From the FSU Website, seminoles.com. Softball Head Coach Lonni
Alameda to be Inducted into NFCA Hall of Fame on Friday.
December 7,
2023
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Florida State head softball coach Lonni Alameda
will add another honor to her already very impressive resume on Friday
evening as she will be inducted into the 2023 NFCA Hall of Fame class.
Alameda joins legendary coach JoAnne Graf as the two Seminole coaches to be
named a NFCA Hall of Famer. Alameda will join Carol Bruggerman (NFCA), John
Byrne (Moravian University) and Kim Wilson (Rowan University) in the 2023
class.
Alameda took over the Florida State softball program in 2009, and
the Seminoles have never looked back in Alameda's 15 seasons as the
Seminoles' head coach. Alameda has led the Seminoles to nine ACC Tournament
Championships, seven ACC Regular Season Championships and 15 NCAA
Tournament appearances. The Seminoles have appeared in the Women's College
World Series five times under Alameda including National Runner-Up finishes
in 2021 and 2023 and the program's first NCAA Championship in 2018.
Alameda has been named the ACC Coach of the Year six times including
winning the award in five consecutive seasons from 2013-17. Alameda also
won the Musial Award in 2018 and the coaching staff was named the NFCA
National Coaching Staff of the Year in the same year following the team's
National Championship. Alameda has led FSU to 716 wins during her time at
FSU.
Alameda also had great success in the international game as she
helped Team Canada to the 2008 Beijing Olympics and the 2020 Tokyo Olympics
as the team's pitching coach. Prior to FSU, Alameda led UNLV softball to
new heights as she helped the Rebels to their first winning season and
their first NCAA Tournament berth in 2005 earning her Mountain West Coach
of the Year and NFCA West Region Coach of the Year.
Alameda began her
coaching career at Barry College while also gaining experience as an
instructor for the Aruba and Spanish national teams. Alameda would then go
on to be an assistant coach at Stanford in 1996 where she spent eight
seasons with the Cardinal. During her time at Stanford, Alameda helped the
Cardinal to six straight NCAA Regional appearances and helped three
Stanford pitchers to All-America honors during her time.
