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Triple Crown Sports is proud to present Head Coach Kate Drohan and her Northwestern coaching staff as they bring you one of the most intimate on field camp experiences available in the market. Open to any and all in the 2022 - 2025 graduating classes, the camp will be limited to 40 participants. This camp is designed to improve skills through specialized instruction by one of the top coaching staffs in collegiate softball today. Come join us at Aurora Sports Park for this one of a kind opportunity on Monday June 29th!
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Now entering her 19th season at Northwestern's helm, head coach Kate Drohan has built the Wildcats into a perennial power, winning a pair of Big Ten Championships and making back-to-back Women's College World Series semifinal appearances alongside her twin sister and associate head coach, Caryl Drohan. Kate Drohan took over the 'Cats after serving as an assistant under legendary head coach Sharon Drysdale for four seasons.
After 18 seasons, Drohan's career record of 617-358-1 gives her a .633 overall winning percentage. Her record includes an incredible five-year stretch from 2005-09 in which NU compiled a combined record of 215-77, reached the Super Regional round of the NCAA Tournament four times and became the first private school in NCAA history to advance to the WCWS semifinals in consecutive years (2006-07). Overall under Drohan, NU has made 13 NCAA Tourney appearances and has claimed five NCAA Regional titles, most recently in 2019.
Drohan already has cemented her status as one of the best coaches in Big Ten history, joining five other conference coaches (including Drysdale) as the only coaches to ever take Big Ten schools to the WCWS. Drohan is one of two B1G coaches to make the final pairing in Oklahoma City. Her .633 career winning percentage ranks third-best in Big Ten Conference history among coaches with 10 years of experience in the league.
In 2019, Drohan was named the Big Ten Coach of the Year for the third time in her career after leading the Wildcats to a 47-13 overall record along with a 21-2 record in the Big Ten, the most conference wins in program history. Northwestern also notched a 20-game winning streak from March 29 through May 4, the program's longest winning streak since 1985. On April 9, Drohan secured her 600th career victory with a 3-1 win over Notre Dame.
Drohan took over a squad that finished 20-25 in 2001, and led it to a 24-18-1 record in her first season in 2002. Building on its above .500 mark, Northwestern qualified for the NCAA Tournament in 2003, kicking off a string of 11 postseason appearances in the next 15 years.
Postseason success has become a trademark of Drohan's teams. Northwestern is 36-30 in the NCAA Tournament since 2003, including a 5-4 mark at the Women's College World Series. Since the advent of Super Regional play in 2005, the Wildcats have won their Regional five times and advanced to the Regional final eight times.
Northwestern has earned national respect from the pollsters as well. The Wildcats were ranked in 76-consecutive NFCA coaches polls and 78-straight USA Softball polls dating from March of 2005 until March of 2010. NU spent 27 of those weeks in the top 10 of the NFCA rankings, and earned the program's first No. 1 vote in 2008 after defeating then-No. 1 Arizona and then-No. 3 Texas A&M to begin the year.
Big Ten dominance also has become one of Drohan's hallmarks. The 'Cats have recorded top four finishes within the conference in 12 of the last 16 seasons, including capturing Big Ten titles in 2006 and 2008. Northwestern also won the Big Ten Tournament title in 2008 and has advanced to the championship game of the event in four of the previous seven years. Drohan's career conference record is 240-132. NU led the Big Ten in total league victories in four-straight seasons from 2005-08.
In 2006, Northwestern's Big Ten title was its first since 1987, and the Wildcats qualified for the Women's College World Series for the first time in 20 years. In Oklahoma City, the Wildcats made an exciting and perfect 3-0 run through bracket play to the championship series. NU's finish at the WCWS and in the polls -- No. 2 -- both marked program bests. The 'Cats also reached the 50-win plateau for the first time in school history.
Drohan and her staff earned NFCA/Speedline National Coaching Staff of the Year honors following the 2006 season.
Drohan and the 'Cats then repeated their run to the WCWS semifinals in 2007, again breaking the school record with 52 victories. Northwestern played the nation's No. 4-rated schedule, and earned a program-best No. 2 seed in the NCAA Tournament.
In 2008, Northwestern performed a Big Ten double dip, winning both the regular season championship and the tournament championship in the same season for the first time in school history. NU's 18-2 record in conference play marked its most wins in the league since going 19-9 in 1995 during an era when teams played four-game sets against each other.
Nine different Wildcats have earned a total of 16 All-America honors under the Drohans -- including five first-year student-athletes. Also, NU has won five Big Ten Player of the Year, three Big Ten Pitcher of the Year and six Big Ten Freshman of the Year awards over the entire Drohan tenure.
