ATLANTA – In a release that celebrated the nine softball programs in the ASUN Wednesday afternoon, FGCU's 2007 campaign was dubbed the best-ever in school history.

The 2008, 2012 and 2016 seasons were denoted as honorable mention.

In its final year of Division II play, the Green and Blue recorded 62 wins – the most in program history – going 32-2 at home. During the month of March, the Eagles reeled off 26 straight wins, including a pair of wins over nationally ranked Le Moyne and CW Post. FGCU finished the season as runner-up in the NCAA Division II South Regional Tournament.

ASUN Hall of Famer Carmen Paez led the NCAA in home runs clobbering 28 en route to being named the Division II National Player of the Year. The Eagles were ranked 11 consecutive weeks during the year, reaching as high as No. 5, ultimately finishing the season ranked No. 10.

 "Up and down the lineup, the 2007 team was as complete as you can get," said head coach David Deiros. "We had power-hitting across the board and two pitchers in Rachael Edinger and Dana Frantz that posted 29 wins apiece. That entire 2007 group really springboarded us to have success the following year as we made our Division I move into the ASUN. We finished first and second, respectively, in 2008 and 2009, despite not being postseason eligible. So, a tremendous team overall and an absolute joy to coach them."
 

ASUN Top Season: 2007 Eagles
Overall Record	62-8
NCAA Tournament Finish	South Regional Site Runner-up
Highest Ranking (Final ranking)	No. 5 (No. 10)
Division II Honors	Player of the Year: Carmen Paez All-American: Carmen Paez Academic All-District: Natasha Johnson

 

ASUN Top Season: 2008 Eagles
Overall Record	48-16
ASUN Regular Season Finish	1st
ASUN Tournament	Not eligible for postseason
National Honors	USA Softball Player of the Year Finalist: Carmen Paez ESPN Magazine Academic All-District: Carmen Paez
NFCA Honors	All-Region: Carmen Paez, Cheyenne Jenks
ASUN Honors	First Team: Chyenne Jenks, Jessica Paez, Carmen Paez All-Freshmen: Morgan Campen, Courtney Platt

 

ASUN Top Season: 2012 Eagles
Overall Record	38-24
ASUN Record	14-4 (1st)
ASUN Tournament Record	3-0 (1st)
NCAA Tournament	W, FGCU 2, #5 Florida, 1 | L, USF 8, FGCU 3 | L, #5 Florida 6, FGCU 2
NFCA Honors	All-Region: Chelsea Zgrabik, Shelby Morgan
ASUN Honors	ASUN Tournament MVP: Shelby Morgan First Team: Chelsea Zgrabik, Shelby Morgan, Jessica Barnes Second Team: Kirsten Bembnowski, Emily Lanier All-Freshmen: Shelby Morgan All-Academic: Kirsten Bembnowski

 

ASUN Top Season: 2016 Eagles
Overall Record	32-27
ASUN Record	13-5 (1st)
ASUN Tournament Record	2-2 (2nd)
NFCA Honors	All-Region: Riley  Randolph, Louie Ross
ASUN Honors	Coach of the Year: David Deiros Player of the Year: Louie Ross Pitcher of the Year: Riley  Randolph Freshman of the Year: Riley  Randolph First Team: Riley  Randolph, Racquel  Fournet, Louie Ross, Makensie McAvoy Second Team: Kelsey Huff, Bri Innamorato All-Freshmen: Riley  Randolph, Racquel  Fournet All-Academic: Louie Ross, Jeanie Verderese

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COACH DEIROS
The founding father of FGCU softball, David Deiros is in his 19th season as head coach. Hired in 2001 to build the program from the dirt up, Deiros has since guided the Eagles to a 661-345-3 (.657), going 147-90 (.620) in the ASUN, having 14 seasons with a winning record, and nine campaigns with 35 wins. Deiros is a former head coach at the 1998 Florida State Runner-up Lely High School in Naples and is the founding head coach of the 1999 District Champion/2001 Regional Runner-up Gulf Coast High School in Naples.

ABOUT FGCU
FGCU teams have combined to win an incredible 82 conference regular season and tournament titles in just 13 seasons at the Division I level. Additionally, in just nine seasons of D-I postseason eligibility, the Eagles have had a combined 38 teams or individuals compete in NCAA championships. Seven FGCU programs have earned a top-25 national ranking in their respective sport – including women's basketball (No. 24, 2019-20) and both men's soccer (2018, 2019) and women's soccer (2018) as three of the most recent. In 2016-17, the Green and Blue posted a department-best sixth-place finish in the DI-AAA Learfield Directors' Cup and top-100 showing nationally, ahead of several Power-5 and FBS institutions. In 2018-19, the Eagles had an ASUN and state of Florida best seven teams earn the NCAA's Public Recognition Award for their Academic Progress Rate (APR) in their sport and have had the highest percentage of teams so honored from these two groups over each of the past three years. FGCU also collectively earned a record 3.46 GPA in the classroom in the spring 2020 semester and has outperformed the general University undergraduate population for 22 consecutive semesters. The 2019 Fall and 2020 Spring semesters each saw another milestone reached as all 15 programs achieved a 3.0-or-higher team GPA. The Eagles also served an all-time high 7,200 volunteer hours in 2017 – being recognized as one of two runners-up for the inaugural NACDA Community Service Award presented by the Fiesta Bowl.