LAS VEGAS, Nev. – The NFCA announced its 2015 Hall of Fame class at the conclusion of its annual Hall of Fame dinner and reception on Friday evening. The trio of inductees includes Texas A&M head coach Jo Evans, Montclair State head coach Anita Kubicka and Auburn head coach Clint Myers. They will be inducted into the Hall of Fame at the 2015 NFCA National Convention held in Atlanta, Ga.
In her 19th season at the helm of Texas A&M softball, Jo Evans has made her mark on the Aggies, taking them from a team with a lot of history into a formidable contender on the national stage. Evans came to Texas A&M in the summer of 1996 with 11 years of collegiate coaching experience and an adeptness and capacity to build winning programs. One of the winningest active Division I coaches in softball today, Evans has guided Texas A&M to a program-best No. 2 national ranking and a school-record, 32-straight NCAA Tournament appearances since 2002.
Evans has led the Aggies to three Big 12 titles (2005 regular season and 2008 regular season and tournament), 14 NCAA Regional appearances (including 12 straight) and five NCAA Super Regional Appearances.
In her tenure, Texas A&M has advanced to the NCAA postseason 15 times, including two consecutive trips to the Women's College World Series (WCWS) in 2007-08. The three-time Big 12 Coach of the Year claimed her 900th career coaching victory against Sacred Heart in the NCAA College Station Regional on May 20, 2011, after becoming the 25th all-time Division I coach to reach the 800-win milestone in NCAA history, which she accomplished in 2009.
Evans' Aggies have posted 18-straight, 30-win seasons, including eight 40-win seasons and a program-best 57 wins in 2008. A&M has compiled an impressive 709-344-2 (.672) record under Evans and continues to reach new heights.
Numerous student-athletes have flourished with Evans' guidance to garner national, regional and conference recognition. She has directed 15 All-Americans, 39 all-region selections, 70 All-Big 12 honorees and two All-SEC players. Four Aggies have been named the Big 12 Player of the Year, three were chosen as the Big 12 Pitcher of the Year, one as a two-time Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year, and two as the Big 12 Freshman of the Year. Evan's players also excel in the classroom as the Aggies have earned 49 Academic All-Big 12 awards, and two-time All-American, an academic All-American and an Academic Momentum Award first team.
Evans began her head-coaching career at Colorado State University in 1986, following two seasons as an assistant coach at Florida State. Evans led CSU to a 91-67 mark during her four-year stint, collected back-to-back High Country Athletic Conference Coach of the Year honors her final two seasons and was chosen as the Central Region Coach of the Year in 1989.
Evans returned home, to Utah, in 1991 to take over at her alma mater and quickly got things going as she directed the Utes to a trip to the College World Series in just her second year, winning back-to-back WAC regular season and tournament titles, making two WCWS appearances and rewriting the Utah record books for virtually every statistical category along the way. Evans earned her two WAC Coach of the Year awards and was also named as the West Region Coach of the Year by her peers.
Evans is the daughter of Bill and Bonnie Evans of Salt Lake City. She has three siblings, her oldest sister, Karen, and brother, Craig, live in Salt Lake City, and sister, Vicki, lives in Walnut Cove, North Carolina.