Megan Gibson-Loftin

Megan Lynn Gibson-Loftin (born March 25, 1986) is an American, former collegiate All-American, right-handed batting professional softball pitcher and current coach, originally from Spring, Texas.[2][3][4] Gibson-Loftin played college softball for the Texas A&M Aggies softball where she is the career leader in offense walks and led them to a runner-up finish at the 2008 Women's College World Series. She also ranks top-10 in the latter category and home runs in the Big 12 Conference.[5] She was selected by the Philadelphia Force as the No. 2 overall pick in the 2008 National Pro Fastpitch Senior Draft, eventually playing for four seasons.[6] After the Force folded she was picked up by the Tennessee Diamonds in 2010. Gibson-Loftin is currently the pitching coach at Houston Cougars softball.[7]

Megan Gibson-Loftin
Megan Gibson-Loftin (then Megan Gibson) in March 2007.
Current position
TitlePitching coach
TeamHouston
ConferenceThe American
Biographical details
Born (1986-03-25) March 25, 1986
Spring, Texas
Playing career
2005–2008Texas A&M
2008–2009Philadelphia Force
2009Denso
2010–2011Tennessee/NPF Diamonds
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2011Texas A&M (volunteer asst.)
2012–2013UTSA (pitching)
2014–2016Penn State (pitching)
2017–presentHouston (pitching)
Accomplishments and honors
Awards

College

Born Megan Lynn Gibson in Spring, Texas, Gibson-Loftin played college softball at Texas A&M from 2004 to 2008.[8] In the 2008 season, she was collegiate national player of the week from February 25 to March 2.[9] She led her team to win the program's second Big 12 regular season and first tournament championship. In the postseason, she led her team to the Final Series of the 2008 Women's College World Series. Gibson ended her senior season as runner-up for USA Softball's National Collegiate Player of the Year honors, as a first-team NFCA All-American, and the first player to win both Player of the Year and Pitcher of the Year honors from the Big 12.[10][11][12][13][14][15]

She graduated from Texas A&M in 2008 with a bachelor's degree in sport management with a minor in business.[16]

Professional career

Gibson-Loftin played professional softball for National Pro Fastpitch from 2008 to 2011. The second overall pick in the 2008 NPF draft selected by the Philadelphia Force, Gibson-Loftin played for the Force from 2008 to 2009 and for the Tennessee (later NPF) Diamonds from 2010 to 2011.[17][18] In 2009, Gibson-Loftin played for Denso of Women's Major League Softball in Japan.[16]

Coaching career

Along with her career in the NPF, Gibson served under Texas A&M head coach Jo Evans as a graduate assistant in Fall 2008 and again as a volunteer pitching coach during the 2011 season. She also spent time as a softball instructor at High Performance Baseball in Tomball and as a volunteer assistant coach at Spring High School in 2010.

Gibson joined the Penn State coaching staff after spending two seasons as an assistant under Coach Lehotak at University of Texas at San Antonio.

Personal life

Gibson-Loftin married Lance Loftin, a former professional baseball player who played college baseball at Texas State, in 2015.[16][19]

Career Statistics
Texas A&M Aggies
YEAR W L GP GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB SO ERA WHIP
2005 13 6 23 18 12 1 1 112.2 107 62 57 43 76 3.55 1.33
2006 17 4 24 22 14 3 1 140.0 131 61 51 33 102 2.55 1.17
2007 17 4 29 25 14 8 0 155.0 131 44 34 34 157 1.53 1.06
2008 41 4 46 45 42 21 0 303.2 188 61 52 68 344 1.20 0.84
TOTALS 88 18 122 110 82 33 1 711.1 557 228 194 178 679 1.91 1.03
Texas A&M Aggies
YEAR G AB R H BA RBI HR 3B 2B TB SLG BB SO SB SBA
2005 55 158 51 64 .405 57 18 0 12 130 .823% 28 23 7 7
2006 53 135 33 42 .311 37 12 0 10 88 .652% 38 24 7 7
2007 60 147 50 57 .387 41 13 2 9 109 .741% 51 26 5 6
2008 67 183 44 62 .339 48 13 1 17 120 .656% 55 26 12 12
TOTALS 235 623 178 225 .361 183 56 3 48 447 .717% 172 99 31 32

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  19. "Lance Loftin". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved June 26, 2018.
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