SUNY Cortland Athletics

One of the most successful coaches in the history of collegiate softball, Julie Lenhart led Cortland to more than 800 victories, 17 NCAA tournaments and 12 league titles during her 25 seasons at the College.
 
* A native of McComb, Ohio, she earned a bachelor’s degree in physical education and health from Ohio Northern University in 1980 and a master’s degree in counselor education, with an emphasis in school counseling, K-12, from Wisconsin-Platteville in 1990
 
* Softball head coach at Cortland for 25 seasons from 1995-2019
 
* Served five seasons as softball head coach at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville from 1990-94, along with six seasons as volleyball assistant coach
 
* Posted a combined record at Cortland of 826-329-2 (.715) and an overall record of 946-406-2 (.699); she became just the sixth coach in Division III history to reach 900 career wins and currently ranks third on the Division III all-time victories list
 
* 2014 inductee into the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) Hall of Fame
 
* Led Cortland to 17 NCAA Division III tournament appearances, including seven World Series; the Red Dragons were national runner-up in 2013, finished fourth nationally in 2011, tied for fifth place in 2003 and 2008, and tied for seventh in 1998, 2004 and 2009
 
* Guided the Red Dragons to 12 State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) titles, and her teams finished either first or second in the conference tournament every year from 1998-2019
 
* Her Cortland squads between 2015-17 became the first, and still only, teams to win three consecutive SUNYAC tournament titles
 
* Led Cortland to 30 or more wins 18 times, including 40 or more victories on five occasions (44 wins in 2009, 42 wins each in 2003 and 2011, 41 wins in 2012 and 40 wins in 2010)
 
* Six-time SUNYAC Coach of the Year (1997, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2015, 2019)
 
* NFCA East or Northeast Region Coach of the Year (or Coaching Staff of the Year) eight times (1997-98, 2003-04, 2008-09, 2011, 2013)
 
* Two-time Wisconsin Women’s Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Coach of the Year (1990, 1992)
 
* Softball, basketball and volleyball letterwinner at Ohio Northern University and a 1996 inductee into the ONU Athletic Hall of Fame
 
* Taught physical education, science and health, and coached softball and volleyball, at the North Central Schools in Pioneer, Ohio, from 1980-88