Washington College

Washington College Athletics
300 Washington Avenue Chestertown, MD 21620

Division 3 Maryland Northeast

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Sally Snover

Sally Snover was named head softball coach at her alma mater during the summer of 2020. Snover returned to Washington College following a four-year stint as the lead assistant coach and hitting instructor at Oberlin College in Ohio.

During her time at Oberlin, the Yeowomen had their most successful run at the plate. In her first season in 2017, the Oberlin offense rewrote the record book, setting then team-highs for batting average (.306), runs (183), hits (339) walks (81) and hit by pitches (26). In 2019, the Yeowomen hitters set new school records in batting average (.330) and runs (184) while mentoring the North Coast Athletic Conference Newcomer of the Year and NCAC First-Team selection Cat Moruzzi. The freshman turned in a historical season by finishing second in the conference in batting average at .444 while producing 55 hits to set single-season school records in each category. For three seasons, Snover also mentored Emma Downing '19 who departed the program as the all-time leader in batting average (.374) and runs (115). She is second in school history in home runs (13) and total hits (158) while ranking fifth all-time in NCAA Division III history with 54 hit-by-pitches.

Following her graduation from the College in 2012, Snover became the assistant coach and recruiting coordinator of the Shorewomen that summer and served for four seasons. In her first season as assistant coach the Shorewomen won the Centennial Conference Tournament and earned an automatic bid in the NCAA Tournament. Washington College topped Utica 11-6 in nine innings in the first round of the Ithaca Regional and became the first women's team at Washington to win an NCAA Tournament contest. The Shorewomen would also reach the conference tournament in 2014 and 2016 with the team hosting the tournament for the first time in 2016. The Shorewomen had their two season with the most wins in program history during this time winning 27 contests in 2013 and 26 games in 2014 with the 2014 squad earning the program's first-ever national ranking.

She was a fixture at third base for the Shorewomen during her four-year career, starting all 152 games during that span. Snover set the single-season school record for walks with 26 in 2011. In 2011, she helped the Shorewomen reach the conference tournament for the first time in six years and in 2012 Snover helped Washington reach the championship round of the tournament. She was also a four-time team captain.

Snover was named to the All-Centennial Conference first team as a sophomore and the Centennial Conference All-Sportsmanship Team as a junior and senior. She earned a spot on the Centennial Conference Academic Honor Roll three times.

Snover finished her collegiate softball career with 121 hits, 72 RBI, 83 runs scored, and 48 walks - making her one of the Shorewomen's more productive offensive players in team history. She earned a B.A. in Psychology for the College in May 2012.

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Eric Widger

Eric Widger was named an assistant coach for Shorewomen Softball in the fall of 2022. Widger previously served as an assistant coach at Washington & Jefferson in Western Pennsylvania for one season in the 2021-22 school year.

He attended the University of Delaware where he served as a student manager for Blue Hen Softball for three seasons. Off the field, he was a member of the Sport Management Club and attended the UD Sport Business Conference.

Widger worked with the Delaware Cobras for nearly two years as he did an internship and volunteered for the Cobras.

He received his Bachelor's Degree in Sport Management from Delaware in 2021.

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David Proffitt

David Proffitt was named an assistant coach for the Washington College softball team in January 2018. He had previously worked with the team as a slap-hitting consultant.

Proffitt has been a successful coach on the youth and high school levels since 2010. He spent seven seasons as an assistant varsity softball coach at Caravel Academy in Delaware, helping that team to two state championships in 2011 and 2016 as well as three runner-up finishes. His on-field duties at Caravel were primarily hitting and base running; after his hire, the team's batting average rose 20 points from the prior two years.

Proffitt is also currently the head coach of the Delaware Fillies Fastpitch 18U travel team, starting that age group from scratch in the winter of 2017. He previously served as a 12U assistant coach and 14U head coach for the Delaware Magic, winning a number of tournament championships along the way.

A Realtor for RE/MAX, Profitt also is a private hitting instructor in his spare time. He is married with three daughters and earned a bachelor's in Business Management from Wilmington (Del.) University in 1997.