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Coach Ellis resigned from
Dobson Softball only on 6-18-2002 and from Mt. Pointe softball on May,
2005 ... After 37 years of coaching high school softball, it was fun and rewarding.
Thanks to the hundreds of athletes that played their best and gave of their
best, our friendship will always be treasured. … Thanks for memories! ...
At Dobson, I retired from coaching badminton November, 2007.
After being out only a year, (I helped on and off at Basha their very first
year) ... my love for softball was too great. In 2003, I became the assistant
varsity softball coach at Mt. Pointe High School in Phoenix
as a part of the Tempe Union High School
District. Click here for the location of Mt. Pointe
and all the schools we play.
Click here to see my motorcycle.
On 6-28-2002 -- Coach Ellis won the National High School Coach of the Year after receiving the Region 8 Coach of the year in 2002, 1998, 1996, and 1993. Nominated by her peers in the Arizona Coaches Association, the NHSACA selects the region winners. Region 8 includes the following states: Ariz., Calif., Hawaii, Nevada, New Mex., and Utah. The National High School Athletic Coaches Association gives the National award every year to one of the winners of the 8 regions. What is outstanding is that the award was decided before my leaving Dobson Softball was announced. Thanks to everyone involved, I can't tell you what this means to me. HERE'S MY ARTICLES.
Coach Ellis' History as a Varsity Softball Head Coach:
... in 1996, inducted into the Arizona Coaches Hall of Fame,
... 1 State Championship at Arizona, 1990
... 1 State Championship in California. 1970
... Overall wins 570 while being head varsity coach at Orange in Calif. 1968-1971, Mesa 1972-1980, & Dobson 1981-2002, high schools since 1968.
... 10 times Regional Champions ('69, 70, 74, 75, 78, 83, 85, 86, 90, 00);
... 7 times Regional Runner-up ('77, 84, 87, 88, 93, 94, 96) .
... 6 times State Final 4 Competition ('70, 85, 89, 90, 93, 95)
... 2 State Championships (1970, 1990)
... Total wins for Dobson 340, 1981-2002
... 1993 Southwest Region 8 Coach of the Year
... 1996 Southwest Region 8 Coach of the Year
... 1996 Arizona Athletic Coaches Hall of Fame as Coach of the Year
... 1998 Southwest Region 8 Coach of the Year
... 2002 Southwest Region 8 Coach of the Year
... 2002 USA National Coach of the Year
... 2005 Mesa Sports Hall of Fame
... 2019 Arizona Softball Hall of Fame
... overall record 570-207 in high schools with a no recruiting rule, play with those in your school district boundaries.
... BIGGEST ACCOMPLISHMENT ... coached varsity softball and worked with great kids in softball for 1968-2002 = 33 years as a head coach at Orange, Mesa, & Dobson ... 2002-2005 paid assistant coach at Mt. Pointe ... 2005-2008 volunteer coach at 6 different schools = 40 years... what fanatastic memories and fun times that we will all treasure forever and ever.... September, 2023 Dobson High started the Dobson Athletic Hall of Fame and I was honored to be one of the first 6 coached inducted.
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