LOUISVILLE, KY – Rowan softball coach Kim Wilson was inducted into the National Fastpitch Coaches Association Hall of Fame at the organization's annual convention on Friday evening at the The Galt House Hotel. She was joined by Lonni Alameda (Florida State), Carol Bruggeman (NFCA) and John Byrne (Moravian, retired) in the Class of 2023.
 
"I'm honored to join some of the best coaches in our game in the NFCA Hall of Fame! It was awesome to be inducted with John, Carol and  Lonni. I'm thankful that many current and past Rowan players and coaches were able to share the night with me," said Wilson.
 
One of the winningest coaches in NCAA Division III softball, Wilson enters her 28th season as Rowan's head coach in 2024. She has led the Profs to eight New Jersey Athletic Conference titles and 19 NCAA Tournament appearances, including a third-place national finish.
 
Wilson's 27-year record at Rowan is 878-293-2, while her overall mark in 33 years of coaching, which includes six seasons at Washington & Jefferson College, is 943-350-2. At the start of the 2023 season, she ranked sixth in all-time victories and 13th in winning percentage among active Division III coaches.
 
Rowan's 19 NCAA Regional appearances under Wilson include five trips to the NCAA Super Regional, including back-to-back berths in 2018 and 2019, while the 2023 and 2018 squads captured the title to advance to the NCAA Finals.
 
Wilson's Profs are coming off the 2023 season in which they participated in the NCAA Finals for the seventh time in school history. Rowan won the NCAA Marietta Regional title and then the NCAA Ashland Super Regional to advance to the finals. The Profs went 42-10 and captured the NJAC regular-season title with a 17-1 record while Wilson earned the conference's Coach of the Year award for the ninth time and the third year in a row.