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Shena Hollar
Profile
Entering her 25th year as head coach
Owns 926 all-time wins and has a career winning percentage of .739 at Lenoir-Rhyne
Seven-time South Atlantic Conference Coach of the Year
Won 12 regular season SAC Championships and eight SAC Tournament titles
Advanced to 15 NCAA Tournaments including a pair of trips to the NCAA Southeast Super Regionals (2010 and 2011)
Never had a winning percentage below .500 in her first 24 seasons
Record
Year: Overall, SAC, Postseason
at Lenoir-Rhyne
2023: 38-14, 16-8, NCAA Tournament
2022: 38-16, 18-6, NCAA Tournament
2021: 17-16, 13-11
2020: 20-4, 2-0, N/A
2019: 26-19, 9-10
2018: 45-10, 19-1, NCAA Tournament
2017: 46-13, 16-4, NCAA Tournament
2016: 48-13, 20-2, NCAA Tournament
2015: 32-19, 12-10
2014: 40-15, 16-6, NCAA Tournament
2013: 37-16, 11-7, NCAA Tournament
2012: 48-13, 14-4, NCAA Tournament
2011: 45-10, 16-2, NCAA Tournament Super Regional
2010: 53-9, 15-1, NCAA Tournament Super Regional
2009: 38-13, 11-5, NCAA Tournament
2008: 42-14, 12-2, NCAA Tournament
2007: 48-10, 10-4, NCAA Tournament
2006: 52-12-1, 12-2, NCAA Tournament
2005: 35-16-1, 8-6
2004: 38-16, 10-4
2003: 28-15, 9-3
2002: 41-10, 11-3, NCAA Tournament
2001: 32-21, 6-7
2000: 39-16, 13-3
TOTALS: 926-330-2, 283-103, 15 NCAA Tournament appearances
at Newberry
1999: 28-28, 12-2
1998: 17-33, 4-10
TOTALS: 45-61, 16-12
CAREER TOTALS: 971-391-2, 298-115, 15 NCAA Tournament appearances
Program Accolades
Reached nine straight NCAA Tournaments from 2006-2014
Set the program record with 22 straight winning seasons
Set the program mark with 53 wins in 2010
The 20 game winning streak in 2017 is the longest in program history
Bears have tossed 19 of their 21 all-time no-hitters under Hollar and all three of the program's perfect games
Have won 24 NCAA Tournament games under Hollar
Since the start of 2009, the Bears have been nationally ranked for 115 weeks including 30 consecutive weeks
Bears ranked as high as No. 5 nationally during the 2017 season
Awards and Honors
Eight players have gone on to be named All-Americans under Hollar's guidance including Sarah Atkins and Kat Rivers earning First Team All-American honors in 2010
Hollar has coached 144 players to All-Conference accolades and 78 to All-Region honors
In her 24 seasons, Hollar has had nine SAC Pitchers of the Year, seven SAC Tournament MVPs, four SAC Players of the Year and five SAC Freshmen of the Year
Hollar has also had four players selected as Academic All-Americans including Talon LaClair who became the program's first First Team Academic All-American in history in 2020
Sarah Kenley was selected as the D2CCA Regional Player of the Year in 2017
Hollar won her 800th game at LR on March 13, 2019
Previous Coaching Experience
Hollar spent two seasons at Newberry before her time at LR
Led Newberry to a share of SAC Regular Season title in 1999
Personal
Married to husband David and the couple reside in Taylorsville, N.C.
Earned undergraduate degree from Wingate in 1996 and master's degree from Morehead State University in 1997
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