Kim Maher

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Kim Maher
Personal information
Full nameKim Ly Maher
BornSeptember 5, 1971 (1971-09-05) (age 52)
Saigon, South Vietnam
Medal record
Women's softball
Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 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]

Career[edit]

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[edit]

Fresno State Bulldogs[edit]

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

YEAR G AB R H BA RBI HR 3B 2B TB SLG BB SO SB SBA
1991 68 223 34 59 .264 32 4 1 11 84 .376% 18 15 0 0
1992 68 208 34 67 .322 36 3 6 14 102 .490% 21 8 2 2
1993 62 189 44 72 .381 49 14 3 8 128 .677% 26 13 1 2
1994 65 202 50 85 .421 64 10 5 16 141 .698% 21 11 1 2
TOTALS 263 822 162 283 .344 181 31 15 49 455 .553% 86 47 4 6

[12]

Team USA Olympic Games
YEAR G AB R H BA RBI HR 3B 2B TB SLG BB SO SB
1996 9 32 7 7 .218 3 1 0 1 11 .343% 2 5 0

College[edit]

Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Purdue Boilermakers (Big Ten Conference) (2006–2013)
2006 Purdue 30–30 7-12 8th
2007 Purdue 33–32-1 10-9 T-5th
2008 Purdue 35–23 9-9 4th NCAA Regionals
2009 Purdue 31–20 12-8 6th NCAA Regionals
2010 Purdue 27–27 8-10 5th
2011 Purdue 30–18-2 8-9-1 5th
2012 Purdue 31–22 13-10 T-5th
2013 Purdue 23–32 8-15 9th
Purdue: 240–204–3 (.540) 75–82–1 (.478)
Southwestern Oklahoma State Bulldogs (Great American Conference) (2017–Present)
2017 SWOSU 18–33 12-29
2018 SWOSU 13–38 13-38
2019 SWOSU 21–33 20-24
2020 SWOSU 4-16 3-9 Season cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic
2021 SWOSU 9–29 9–24
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[edit]

  1. ^ "1994 NSCA Division I All-America Teams". Nfca.org. Retrieved 2021-02-27.
  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 27 February 2021.
  4. ^ "WAC 2021 Softball Record Book" (PDF). Retrieved 27 February 2021.
  5. ^ "Division I Softball Championship Results" (PDF). Fs.ncaa.org. Retrieved 27 February 2021.
  6. ^ "Kim Maher". Swosuathletics.com. Retrieved 2021-02-27.
  7. ^ "1996 Summer Olympics – Atlanta, United States – Softball". databaseOlympics.com. Archived from the original on 2008-09-07. Retrieved 2008-11-02.
  8. ^ "Final 1991 Women's Softball Statistics Report" (PDF). Ncaa.org. Retrieved 2018-06-19.
  9. ^ "Final 1992 Women's Softball Statistics Report" (PDF). Ncaa.org. Retrieved 2018-06-19.
  10. ^ "Final 1993 Women's Softball Statistics Report" (PDF). Ncaa.org. Retrieved 2018-06-19.
  11. ^ "Final 1994 Women's Softball Statistics Report" (PDF). Ncaa.org. Retrieved 2018-06-19.
  12. ^ "Kim Maher". Teamusa.org. Archived from the original on December 29, 2015. Retrieved 2021-03-03.

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