Orlando, Fla. --  Minnesota State softball coach, Lori Meyer, has been named as one of four inductees to next year’s National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) Hall of Fame the organization announced tonight at its annual convention.
 
Joining Meyer in next year’s class is California (Pa.)  head coach Rick Bertagnolli, Florida Atlantic head coach Joan Joyce, and University of Alabama head coach Patrick Murphy will join 58 other members next year when they are inducted into NFCA Hall of Fame at the 2013 NFCA Convention in Orlando, Fla.
 
For the past 28 years and 1,507 total games, Meyer has been the driving force behind the Minnesota State softball program.  A 927-game winner, she has coached 18 All-Americans, 71 all-conference (North Central Conference & Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference) performers and 99 academic all-conference recipients.  She and her staff were also honored as the 2011 NFCA Central Region Coaching Staff of the Year.
 
During her career Minnesota State has secured three NCC titles (1987, 1989, 2007) and one NSIC title (2012), made ten trips to the NCAA Division II National Tournament (1987, 1989, 1995, 1997, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012) and a pair of trips to the NCAA Championships (1987 and 2011).
 
This past season, Meyer led the Mavericks to a sweep of the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference Regular and Postseason championships en route to a 49-10 record.