Official Twitter of Johnson University(TN) Softball * NAIA * Appalachian Athletic Conference * Head Coach Dayna Carter email:dcarter
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@daynacarter5
‘24 was a Historic year for us! This program just started in 2020. We went NAIA in ‘22 and won 1 conference game that year. In ‘23 we won 17 conf games and finished 6th in the
@AACsports
. 2024 We started season down at the NFCA Leadoff classic facing some of the toughest
I’m asking for prayers for one of our players and her family. Tragic event has happened and they need prayers. Life is so much bigger than the game of softball, it’s about family! 💙
We are screaming Happy Birthday to our flip flop wearing, best recruiting coordinator in the business, Coach Mass! We are so blessed to have you
@coachmass2214
BOOM! So excited to welcome
@maddie_58
to Team 4. Maddie is a transfer from TN and brings a lot of experience and talent. She is a left handed 1B and OF right here from Seymour, TN! Welcome to the Royal Family Maddie!
We are so excited to welcome Coach Mass to our staff. He will serve as Assistant Coach, recruiting coordinator and break down film for us. Pete Massengale (aka Coach Mass) is from Hixson TN. He was a 4yr Former assistant Coach and Recruiting coordinator at Bryan college. He
We are so excited to Welcome Gabi Lyons to our Royal Family. She is our first 25 commit and what a way to set the tone for 25’s. Welcome
@gabriela_lyons_
Year 2 and we have officially punched our ticket to the
@AACsports
Conference Softball Tournament. So excited for this team and the future!
#RT23
#WandL
We are so excited to Welcome Lauren Irwin to our coaching staff. Lauren brings a ton of experience, knowledge and energy. Welcome to the Royal Family Coach Lauren
We had our 2024 Signees on campus yesterday for a day filled with fun, photo shoots, pickle ball and food. Then we topped it off with an awesome JU basketball win.
#Team6
Congrats on an awesome season! We are so thankful for our seniors. We will keep getting better and make you proud. Thank you for believing in the program 💙
@maddie_58
@rachelsneed17
@nicolereed21
We will be out again this weekend looking for some future Royals! If you are in these tourneys and want us to stop by, send your schedule.
@DaynaCarter5
@GordyE
@MassengalePete
I say to everyone we want a Player led team and not a coach led team…well here you go. Doing their own thing before season officially starts and I am loving every minute of it!
#Culture
#Proud
We battled, we fought, we played great teams, we took our lumps. But today this team was a different team. Up 3-0 on the 7th ranked team in the nation and had 1 bad inning. Then a full team effort in the last game and a walk off by
@millie_hurst04
. Congrats to
@audreymoorhous
These 2 had a day! Two huge wins to help their team move onto the Championship Game of the State Tournament. Good luck, we will be cheering you on! 👊🏽
#Team5
@KayleighQuesin1
@audreymoorhous
This right here is what it’s all about!!!
@JURoyals_BB
and JU softball supporting our basketball teams. They may or may not get a little rowdy!
#WeAreJU
What a day! Two awesome players signed today, went and watched a great game and offered a girl and then got an awesome phone call tonight!!! BOOM. Big things happening. So excited to be a Royal 💙
ONGRATULATIONS
@audreymoorhous
She was named
@AACsports
Freshman of the Year! We didn’t get to celebrate her last week because we were playing and she deserves to be celebrated! Batted over .500 for the regular season and was selected to the All Tournament team. Proud of you Aud
I couldn’t be more proud of this group! Started game 1 down 0-3. Chipped away the entire game to win 5-4. Got a shut out in game 2, 7-0 Total team effort!
#RT23
#rt23continues
#123seeya
Congratulations to Katelyn Norris
@KatelynShea_12
for making the AAC All-Conference First Team! First year NAIA and First year in this conference. We are so proud of you and thankful you are a Royal 💙
We are so excited to announce that
@hannah_devault9
has joined our staff as an Assistant Coach! She brings a wealth of talent and experience. She was a standout player at CAK and went on to have a stellar college career at Lipscomb where she was ASUN Player of the Year and
I’m not sure what JU softball would do without
@GordyE
and
@BobSolomon1373
Besides being awesome coaches, our field always looks amazing because of these two! Thank you for all you do! We appreciate you both
We came away from our road trip winning 3 of 4, but that’s not what I want to talk about. This team is exceeding expectations this year. We were bottom of the conference last year, now we are near the top. There’s pressure with that. We didn’t respond well yesterday but I also