Champions Cup

SUN DEVIL NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP NOTE
Softball coach Clint Myers won his second national title in 2011 (also in 2008). In ASU Softball's now 40-plus year history, the sport has only had three coaches. A few of Myers' accolades include:

• Won two NCAA softball titles (2008, 2011) and the rest of the NCAA has won two as well.
• Went 60-6 in 2011, earning the softball staff's second NFCA Coaching Staff of the Year honors.

• Set ASU and NCAA records to leading the program to it's first NCAA title in 2008 with an astonishing 66-5 record which garnered he and his coaching staff 2008 NFCA Coaching Staff of the Year honors.

• After six years he has put together a 324-79 (.804) mark at ASU as well as an unheard of 805-120 overall career record as a softball coach (.870 winning percentage).

• Led five of his six Sun Devils teams WCWS appearances, a school record, and one of the best in NCAA history.

• Returns with a goal to make the words "legacy" and "dynasty" synonymous with ASU Softball while implementing his ideal that "greatness is a way of life" upon each of his athletes.

COACHING EXPERIENCE
• A coach at various levels in both softball and baseball, Clint Myers came to Tempe by way of 19 highly successful years at Central Arizona College.
• Compiled an overall record of 887-235 between both softball and baseball at Central Arizona College.
• Head coach of Central Arizona College's baseball team from 1996-2005, posting a 406-192 record and going to the Junior College World Series twice. He was named NJCAA Coach of the Year in 2002.
• Myers ran the Vaqueros' softball team from 1987 to 1995. Built a record of 481-43 and guiding the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) softball powerhouse to six national titles, including five in a row (1988-1992), while earning the NJCAA National Coach of the Year honor six times.
• His teams also captured seven regional titles and nine ACCAC Conference titles.
• Coached at Casa Grande Union High School for three seasons and led the team to league championships in 1977, 1978 and 1979.
• Coached in the Connie Mack Baseball League as the skipper of the Long Beach Cardinals from 1975-1976.

ACHIEVEMENTS
• An inductee into the NJCAA Softball Hall of Fame in 1998 and the Arizona Softball Foundation Hall of Fame in 2001.
• Selected as the National Softball Coaches Association (NSCA) regional and National Coach of the Year in 1990, 1991 and 1992.
• Took over the baseball program at the start of the 1996 season.
• The NJCAA National Coach of the Year in 2002.
• Won the Western District twice (1999, 2002) and finished runner-up three other times (2000, 2001 and 2004).
• Voted as the Arizona High School Baseball Coach of the Year after Casa Grande Union High School won the state title.

ATHLETIC CAREER
• Played for Lakewood Senior High School and helped his team to the 1970 California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) State Championship.
• Joined the Sun Devils, playing from 1970 through 1973.
• Was a member of the CWS National Runner-up in both 1972 and 1973.
• Drafted in the third round of the Major League Baseball (MLB) draft by the St. Louis Cardinals in 1973.

PERSONAL
• Myers and wife Katie have two sons, Casey and Corey.
• Casey played and starred for the Sun Devils winning the Pac-10 Baseball Player of the Year award in both 2000 and 2001.
• Corey was the 4th overall pick in the 1999 Major League Baseball Draft.
• Has two grandsons Cole and James.

COACH MYERS IN THE POSTSEASON
2011 National Champions (10-0)
ASU 7, Florida 3 (June 7, 2011 College World Series at Oklahoma City)
ASU 14, Florida 4 (June 6, 2011 College World Series at Oklahoma City)
ASU 4, Baylor 0 (June 5, 2011 College World Series at Oklahoma City)
ASU 6, Florida 5 (June 3, 2011 College World Series at Oklahoma City)
ASU 3, Oklahoma 1 (June 2, 2011 College World Series at Oklahoma City)
ASU 4, Texas A&M 2 (May 27, 2011 at Tempe Super Regional)
ASU 3, Texas A&M 2 (May 26, 2011 at Tempe Super Regional)
ASU 6, San Diego State 1 (May 22, 2011 at Tempe Regional)
ASU 8, Long Beach State 0 (May 21, 2011 at Tempe Regional)
ASU 10, North Dakota State 0 (May 20, 2011 at Tempe Regional)>br>

2010 (3-2)
@Florida 5, ASU 2 (May 30, 2010 at Gainesville Super Regional)
Florida 8, ASU 0 (May 29, 2010 at Gainesville Super Regional)
ASU 9, LIU 1 (May 23, 2010 at Amherst Regional)
ASU 3, LIU 2 (May 22, 2010 at Amherst Regional)
ASU 6, Boston University 1 (May 21, 2010 at Amherst Regional)

2009 (7-3)
Alabama 6, ASU 2 (May 30, 2009 College World Series at Oklahoma City)
Washington 1, ASU 0 (May 29, 2009 College World Series at Oklahoma City)
ASU 7, Missouri 3 (May 28, 2009 College World Series at Oklahoma City)
ASU 11, North Dakota State 0 (May 23, 2009 at Tempe Super Regional)
ASU 3, North Dakota State 0 (May 22, 2009 at Tempe Super Regional)
ASU 5, LSU 0 (May 17, 2009 at Tempe Regional)
ASU 6, LSU 4 (May 17, 2009 at Tempe Regional)
ASU 7, Cal State Fullerton 0 (May 16, 2009 at Tempe Regional)
LSU 10, ASU 2 (May 16, 2009 at Tempe Regional)
ASU 5, San Diego 0 (May 15, 2009 at Tempe Regional)

2008 National Champions (10-0)
ASU 11, Texas A&M 0 (June 3, 2008 College World Series at Oklahoma City)
ASU 3, Texas A&M 0 (June 2, 2008 College World Series at Oklahoma City)
ASU 3, Alabama 1 (June 1, 2008 College World Series at Oklahoma City)
ASU 4, UCLA 0 (May 30, 2008 College World Series at Oklahoma City)
ASU 3, Alabama 1 (May 29, 2008 College World Series at Oklahoma City)
ASU 9, Northwestern 0 (May 24, 2008 at Tempe Super Regional)
ASU 3, Northwestern 1 (May 23, 2008 at Tempe Super Regional)
ASU 8, Hawai'i 0 (May 18, 2008 at Tempe Regional)
ASU 10, Hawai'i 0 (May 17, 2008 at Tempe Regional)
ASU 2, Stony Brook 0 (May 16, 2008 at Tempe Regional)

2007 (5-2)
DePaul 3, ASU 1 (June 2, 2007 College World Series at Oklahoma City)
Northwestern 2, ASU 0 (May 31, 2007 College World Series at Oklahoma City)
ASU 7, LSU 4 (May 26, 2007 at Tempe Super Regional)
ASU 1, LSU 0 (May 25, 2007 at Tempe Super Regional)
ASU 6, @BYU 3 (May 19, 2007 at Provo Regional)
ASU 7, BYU 1 (May 18, 2007 at Provo Regional)
ASU 2, Southern Utah 1 (May 17, 2007 Provo Regional)

2006 (6-2)
@Tennessee 3, ASU 1 (June 3, 2006 College World Series at Oklahoma City)
ASU 3, Oregon State 1 (June 3, 2006 College World Series at Oklahoma City)
@Texas 2, ASU 0 (June 1, 2006 College World Series at Oklahoma City)
ASU 5, Florida State 1 (May 27, 2006 at Tempe Super Regional)
ASU 6, Florida State 1 (May 26, 2006 at Tempe Super Regional)
ASU 5, @Penn State 0 (May 21, 2006 at Hempstead Regional)
ASU 2, Hofstra 0 (May 20, 2006 at Hempstead Regional)
ASU 6, Long Island 0 (May 20, 2006 at Hempstead Regional)