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University of Montevallo

University of Montevallo Athletics
 75 College Drive Montevallo, AL 35115
Division 2 Alabama Southeast
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Beth Wade

Beth Wade was named the new head softball coach on June 11, 2021. Wade is the second coach in the program's history.


Beth Wade is entering her third season as the head coach of the Falcons and brings a wealth of experience to the Montevallo softball program with a deep background in the sport. Wade comes to Motown by way of the College of Charleston where she served as the assistant coach. At Charleston, her main responsibilities included assisting in coaching the defense and offense, recruiting, developing daily practice plans, setting up and running camps and clinics, submitting practice logs into Jump Forward software per NCAA compliance rules, and assisting with team film for practice and games. During the 2019-20 COVID-shortened season, the Cougars played 20 games. Defensively, the team had a fielding percentage of .967. Offensively, the team's top three hitters improved their batting average from the previous season by 79, 222, and 45 points, respectively. As a team, COFC surpassed the previous year's total of stolen bases in less than one-third of the season (24). The Cougars were also on track to beat the previous year's team in HR's, triples, and runs scored.


Prior to her time at the College of Charleston, Wade served as the head coach for Gulf Coast State College in Panama City, Fla., where she posted a record of 167-95 over her five year tenure. In Wade's final season at Gulf Coast in 2019, the Commodores finished 37-17, won the Panhandle Conference playoffs and earned a spot in the state tournament while climbing as high as No. 14 in the country. The previous season the Commodores notched a 33-game winning streak and finished 40-12, rising as high as fourth in the nation, with a victory over the No. 1 ranked Chipola Lady Indians. In all she coached 40 all-conference players and three All-Americans, and her team posted a 3.52 grade point average for the 2016-17 school year, the seventh-highest mark in the country.


Before her stint at GCSC, Wade served as an assistant coach at three schools from 2008-14. She was a civil engineer for two years before entering the coaching ranks on a fulltime basis.


Wade earned her first fulltime coaching position at Appalachian State in 2008 and helped lead the Mountaineers to a significant three-year turnaround. Working with the pitching staff, she was instrumental in the team's ERA dropping from 4.81 in 2008 to 2.46 in 2010 while App State went from 11 wins to 27 over that span. She was also an assistant coach at Lynn (Fla.) University in 2011 and Troy from 2012-14.


Prior to her coaching career, Wade was a standout softball player at Florida State, and was part of teams that won 221 games, captured three ACC championships and twice reached the Women's College World Series. She was a three-year starter and team captain in 2003. Wade was a first-team All-ACC and all-tournament selection in 2004 when she led the Seminoles in doubles and home runs. She was also a three-time Academic All-American.


Wade owns four degrees including a masters in sport administration from FSU in 2004 and a masters in engineering from the University of Florida in 2012. She received a pair of bachelor's degrees from FSU in exercise science in 2003 and civil engineering in 2007.

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Faith Sims

The University of Montevallo softball Head Coach Beth Wade has announced the addition of Faith Sims as Assistant Coach, on Thursday, August 3.


Sims assumes the role after serving as a coach at Cordova High School during 2021-2023. Faith also coached at the University of Alabama Birmingham before her stint at Cordova.


Before her coaching career, Faith played collegiately at Jacksonville State University. While at JSU, she set multiple records including three No-Hitters, six Saves in 2019 (most by a JSU pitcher all-time in a season), 46 appearances (1st all-time) and the best win percentage in a season (23-5, .821%).


At JSU, she was a Four-Time OVC Champion, had Three NCAA Regional appearances and Two Regional Championship Game appearances.


During her coaching career, Faith led Cordova to a 40-20 record in 2022 and a 45-18 record in 2023. They made an AHSAA Regional appearance and finished in the top-16 in 2023.

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Rachael Reeves

Reeves joins the Falcons after spending two seasons with current head coach Beth Wade as an assistant coach at College of Charleston. Prior to her time at Charleston, Reeves spent three seasons working with Wade at Gulf Coast State College.


During her three seasons at Gulf Coast, the team went 105-52 including a record of 37-17 and the Panhandle Conference title in 2019. The previous season, the Commodores put together a 33-game winning streak and finished 40-12, rising as high as No. 4 in the nation.


Reeves was a four-year starter at Samford before earning her bachelor's degree in history in 2010. She saw action as both a middle infielder and outfielder, served as a team captain her senior season and was a member of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee from 2007-10.


Following her career with the Bulldogs, Reeves was a graduate student at Auburn and received a master's degree in geography in 2012. She returned to her hometown of Mobile, Ala., and began her coaching career with the 16U Exposure team while serving as a board member of the Mobile Thrillers.


Reeves also had a stint as the head coach at Mobile Christian High School and led the team to the 2A area and regional championships and a berth in the state tournament in 2016.

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