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Harding University

Harding University Athletics
 HU Box 12281 Searcy, AR 72149
Division 2 Arkansas South
Private Small Competitive team
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Ashley Reeves

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Ashley Reeves has been Harding’s head softball coach since 2021. She has an 84-32 record in two seasons in Searcy and a 115-66 record in four seasons as a collegiate head coach.


In her time at Harding, Reeves has coached 16 All-GAC players, six All-Region players, one GAC Freshman of the Year and one GAC Newcomer of the Year. Additionally, Reeves has coached 11 National Fastpitch Coaches Association Scholar Athletes, six GAC Distinguished Scholar Athletes and two GAC Elite Scholar Athletes.


In Reeves’ two seasons, she has led Harding to one NCAA regional berth, two GAC regular season top-three finishes and two trips to the GAC Tournament semifinals. Her teams are 49-17 in GAC regular season games.


Yearly Highlights

2023 – 46-14 record … second most wins in program history … 26-7, 2nd in GAC standings … NCAA Central Region 1 finalist … reached GAC Tournament semifinals … led the GAC in stolen bases (121) … pitching staff ranked 14th in D2 in WHIP (1.06) and 15th in ERA (1.89)

2022 – 38-18 record … 23-10, 3rd in GAC standings … reached GAC Tournament semifinals … offense led the GAC in batting average (.317), on-base percentage (.378), slugging percentage (.508) and scoring (5.75)

BEFORE HARDING

Reeves came to Harding after spending the 2020 and 2021 seasons as the head coach at Fort Lewis College, an NCAA Division II school located in Durango, Colorado. She led the team to 31 wins in her time there, including a 27-21 record in Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference, and had four All-RMAC selections. After a COVID-shortened first season, Reeves led Fort Lewis to the RMAC Tournament for the first time since 2014 in her second season.


Reeves began her collegiate coaching career as an assistant at Abilene Christian in 2011-12. She returned to the club in the summer of 2014 before receiving her promotion to associate head coach in August 2016. In Reeves' time there, Abilene Christian had 32 all-conference selections, four NFCA All-Region players and one Freshman of the Year honoree and played in the 2017 National Invitational Softball Championship.


Prior to her time at ACU, Reeves spent three seasons as the head softball coach at Harding Academy in Searcy, Arkansas, where she also served as an assistant volleyball and basketball coach.


EDUCATION

Reeves was a four-year starter at Texas Tech as a center fielder while earning her bachelor's degree in communication studies. She earned Second Team All-Big XII in 2006 and was a First Team All-Big XII selection in 2004 and 2007. In her 2007 season, Reeves hit .379 with 15 RBIs and 24 stolen bases en route to being named an NFCA All-Region player.


FAMILY

Ashley and her husband, Tanyon, have three daughters.

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Chris Wiman

At Harding

Chris Wiman became a softball assistant coach at Harding in 2022.


Playing Career

Wiman pitched collegiately at Abilene Christian University from 2005-08. As a junior, he set the school season record for wins in a season as he went 13-5 and led the nation in wins. Wiman struck out 80 and walked only 29 batters in 91 innings pitched. Over his career at ACU he was a three-time all-Lone Star Conference selection.


In the summer of 2006, Wiman pitched for the Chatham A's in the famed Cape Cod Baseball League against some of the nation's top college hitters and professional prospects. In 38 innings pitched, he allowed 37 hits while striking out 29 and walking 12.


Wiman went on to play professional baseball in the Frontier League for the Southern Illinois Miners, where he was selected as a mid-season all-star in his rookie season.


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Family

Wiman and his wife Ashley have two children.

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Hannah Garrett

Softball Graduate Assistant

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