Michigan State University Athletics
Softball
- Title:
- Volunteer Assistant Coach
Andrea Harrison, a national champion and two-time All-American at UCLA, joins the Spartan softball staff as a volunteer assistant coach for the 2015 season.
A four-year letterwinner and starter at first base and left field, Harrison was a sophomore on the Bruins' 2010 National Championship squad, at two-time All-American pick, and a three-time All-West Region selection. The hard-hitting, sharp-fielding Harrison was named to the Women's College World Series All-Tournament team, was a three-time All-Pac-10 selection (as well as a 2009 All-Freshman team pick), and helped UCLA to an overall record of 167-61 over her four seasons. She set a Women's College World Series record with 11 RBI in the Bruins' championship season, and a year later, led UCLA in batting average (.409), home runs (15), RBI (52), total bases (126), hits (67), slugging percentage (.768), and on-base percentage (.512). She was also a sure-handed fielder, with a total of nine errors over her four collegiate seasons - and just three combined in her two All-American seasons.
Since her graduation, she spent the last two seasons as a coach at the high school level in Oklahoma, serving as the head coach at Norman High School in 2014 after a season as an assistant Southmoore High School. She was a special education teacher at both schools as well.
The Garden Grove, California native earned her degree in history from UCLA in 2012. She resides in East Lansing.
