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Nicholls State University - LA

Nicholls State University Athletics
 906 East First Street, Louisiana Hwy One Thibodaux, LA 70310
Division 1 Louisiana South
Public Medium National competitor
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Justin Lewis

Justin Lewis was named head softball coach at Nicholls State University on July 8, 2021.


Lewis takes over the Colonel softball program after spending one season as an assistant and primary hitting instructor at Fresno State, where the Bulldogs won the Mountain West Championship and made an appearance in the 2021 NCAA Tournament. Fresno State posted a 37-12 overall record with a 20-4 mark in the Mountain West.


Fresno State had a historic campaign in 2021, leading the conference in 23 statistical categories while outscoring the opposition, 279-103. Offensively, the Bulldogs had MW bests in batting average (.295), hits, doubles (62), triples (18), home runs (47) and stolen bases (88). Fresno State also had four 2021 All-Mountain West selections, highlighted by Hailey Dolcini and Keahilele Mattson. Dolcini claimed MW Pitcher of the Year while Mattson took home Player and Co-Freshman of the Year.


Lewis had a brief stint in the Southland Conference as an assistant at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi in 2020. In the shortened season, the Islanders nearly matched their win total from the previous campaign and claimed victories against UAB, ULM, Syracuse and Southeastern Louisiana.


Prior to his time with the Islanders, he served as the assistant coach at Texas A&M Kingsville. In 2019, the Javelinas set school records for wins in a season (52), winning percentage (.839) and longest win streak (19). TAMUK won the Lone Star Conference Championship in the regular season and the LSC Tournament Championship in the same season for the first time ever. The Javelinas also captured the South Central Regional Title and earned their first ever trip to the College World Series, where they won four games before finishing as the National Runner-Up.


At TAMUK, Lewis worked with an offense that set new program marks for runs scored in a season (343), total bases (768), on-base percentage (.387), and home runs (46). He also worked with the infielders, helping the unit tie the single-season fielding percentage record at .967.


Before returning to coaching, Lewis served as a firefighter for nine years. He was also a camp coach for University of Arizona head softball coach Mike Candrea for the three years before heading to TAMUK. His college coaching experience also includes three baseball seasons at Central Arizona College.


As a student-athlete, Lewis played two years at Central Arizona College and then transferred to ULM, where he was an All-Conference performer.

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Ron Frost

With eight years of coaching experience, Ron Frost is in his first year at Nicholls State University as assistant coach. Frost came to Thibodaux after spending four years at Vernon College as recruiting coordinator/assistant coach working with outfielders, catchers, and hitting.

In 2021, Vernon College set school records for wins in a season (42), winning percentage (.719), home runs (81), triples (28) and doubles, (144). The Chaps also reached their highest national NJCAA ranking in school history (6th). The historic season also gave Coach Ron his first All-American (2nd Team NFCA) and a total of six NTJCAC All-Conference selections.


In 2020, Frost was an assistant coach for what was on pace to be the best season in program history. The Chaps were 24-1 with wins over three NJCAA nationally-ranked programs and led the country in several statistical categories.


Frost's coaching career began at Alabama State University where he was a student assistant from 2012-13 and volunteer assistant from 2013-15.


From 2012-14, he helped start a travel ball organization, Alabama Crush, based out for Montgomery, Alabama. The organization was comprised of local high school kids in the Montgomery County area.


Frost had a successful two-year stint as a pitcher in the Alabama State program and was a senior the first year of the Mervyl Melendez era. He transferred to ASU after playing two seasons at Southern Union Community College in Wadley, Alabama. While at South Union, he helped the Bison win 77 games in two years with a 7-2 record on the mound and a .311 career batting average.


Frost is a native of Atlanta, Georgia and now resides in Thibodaux with his fiancee, Miranda, and their son, Ronald Frost, III.

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Kat Frakes

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