Doug Chance and Brynn Minor to be Inducted Into NJCAA Softball Hall of Fame
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Former Butler softball head coach Doug Chance and student-athlete Brynn Minor are set to be inducted into the NJCAA Softball Coaches Association Hall of Fame, the organization announced earlier this month.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Former Butler softball head coach Doug Chance and student-athlete Brynn Minor are set to be inducted into the NJCAA Softball Coaches Association Hall of Fame, the organization announced earlier this month.
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Minor and Chance won both of Butler softball's NJCAA national championships together in 2016 and 2017, Chance as head coach and Minor as a pitcher/utility player.
Chance served as the Grizzly head coach for 18 seasons, totaling a 772-177 overall record including 316-32 in KJCCC play. He coached the Grizzlies to back-to-back NJCAA D1 National Champions in 2016 and 2017 along with his teams qualifying for the National Tournament 12 times in 18 seasons. The Grizzlies racked up 14 conference titles and 12 Region VI titles over the course of his 18-year tenure. Butler won 88 consecutive games over the course of the 2016-17 seasons, a record that still holds as the best across all divisions of college softball. Chance was the Jayhawk coach of the year 13 times and coached 33 NJCAA All-Americans, three national players of the year and six conference players of the year. Academically, Chance coached 10 players that received NJCAA academic honors along with four players earning Academic All-American honors.
In 2017, under Chance's leadership, the Grizzlies set school records in nearly every category with the most conference wins in a season (24), overall wins in a season (58), most consecutive wins (88), fewest losses in a season (1), team batting average (.417), highest national ranking (1), home runs in a season (135), and lowest team ERA (1.20). They still hold the Region VI record for most home runs in a season.
Minor spent two seasons in El Dorado, racking up an impressive amount of hardware through her two years as a Grizzly. She was named the Betty Jo Graber NJCAA Female Student-Athlete of the Year, NJCAA DI Softball Player of the Year, an NFCA First Team All-American, KJCCC Most Valuable Player, an NJCAA All-Tournament Team selection and a First Team All-American in her sophomore season.
Minor pitched and hit both seasons. In the circle she held a 1.03 career ERA across 149.0 innings pitched. She struck out 143 compared to just 23 walks, totaling a 17-0 record across two seasons. At the plate Minor hit .497 as a sophomore with a .541 on-base percentage, slugging 1.158. She racked up 91 hits as a sophomore including 30 home runs and 97 RBI. The 30 home runs is first all-time at Butler in a single-season as her name is scattered across the Butler records for both hitting and pitching records. She went on to play at the University of Kansas.
The duo joins the below listed former Butler student-athletes/coaches that have previously been inducted into the NJCAA Hall of Fame
Herb Jones – Men's basketball student-athlete – 2023
Cindy Benitez – Soccer student-athlete – 2022
Steve Braet – Football assistant coach – 2022
Rudi Johnson – Football student-athlete – 2016