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Though young for a college coach, Carrie Webber, who is in her second year as the head softball coach at Azusa Pacific, has a diverse and deep coaching experience which has served her well, particularly with her first assignment on the 4-year level at Azusa Pacific.

Webber, who took over the Cougar reins late in the summer of 2007, inherited a squad that was coming off the worst season in program history. Nonetheless, with very little recruiting, only 3 returning starters and just 1 senior on the roster, an undeterred Webber began the process of turning around the Cougars. She fashioned a very credible 2008 season, leading Azusa Pacific back into the NAIA Coaches’ Poll and a third-place finish in the NAIA’s strongest conference – the Golden State Athletic Conference. The Cougars demonstrated notable improvement both in the pitcher’s circle, shaving a run-and-a-half off the team earned-run-average, and in the field where they improved their fielding percentage by 13 points.

Prior to her arrival at Azusa Pacific, Webber served 7 years as a head and assistant coach on the international, junior college, and travel ball levels. She has also served as a high school assistant coach and worked with junior high softball players.

Webber came to Azusa Pacific after spending the previous 5 seasons as the head coach Santa Rosa (Calif.) Junior College where she put together an overall record of 116-93 (.553). She guided the Bear Cubs to 4 straight 20-win campaigns, which included a 29-10 record in 2004 when SRJC won the Bay Valley West League title.

Prior to her tenure at Santa Rosa, Webber spent a season as an assistant coach at Butte Community College in Oroville, Calif., and another season as an assistant at Chico (Calif.) Union High School.

Webber has always viewed the game of softball as an outreach for a greater movement in society. For 4 consecutives summers she has coached softball with Competitive Edge International (CEI), an interdenominational Christian sports ministry that has worked primarily in the 10/40 window. All 4 of Webber’s CEI teams traveled to East Asia, including her 2007 and 2008 squads for which she served as the head coach. In addition, to her involvement with CEI, Webber spent 3 summers as a counselor for Kids Across America, an inner-city youth Christian sports camp.

A native of Sonora, Calif., Webber was a 4-year letterman at NCAA Division II Chico State University. As the Wildcats’ shortstop, she started all 201 she played during her 4-year career, batting .262 in with 2 home runs. As a 2000 senior, she led the team with 11 doubles. She still ranks among Chico State’s all-time top ten in hits (168), doubles (28), RBIs (67), walks (51) and stolen bases (20).

Webber was a 2-sport standout at Sonora High School, earning 4 varsity letters each in softball and basketball, before graduating in 1995.

Webber graduated from Chico State in 2000 with a bachelor’s degree in physical education. She earned her master’s in physical education from Chico State in 2002. She also serves as a full-time assistant professor in Azusa Pacific’s exercise and sport science department. She was a faculty member at Santa Rosa Junior College for 5 years and spent a semester on staff at Oroville (Calif.) Union High School.