Waterville, ME - Thomas College Athletics is eager to announce Jennifer Plourde as the new Head Coach of the Women's Softball Team.
 
"I'm very excited to join the Thomas College community as the Head Softball Coach. Thomas's Athletic Department is doing incredible things to benefit its athletes and institution. From the very start, everyone has been extremely welcoming and friendly. I'm eager to build relationships with the student-athletes and a team around dedication, purpose, and hard work" stated Plourde.
 
Coach Plourde is joining us as the pervious Assistant Coach at Husson University the last four years, specializing in hitting and catching. While coaching at Husson, Plourde was a part of three North Atlantic Conference Championships along with three NCAA Appearances. She also served as the Director of Softball at Sluggers Training Facility in Brewer, Maine form 2017-2019.
 
Plourde has also been apart of the huge success out of the Old Town High School Softball program. Appointed Head Coach in 2012, Plourde immediately took her team to victory, winning both the Eastern Maine Class B and State Class B Championship Titles for the first time ever. The team then went on to win four Penobscot Valley Conference Championships (2013, 2014, 2015, and 2018) and two more State Class B Championships (2016 and 2017). Due to her hard work and dedication to the program, she was named Penobscot Valley Conference Coach of the Year five times (2012, 2013, 2015, 2017, and 2018).
 
Plourde is a native of Howland, Maine and attended Penobscot Valley High School. She then went on to earn a bachelor's degree from Husson University in Physical Education, while being a student athlete playing Soccer and Basketball.
 
"We are so excited to welcome Jenn to Thomas and see her connect with the team and grow the softball program to the next level" stated Vice President of Intercollegiate Athletics, Christopher Parsons.
 
Plourde will start at Thomas on January 9^th.