Margo Jonker

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Margo F. Jonker
Biographical details
Born1953or1954(age 70–71) [1]
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
College Softball
1977–1979 Grand Valley State (asst.)
1978–1979 West Ottawa High School
1980–2019 Central Michigan
Volleyball
1976 Hope College
1977–1978 Hope College (asst.)
1979 Central Michigan (asst.)
National Softball
1998–2000 USA Women's Softball (asst.)
Head coaching record
OverallSoftball: 1246–780–6 (.615)
Volleyball: 12–15 (.444)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
10× MAC Regular Season Champions (1982, 1986, 1987, 1991, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2017)

11x MAC Tournament Champions (1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2013)
MAC East Division Champions (1984)

7× MAC West Division Champions (1998, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2017)

Contents


Awards
NFCA Hall of Fame (2003)

10× MAC Coach of the Year (1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1991, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2002, 2017)
NFCA Coach of the Year (1987)
NCAA Mideast Region Coach of the Year (1987)
2× NFCA Great Lakes Regional Coach of the Year (1994, 2000)
Grand Valley State Hall of Fame (1989)
Michigan Amateur Softball Hall of Fame (2000)
West Ottawa High School Hall of Fame (2001)

Metro Detroit Amateur Softball Association (2014)
Medal record
Assistant coach for Women's Softball
Representing the Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Olympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2000 Sydney Team
Assistant coach for ISF Women's World Championship
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1998 Fujinomiya
Assistant coach for Softball at the Pan American Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1999 Winnipeg

Margo F. Jonker is an American softball coach and the current head coach of the Central Michigan Chippewas. She was a 2003 inductee in the National Fastpitch Coaches Association Hall of Fame.

Career

During her 31 years as head coach, the Chippewas have gone to the NCAA tournament 13 times and have 11 Mid-American Conference (MAC) titles. Jonker was formerly an assistant softball coach at Grand Valley State University and head coach at West Ottawa High School. CMU's Margo Jonker stadium is named after her.

At the 2000 Olympics she served as an assistant coach on the United States Olympic softball team that captured the gold medal in Sydney, Australia. [2]

She is a Holland, Michigan native and attended and played softball for the Grand Valley State Lakers. [3]

Head coaching record

Volleyball

Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Hope College (Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association)(1976–1976)
1976Hope 12–154th
Hope:12–15 (.444)
Total:12–15 (.444)

      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

Softball

Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Central Michigan ()(1980–1981)
1980Central Michigan 16–12
1981Central Michigan 30–13–1
Central Michigan (Mid-American Conference)(1982–2019)
1982 Central Michigan 51–121st AIAW Women's College World Series
1983 Central Michigan 36–17–26–2–12nd (West) NCAA Regional
1984 Central Michigan 34–11–18–21st (East)
1985 Central Michigan 44–1212–42nd NCAA Regional
1986 Central Michigan 45–2016–21st NCAA Regional
1987 Central Michigan 37–1411–11st Women's College World Series
1988 Central Michigan 38–2318–145th
1989 Central Michigan 29–2715–175th
1990 Central Michigan 32–2214–93rd
1991 Central Michigan 39–2221–71st NCAA Regional
1992 Central Michigan 29–2014–134th
1993 Central Michigan 26–2617–135th
1994 Central Michigan 32–2423–111st NCAA Regional
1995 Central Michigan 26–2121–122nd
1996 Central Michigan 40–2126–61st NCAA Regional
1997 Central Michigan 41–2222–61st NCAA Regional
1998 Central Michigan 31–23–122–51st (West)
1999 Central Michigan 41–1820–82nd (West) NCAA Regional
2000 Central Michigan 33–1315–52nd (West) NCAA Regional
2001 Central Michigan 37–2020–41st (West) NCAA Regional
2002 Central Michigan 39–1623–11st (West) NCAA Regional
2003 Central Michigan 26–1814–72nd (West)
2004 Central Michigan 32–1921–31st (West) NCAA Regional
2005 Central Michigan 29–1616–61st (West)
2006 Central Michigan 22–2713–72nd (West)
2007 Central Michigan 27–2011–72nd (West)
2008 Central Michigan 25–2014–71st (West)
2009 Central Michigan 12–314–176th (West)
2010 Central Michigan 27–1912–82nd (West)
2011 Central Michigan 32–2113–95th (West)
2012 Central Michigan 30–2711–103rd (West)
2013 Central Michigan 33–2015–72nd (West) NCAA Regional
2014 Central Michigan 34–2210–102nd (West)
2015 Central Michigan 27–2312–82nd (West)
2016 Central Michigan 24–27–111–11–14th (West)
2017 Central Michigan 37–1518–51st (West)
2018 Central Michigan 22–2612–114th (West)
2019 Central Michigan 18–22–18–5–1
Central Michigan:1246–780–6 (.615)551–275–2 (.667)
Total:1246–780–6 (.615)

      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

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References

  1. "'Simply said, a legend': CMU softball coach Margo Jonker quietly retires after 40 years". Detroit News.
  2. "Margo Jonker". Central Michigan Chippewas. Archived from the original on 29 September 2011. Retrieved 28 December 2010.
  3. "Alumni-Margo Jonker". GVSU Alumni Relations. Archived from the original on 20 January 2010. Retrieved 28 December 2010.