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Amy Tudor begins her third season at the helm of the Belmont softball program in 2009. In three years Tudor has begun the steady transformation of Belmont softball towards a respected, academically-focused, group of winners.
During her first season leading the Bruins, Tudor yielded a two-game improvement conference wins while coaching two All-Atlantic Sun Second Team members, Sammi Parks and Erin Mullen. Under her leadership Sarah Vaughn became just the second player in Belmont softball history to garner the A-Sun Player of the Week recognition. Off there field, five Bruins were named to the Atlantic Sun All-Academic team.
Last season, with five seniors, Tudor oversaw a pair of three-game winning streaks for the first time since the 2004 season. Senior Angie Helseth was named the A-Sun Player of the Week in the last week of March and senior Meghan Pipkin led the conference in stolen bases en route to being named All-Conference Second Team.
Prior to taking the reigns at Belmont, Tudor spent two years at Ohio Wesleyan where she guided the Battling Bishops to their second straight North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) regular season title in 2005. Tudor managed back-to-back second-place finishes in the NCAC tournament, developed OWU's first-ever NCAC Pitcher of the Year (2005) and Player of the Year (2006) and coached two players who broke the school's homerun record. Tudor finished with a 45-33 overall record at OWU.
Before her first head coaching position at Ohio Wesleyan, Tudor served as a graduate assistant at the University of North Alabama for two years while earning a Master of Arts degree in counseling. Her primary responsibilities included working with the pitching staff while assisting with the general operation of the program.
Tudor graduated from Western Kentucky in 2002, where she served as a team captain for three years and was a member of WKU's inaugural softball team. As a catcher, Tudor set a school record in 2002 by throwing out 23 runners attempting to steal. Her 216 putouts that year still ranks eighth on the WKU season record list. Over her career as a Hilltopper, she threw out 28 runners, second-best all-time with the program, and she still ranks third with a career .967 fielding percentage. Tudor excelled off the field as well, being named as an All-American Scholar, recipient of the Commissioner's List Award, member of the Golden Key Honor Society and listed on the Dean's List six times at WKU.
Tudor was a two-sport athlete at Motlow State Community College in softball and basketball before transfering to Western Kentucky.
A native of Petersburg, Tenn., Tudor's No. 9 jersey was the first softball jersey retired at Cornerville High in 1998 after an illustrious high school career.
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