The Royals have built a strong tradition over the years, with outstanding performances on the field and in the classroom. We are proud of our student-athletes for their commitment to excellence!
The National Fastpitch Coaches Association recently announced that the 2010 Royals earned high national rankings for team grade point average. Over the years the team has achieved top honors in the country eleven times, including finishing number one in 2002, 2006, 2007, and 2008. Additionally, more than 55 Royals have received the NFCA All-America Scholar Athlete Award.
On the field, the Royals have won 18 Classic Lake Conference Championships, 1 Lake Conference Championship. Players have consistently earned spots on first and second All-Conference teams. In fact, over 50 players have been named to these prestigious teams since 1997. The Royals have won the Section 6AA and AAA Championship sixtimes – 1996,1997, 1998, 2008, 2009 and 2011. During Campbell’s five trips to the State Tournament, the Royals finished first in 1997, second in 1998 and fifth in 2008 & 2009 along with a third place finish last year 2011. The softball program has made eleven trips to the State tournament! Heading the Royals coaching staff is Anne Campbell, who has taken the Royals to five State Tournaments, five Region Championships and eight Classic Lake Championships and now one Lake Conference Championship. Campbell brings thirty plus years of coaching experience to the program. Campbell coached fastpitch softball all over the country,fifteen years as a collegiate coach, including spending eleven years coaching at the Division I level, before returning home to Minnesota to guide the Royals. During the summer of 1984, she coached a USA Athletes in Action team and toured Sweden and Finland. Campbell has been inducted into the University St. Cloud State’s Athletic Hall of Fame, where she participated in basketball and softball.
Campbell has put together an outstanding coaching staff. Varsity Assistant Coach; Aimee Enzler,Pitching Coach; Mark Peterson. Head Junior Varsity Coach; Stephanie Johnson Head B Team Coach; Tom Undis.
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