Title: Head coach, Cal Poly
Sport: Fastpitch Softball
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The engineer behind the Cal Poly program’s emergence as one of the top teams within the Big West Conference and as one of the most-competitive programs within Division I softball is fifth-year head coach Jenny Condon. Since Condon arrived in San Luis Obispo prior to the 2005 campaign, Cal Poly has won 62 percent of its overall contests, 68 percent of Big West Conference games, failed to suffer a losing season and, in 2007, produced both the program’s first Big West championship and NCAA Division I Tournament berth.

By any standard, Cal Poly’s 2007 campaign proved to be the most successful in program history. Aside from capturing the Big West title and securing the program’s first postseason berth at the Division I level, the Mustangs established single-season records total victories (39) and overall (.696) and Big West (.778) winning percentage, secured the Big West crown, and provided Condon her 100th career victory. For her efforts, Condon’s peers voted her Big West Coach of the Year for the second time in three seasons.

A standout player in the collegiate and international arenas, Condon’s influence at Cal Poly was felt instantly as her inaugural 2005 squad posted a 35-16 mark.

Under Condon, Cal Poly players have enjoyed three selections to the Louisville Slugger/NFCA Division I All-West Region teams while eight Mustangs have been named to the All-Big West first team.

Condon began her coaching career at UNLV in 1994, assisting the Rebels to a third-place finish at the 1995 Women’s College World Series. She relocated to Northwestern in 1997 before beginning a two-year stint with Oregon State in 1998. The following season, the Beavers recorded a school-record 47 wins and advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the first time in program history. Head coach Kirk Walker’s staff earned Speedline/NFCA Pacific Region Coaching Staff of the Year honors.

Condon spent the 2000 campaign with UNLV before returning to Corvallis in 2001. She served four additional seasons at Oregon State until accepting the Cal Poly head coaching position Aug. 25, 2004.

Condon competed collegiately at Iowa State and completed one of the most-prolific Cyclone careers in 1990. A 1989 NFCA All-America second team selection, four-time All-Big Eight honoree and three-time academic all-conference pick, Condon remains Iowa State’s all-time leader for hits (216), runs (120), triples (24) and batting average (.351). The outfielder was inducted into the Iowa State Hall of Fame in 2003.

Additionally, Condon played on three National Women’s Fastpitch League championship teams with the California Commotion and was named an ASA All-American four times – twice with the Commotion and twice more with MCM Sports. She earned gold medals in softball at the U.S. Olympic Festival in 1994 and 1995 and in team handball at the 1993 competition.