Kim Maher

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Kim Maher
Personal information
Full nameKim Ly Maher
BornSeptember 5, 1971 (1971-09-05) (age 53)
Saigon, South Vietnam
Medal record
Women's softball
Representing the Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Olympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1996 Atlanta Team competition

Kim Ly Maher (born September 5, 1971 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam) is a Vietnamese-American, former collegiate All-American, Olympic champion, right-handed softball player and current Head Coach originally from Fresno, California. [1] [2] She competed in college for the Fresno State Bulldogs in both the Big West and Western Athletic Conference from 1991-94, ranking in the latter for career batting average (.401) for her last two years and leading them in two semifinal finishes at the 1991 and 1992 Women's College World Series, being named All-Tournament for both events. [3] [4] [5] Maher won gold at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics with Team USA. Maher is head of the SWOSU Bulldogs softball team. [6]

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Career

She competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta where she received a gold medal with the American team. [7]

Maher played NCAA Division I softball for the Fresno State Bulldogs. She is the former head coach of the Purdue University softball team. Maher resigned after her Boilers posted a 23-32 record during the 2013 season and failed to qualify for postseason play for the fourth consecutive season.

Statistics

Fresno State Bulldogs

[8] [9] [10] [11]

YEAR G AB R H BA RBI HR 3B 2B TB SLG BB SO SB SBA
1991682233459.26432411184.376%181500
1992682083467.322363614102.490%21822
1993621894472.381491438128.677%261312
1994652025085.4216410516141.698%211112
TOTALS263822162283.344181311549455.553%864746

[12]

Team USA Olympic Games
YEAR G AB R H BA RBI HR 3B 2B TB SLG BB SO SB
199693277.218310111.343%250

College

Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Purdue Boilermakers (Big Ten Conference)(2006–2013)
2006 Purdue 30–307-128th
2007 Purdue 33–32-110-9T-5th
2008 Purdue 35–239-94th NCAA Regionals
2009 Purdue 31–2012-86th NCAA Regionals
2010 Purdue 27–278-105th
2011 Purdue 30–18-28-9-15th
2012 Purdue 31–2213-10T-5th
2013 Purdue 23–328-159th
Purdue:240–204–3 (.540)75–82–1 (.478)
Southwestern Oklahoma State Bulldogs (Great American Conference)(2017–Present)
2017SWOSU 18–3312-29
2018SWOSU 13–3813-38
2019SWOSU 21–3320-24
2020SWOSU 4-163-9Season cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic
2021SWOSU 9–299–24
SWOSU:65–149 (.304)57–124 (.315)
Total:305–353–3 (.464)

      National champion        Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion        Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion      Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

References

  1. ↑ "1994 NSCA Division I All-America Teams". Nfca.org. Retrieved February 27, 2021.
  2. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Kim Maher". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved May 24, 2015.
  3. ↑ "2018 Media Guide" (PDF). Retrieved February 27, 2021.
  4. ↑ "WAC 2021 Softball Record Book" (PDF). Retrieved February 27, 2021.[ permanent dead link ]
  5. ↑ "Division I Softball Championship Results" (PDF). Fs.ncaa.org. Retrieved February 27, 2021.
  6. ↑ "Kim Maher". Swosuathletics.com. Retrieved February 27, 2021.
  7. ↑ "1996 Summer Olympics – Atlanta, United States – Softball". databaseOlympics.com. Archived from the original on September 7, 2008. Retrieved November 2, 2008.
  8. ↑ "Final 1991 Women's Softball Statistics Report" (PDF). Ncaa.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 8, 2020. Retrieved June 19, 2018.
  9. ↑ "Final 1992 Women's Softball Statistics Report" (PDF). Ncaa.org. Retrieved June 19, 2018.
  10. ↑ "Final 1993 Women's Softball Statistics Report" (PDF). Ncaa.org. Retrieved June 19, 2018.
  11. ↑ "Final 1994 Women's Softball Statistics Report" (PDF). Ncaa.org. Retrieved June 19, 2018.
  12. ↑ "Kim Maher". Teamusa.org. Archived from the original on December 29, 2015. Retrieved March 3, 2021.


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