SAN ANTONIO, Texas (Dec. 9 2022) – Jenny Allard (Harvard University), Kerri Blaylock (Southern Illinois University Carbondale, ret.), Sandy Montgomery (SIUE, ret.) and Mary Jo Truesdale (Sheldon High School) were inducted into the NFCA Hall of Fame on Friday evening at the JW Marriott San Antonio Resort and Spa.
The NFCA Convention's marquee event, preceded by a 30-minute social reception, the banquet kicked off by honoring
Hall of Famers in attendance with the NFCA's traditional Hall of Fame March.
Allard, who is entering her 27th season at Harvard, began her career as an assistant at Iowa, under NFCA Hall of Famer Gayle Blevins. After two years, she was named the fourth head coach in Harvard softball history and made an immediate impact, leading the 1995 squad to a 10-win improvement over the year before. In her fourth year at the helm, Allard guided the Crimson to its first 30-win season, Ivy League title and NCAA appearance. Over the course of her first 10 years, she guided Harvard to three Ivy championships (1998, 2000, 2001), to a pair of NCAA tournaments (1998, 2000) and won more games (244) than the Crimson had in its first 14 seasons of existence (203).
Allard's next 10 seasons featured more success as Harvard compiled eight .500-or-better campaigns, won three more Ivy League titles and made a trio of NCAA appearances, including a run to the regional final in 2012. In the last five full seasons, meanwhile, Allard has guided the Crimson to five winning seasons, two Ivy titles and a pair of NCAA tournament berths.
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