02/20/2023
Need Softball Pitching instruction......we have you covered at 6 Rings Baseball & Softball Academy! Come see Coach Shan and learn from one of the most decorated softball coaches in the country right here in your back yard! Call to schedule your next pitching or hitting lesson!
Shan McDonald
Director of Softball Development and Instruction
Elite Softball Instructor | Pitching, Hitting, Catching, & Fielding
Softball Accomplishments and Awards:
• The winningest coach in UNLV softball history with 511 victories in 17 seasons
• Only the sixth head coach to be voted to the UNLV Athletics Hall of Fame inn 2017
• Played and coached at Texas A&M
• Won 2 National Championships at Texas A&M
• Her UNLV Rebels were in the NCAA postseason field for seven consecutive seasons
• The 1990 squad made the first of two consecutive Women’s College World Series appearances
• The 1995 team set or tied 30 different school team records and 17 single-season marks and tied the school record for wins with a 49-14 record.
• The first and only UNLV softball squad to win an outright conference title, the Hall of Fame team went 27-5 in the Big West, including 15-2 on the road. The Rebels posted a 2-1 record in Oklahoma City before being eliminated by top-ranked Arizona to finish tied for third at the event and close the season ranked fourth in the nation.
• 2-time West Region Coach of the Year and 2-time conference coach of the year produced all five UNLV softball players already voted into the Hall of Fame.
• Coached 18 NFCA All-Americans, four Big West Players of the Year, one Mountain West Player of the Year, 43 All-West Region selections, 58 All-Big West honorees and eight All-Mountain West selections. McDonald’s success also spurred the construction of a top-notch facility across campus in the form of Eller Media Stadium.
• Assistant coach with the 1996 Canadian National Team in the Summer Olympics and head coach of the China National Team that finished fourth in the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens
