coach at Ferrum College.
Petrel joins the Ferrum softball coaching staff and will work with
15th-year Head Coach Vickie Van Kleeck. He previously served
three years as Assistant Softball Coach at Bethany College in West
Virginia.
The softball team qualified for the NCAA playoffs all three years
during Petrel's tenure at Bethany, advancing to the Division III
College Softball World Series in 2002. Petrel earned his
bachelor’s degree in 2004 from Bethany, where he played two years
for the baseball team and a year with the football team.
Petrel is a native of Burgettstown, Pennsylvania.
Petrel joins a Ferrum program that returns the majority of its
28-15-1 team from a year ago. The Panthers finished third in
the USA South Athletic Conference regular season standings and
advanced to the championship game of the 2004 USA South Tournament.
Ferrum has made one trip to the NCAA Division III playoffs, in 2002 after
winning the USA South (then Dixie Conference) Tournament.
The Panthers open the season with a Spring Break road trip, where they will participate in the
2005
University of West Florida Softball Spring Fling Feb. 27
through Mar. 4 in Pensacola, Florida. Ferrum will play nine
games in a five-day stretch during the trip, including a pair of
games at Div. III powerhouse Emory University Mar. 5 in Atlanta
following the UWF Spring Fling. For more information, please
contact the Ferrum College Sports Information Office at (540)
365-4306.
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