The Diane L. Potter '57 Head Softball Coach at Springfield College, Kate Bowen joins the PrideCast to talk about her unique path of starting as a graduate assistant coach to being tasked with leading the Pride's storied program. 

Bowen enters her fifth season as Head Coach in 2021. Despite the pandemic abruptly ending the 2020 season, Bowen has tallied 81 wins, and has developed multiple all-conference and all-region selections in her first three seasons leading the Pride. In her first season as Head Coach, Bowen led Springfield to the NCAA Tournament. For her efforts, she was recognized as the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference (ECAC) Division III New England and the New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) Coach of the Year. 

The Newton, Connecticut native was also a standout student-athlete at Division 1, Manhattan College. As a Jasper, she was valedictorian of her class, one of 30 candidates for the Senior CLASS Award for Division 1 Softball, a Capital One CoSIDA Academic All-American, and was the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) Nominee for NCAA's Woman of the Year Award following her senior year. 

You can connect with Coach Bowen via email or follow her on Twitter! kbowen2@springfieldcollege.edu | @coachkate_sc