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Mrs. Stefni Lotief , née Whitton
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Home Phone: 337-981-1116 Assistant Softball Coach 1995-1997 on the Girouard staff. Became Head Coach in 2000. One of the most successful players in the history of the storied progam, Stefni Lotief recently finished her second season as the head coach of Louisiana�s Lady Cajuns� softball team. For the second straight season, the former Lady Cajun pitcher guided the program to at least 50 wins, a Sun Belt Conference regular season and tournament title, another NCAA Regional and produced another All-American. She was also named the league’s Coach of the Year for the second straight season after leading the Lady Cajuns to a 15-1 league mark and a ranking in the National Fastpitch Coaches Association Top 25 poll. Lotief’s 2002 squad also made many marks in the UL Lafayette all-time record book. As a team, the Lady Cajuns blasted a new mark for home runs with 76. Individually, Alana Addison set the school record for home runs in a season with 16, Becky McMurtry established a total bases record with 151 and slugging percentage .766. The team as well as individuals ranked in several NCAA statistical categories. As a team Louisiana-Lafayette ranked 16th in batting average (.299), 11th in scoring (5.25 runs per game) and winning percentage (.794). Individually, McMurtry was ninth in the nation in doubles per game (.37) and third in total doubles (23). UL Lafayette placed three players in the Top 30 in RBI per game in Missy Martin, McMurtry and Addison. Addison was 15th in the nation in home runs per game. The Lady Cajuns also took home several honors. UL Lafayette placed eight members on the All-SBC first team and nine overall. The Lady Cajuns swept the major awards as McMurtry won Player and Newcomer of the Year, Brooke Mitchell was Freshman of the Year and Melissa Coronado was named the Pitcher of the Year. On the national level, McMurtry was named a 2002 NFCA All-America second team member, the 30th player in school history to do so. Four players were members of the 2002 NFCA All-South Region team (Addison, McMurtry, Coronado, Jerie Alexander). Also, Summar Lapeyrouse and Jill Robertson were named to the 2002 Verizon Academic All-District VI team. Lotief’s squad dominated the All-Louisiana softball team as well, leading all school’s with nine players selected (five on the first team). 2002 saw the Lady Cajuns continue their dominance of the SBC. UL Lafayette finished regular season play with a 15-1 mark and had a seven-game lead over second place finishers Florida International and Western Kentucky. In postseason play, the Lady Cajuns rolled through the conference tournament with three consecutive shutouts en route to their third straight tournament championship. The 50-win season was the second straight for the program and Lotief and marked just the second time in school history that the Lady Cajuns had back-to-back such seasons. It marked the fifth time in school history that UL Lafayette had eclipsed the 50-win total. Lotief became the fastest to 100 wins in school history as well. Lotief’s second season was highlighted by an NCAA Regional in Lady Cajun Park, the first time since 1997 that UL Lafayette had hosted a regional. She was also instrumental in getting a new lighting system for the park, an accomplishment which helped the school land the regional bid. In her first season in Lafayette, she led the team to a 51-10 record, one of the best marks in school history, Sun Belt Conference regular season and tournament championships and nearly took the team to its fourth trip to the Women�s College World Series. Along the way the Cajuns knocked off then-unbeaten and 2001 national champion Arizona – one of only four losses Arizona had all season. The Cajuns also knocked off Top 10 members Louisiana State and Arizona State. It was a 5-0 rout of the Sun Devils in the Baton Rouge regional that advanced the Lady Cajuns to the regional final. Alana Addison, Melissa Coronado and Tiffany Grayson were named to the All-Regional team. Under her tutelage in 2001, current senior pitcher Melissa Coronado set the school record for wins (35), senior shortstop Alana Addison set the school record for RBIs in a season (79) and the Lady Cajuns enjoyed a 15-game winning streak. Addison, an NFCA All-American, was crowned the national champion for RBIs, ninth in doubles (20) and 13th for slugging percentage (.758). Her .416 batting average ranked 16th in the nation and 15 home runs placed her 18th in that category. Jerie Alexander also made the batting average list, hitting a career-best .379. Her 60 runs scored ranked her 16th in that category joined by Jill Robertson at 19th with 57. Pitching, Coronado�s 35 wins were bested by only four other pitchers in Division I. She was four wins shy from being best in the country. The Cajuns also placed in the national rankings in several statistical categories as a team. As a team, the Cajuns were sixth-best in the country with a 51-10 record and .836 winning percentage. They also were one of the Top 10 in the country in scoring, with 321 runs and an average of 5.26 per game. The Lady Cajuns also rounded out the Top 20 list in home runs with 40, slugging percentage, .412, doubles, 84, and stolen bases, 98. The team also made the NCAA Divison I statistical rankings in team fielding, batting and pitching For her efforts Lotief was named the 2001 Sun Belt Conferece Coach of the Year. The Cajuns also took home Sun Belt Player of the Year honors (Addison), Sun Belt Pitcher of the Year (Coronado) and Freshman of the Year (Robertson). The Lady Cajuns also placed five on the All-Sun Belt first team and current senior Missy Martin was named the Sun Belt Tournament Most Outstanding Player. The Lady Cajuns� successes were not just limited to the field. A total of 10 players were named National Fastpitch Coaches Association All-American Scholar Athletes. With six starters returning, an All-American transfer and highly-touted new talent, Lotief firmly believes she has the talent to get the Lady Cajuns back to the Women�s College World Series. She has worked with some of the best in college softball, and she was a big influence in bringing Lady Cajuns� softball to national prominence. Lotief came to the Lady Cajuns via Friendswood, Texas, and became the school�s first-ever All-American in 1989. She became the program�s first first-team All-American one year later, and was named the 1990 GTE Academic Player of the Year. Also in 1990, she led the Lady Cajuns to their first top 10 ranking, as well as the school’s first of what is now 11 NCAA Regional appearances. She is currently the school’s second-winningest pitcher (78 victories), and she also has the second-lowest career ERA in school history (0.66). Lotief also brings a strong coaching background to Louisiana-Lafayette. Before joining the Lady Cajuns� program, she was the head coach and president of the Louisiana Image, one of the best American Softball Association fastpitch teams in the country. As the mentor of the Image, Lotief worked with some of the best college players in the country. Before working with the Image, Lotief was an assistant pitching and catching coach for the Lady Cajuns from 1995-97. Her work helped get the Lady Cajuns to back-to-back Women’s College World Series in ’95 and ’96. Her collegiate coaching experience is not just with the Lady Cajuns. In 1992, Lotief was the pitching coach at North Carolina. Before joining the Lady Cajuns, she served as a marketing instructor and also served as Assistant Dean in the College of Business Administration at Louisiana-Lafayette. Lotief graduated from UL Lafayette in 1990 with a degree in marketing, and she received her MBA in 1993. She is married to Lafayette attorney Michael Lotief, and the couple has a daughter, Chelsea, and a son, Andrew.
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