CONESTOGA NAMES NEW WOMEN'S FASTBALL HEAD COACH

KITCHENER, Ont. - Conestoga College is proud to announce its new women's fastball head coach.

Ron Taylor has recently been named the newest head coach of the women's fastball program at Conestoga College for the 2013 season. Ron previously coached women's fastball at Conestoga College from 1988-1990 and 1993-1995. Ron was able to lead his team to two OCAA gold medals and one silver medal; in 1994, Ron was nominated as coach of the year. Aside from bringing championships to Conestoga, Ron has had the opportunity to coach several boy's baseball teams and bring league and Ontario championships home. Ron has been heavily involved and passionate about softball for many decades now. Aside from numerous coaching positions with both men and women's teams, Ron has also played the game at a very high level. Ron has participated in three World ISC tournaments, playing both infield and outfield positions.

Ron is currently involved with instructing a Cambridge women's midget team where he met the head coach, Brad McConnell, who will be brought onto Conestoga's coaching staff as the assistant coach. Ron's experience and passion for the game will surely show in the next season, as he is very excited to be back as coach again. Ron's main focus is to teach the fundamentals of the game first before moving on to technical skills and different softball strategies. Within the next year, Ron wants to ensure and reiterate to the girls that playing a varsity college sport is an honour and should be taken seriously. Commitment, hard work and dedication is what Ron requests out of his player.

Ron thoroughly looks forward to the upcoming season and can't wait to lead the Condors to new experiences and opportunities.

Source: Conestoga College