Since joining the Northwestern staff in 1998, Drohan has coached 49 National Fastpitch Coaches Association All-Region selections, 12 CoSIDA Academic All-District selections and 92 All-Big Ten honorees. Ten Wildcats have been selected in the National Professional Fastpitch (NPF) senior draft or gone on to play in the league in the last 14 years.
Drohan's accomplishments at Northwestern began from the first day. One season after taking over the program in 2002, Drohan led the Wildcats to a 36-19 record and Northwestern's sixth-ever appearance in the NCAA Tournament in 2003, the first of seven-straight NCAA tourney berths.
Drohan coached NU to its third-straight NCAA appearance in 2005, advancing to Super Regional play after winning South Bend Regional as the nation's No. 9 overall seed. Four Wildcats landed first-team All-Big Ten honors, at the time tied for the most in NU history. Drohan and her staff were named the NFCA's Mideast Region Co-Coaching Staff of the Year.
After its World Series and Super Regional runs of the late 2000s, NU broke a two-year postseason absence with a spectacular finish to the 2012 campaign. Buoyed by playing the nation's No. 1-rated nonconference strength of schedule, the Wildcats won eight of their final nine regular season games to gain eligibility and a berth in the NCAA Tournament. As the No. 4 seed in the Austin Region, NU upset the Tournament's No. 6 overall seed Texas in the opening round, eventually advancing to its fifth NCAA Regional Final under the Drohans.
In addition to all of NU's Big Ten superlative winners and 16 All-America awards, then-NU senior Carri Leto was one of 45 players and the only Big Ten student-athlete to earn a tryout with the U.S. National Team in 2003. Since then, Garland Cooper, Eileen Canney and Tammy Williams all have earned invites to the U.S. National Team selection camp. Canney and Williams won spots on the 2010 USA Softball Women's National Team, marking Northwestern's first contributions to that roster since Lisa Ishikawa in 1985.
Drohan herself joined the USA Softball Women's National Team coaching pool for the 2009-12 quadrennium. She was named the head coach of the 2010 Futures National Team, leading the squad at the 2010 World Cup of Softball. She was slated to coach the National Team at the 2011 Japan Cup before that tournament was canceled after an earthquake and tsunami decimated the host city of Sendai.
During Drohan's time as an assistant coach in Evanston, the Wildcats put together three 30-plus win seasons, highlighted by an NCAA Regional appearance in 2000.
After the 2000 season, Drohan was promoted to associate head coach and took on further responsibilities within the program. In early 2001, Drysdale informed the administration that she would step down as head coach at the end of the spring. Shortly after that announcement, Athletic Director Rick Taylor announced that Drohan would become NU's head softball coach.
Drohan came to Evanston from Boston College, where she had served as an assistant coach for the Eagles for two seasons. There she served as assistant softball coach and assistant athletic director for facilities from 1995-97. In addition to her duties with the softball team, Drohan worked game operations and administration with the Eagles.
A much respected and sought-after clinician, Drohan has delivered lectures to players, coaches and students of the game across the country. Beyond the softball arena, the business community has shown a strong interest in the leadership tools Drohan has developed within the program, leading to speaking engagements in the management world as well. In October of 2019, it was announced that Drohan had been elected President of the NFCA and will serve a three-year tenure beginning in 2020.
Drohan earned her bachelor's degree in biology from Providence in May of 1995. As a member of the Providence softball team, she was named to the All-Big East team in 1992, 1994 and 1995.
Drohan resides in Evanston.
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Now entering her 19th season at Northwestern's helm, head coach Kate Drohan has built the Wildcats into a perennial power, winning a pair of Big Ten Championships and making back-to-back Women's College World Series semifinal appearances alongside her twin sister and associate head coach, Caryl Drohan. Kate Drohan took over the 'Cats after serving as an assistant under legendary head coach Sharon Drysdale for four seasons.
After 18 seasons, Drohan's career record of 617-358-1 gives her a .633 overall winning percentage. Her record includes an incredible five-year stretch from 2005-09 in which NU compiled a combined record of 215-77, reached the Super Regional round of the NCAA Tournament four times and became the first private school in NCAA history to advance to the WCWS semifinals in consecutive years (2006-07). Overall under Drohan, NU has made 13 NCAA Tourney appearances and has claimed five NCAA Regional titles, most recently in 2019.
Drohan already has cemented her status as one of the best coaches in Big Ten history, joining five other conference coaches (including Drysdale) as the only coaches to ever take Big Ten schools to the WCWS. Drohan is one of two B1G coaches to make the final pairing in Oklahoma City. Her .633 career winning percentage ranks third-best in Big Ten Conference history among coaches with 10 years of experience in the league.
