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Eugene Lenti Enshrined in the NFCA Hall of Fame!

Eugene Lenti, Depaul University’s head softball coach, was enshrined into the National Fastpitch Coaches Association Hall of Fame on December 12, 2008.  Depaul University’s all-time winningest coach, Lenti is entering his 28th season with 983 career wins.  Lenti is averaging 36.4 wins per season and ranks ninth among active Division I coaches.  He has taken 16 teams to the postseason and four teams have reached the Women’s College World Series since 1999. 

Lenti and his staff were honored as the 1999 NFCA National Coaching Staff of the Year, while Lenti was also named the Mideast Coach of the Year.  Lenti’s coaching staff was again honored by the NFCA in 2007 & 2005 and were named Mideast Coaching Staff of the Year. Lenti was named the Conference USA Women’s Coach of the Decade in 2005 after amassing a 105-21 record during the six seasons the Blue Demons competed in Conference USA.  Lenti was also named the C-USA Softball Coach of the Decade.  Over the years, Lenti and his staffs have been honored nine times as either the Conference Coach or Coaching Staff of the Year.