In 2019, Drohan was named the Big Ten Coach of the Year for the third time in her career after leading the Wildcats to a 47-13 overall record along with a 21-2 record in the Big Ten, the most conference wins in program history. Northwestern also notched a 20-game winning streak from March 29 through May 4, the program's longest winning streak since 1985. On April 9, Drohan secured her 600th career victory with a 3-1 win over Notre Dame.
Drohan took over a squad that finished 20-25 in 2001, and led it to a 24-18-1 record in her first season in 2002. Building on its above .500 mark, Northwestern qualified for the NCAA Tournament in 2003, kicking off a string of 11 postseason appearances in the next 15 years.
Postseason success has become a trademark of Drohan's teams. Northwestern is 36-30 in the NCAA Tournament since 2003, including a 5-4 mark at the Women's College World Series. Since the advent of Super Regional play in 2005, the Wildcats have won their Regional five times and advanced to the Regional final eight times.
Northwestern has earned national respect from the pollsters as well. The Wildcats were ranked in 76-consecutive NFCA coaches polls and 78-straight USA Softball polls dating from March of 2005 until March of 2010. NU spent 27 of those weeks in the top 10 of the NFCA rankings, and earned the program's first No. 1 vote in 2008 after defeating then-No. 1 Arizona and then-No. 3 Texas A&M to begin the year.
Big Ten dominance also has become one of Drohan's hallmarks. The 'Cats have recorded top four finishes within the conference in 12 of the last 16 seasons, including capturing Big Ten titles in 2006 and 2008. Northwestern also won the Big Ten Tournament title in 2008 and has advanced to the championship game of the event in four of the previous seven years. Drohan's career conference record is 240-132. NU led the Big Ten in total league victories in four-straight seasons from 2005-08.
In 2006, Northwestern's Big Ten title was its first since 1987, and the Wildcats qualified for the Women's College World Series for the first time in 20 years. In Oklahoma City, the Wildcats made an exciting and perfect 3-0 run through bracket play to the championship series. NU's finish at the WCWS and in the polls -- No. 2 -- both marked program bests. The 'Cats also reached the 50-win plateau for the first time in school history.
Drohan and her staff earned NFCA/Speedline National Coaching Staff of the Year honors following the 2006 season.
Drohan and the 'Cats then repeated their run to the WCWS semifinals in 2007, again breaking the school record with 52 victories. Northwestern played the nation's No. 4-rated schedule, and earned a program-best No. 2 seed in the NCAA Tournament.
In 2008, Northwestern performed a Big Ten double dip, winning both the regular season championship and the tournament championship in the same season for the first time in school history. NU's 18-2 record in conference play marked its most wins in the league since going 19-9 in 1995 during an era when teams played four-game sets against each other.
Nine different Wildcats have earned a total of 16 All-America honors under the Drohans -- including five first-year student-athletes. Also, NU has won five Big Ten Player of the Year, three Big Ten Pitcher of the Year and six Big Ten Freshman of the Year awards over the entire Drohan tenure.
Since joining the Northwestern staff in 1998, Drohan has coached 49 National Fastpitch Coaches Association All-Region selections, 12 CoSIDA Academic All-District selections and 92 All-Big Ten honorees. Ten Wildcats have been selected in the National Professional Fastpitch (NPF) senior draft or gone on to play in the league in the last 14 years.
Drohan's accomplishments at Northwestern began from the first day. One season after taking over the program in 2002, Drohan led the Wildcats to a 36-19 record and Northwestern's sixth-ever appearance in the NCAA Tournament in 2003, the first of seven-straight NCAA tourney berths.
Drohan coached NU to its third-straight NCAA appearance in 2005, advancing to Super Regional play after winning South Bend Regional as the nation's No. 9 overall seed. Four Wildcats landed first-team All-Big Ten honors, at the time tied for the most in NU history. Drohan and her staff were named the NFCA's Mideast Region Co-Coaching Staff of the Year.
After its World Series and Super Regional runs of the late 2000s, NU broke a two-year postseason absence with a spectacular finish to the 2012 campaign. Buoyed by playing the nation's No. 1-rated nonconference strength of schedule, the Wildcats won eight of their final nine regular season games to gain eligibility and a berth in the NCAA Tournament. As the No. 4 seed in the Austin Region, NU upset the Tournament's No. 6 overall seed Texas in the opening round, eventually advancing to its fifth NCAA Regional Final under the Drohans.
In addition to all of NU's Big Ten superlative winners and 16 All-America awards, then-NU senior Carri Leto was one of 45 players and the only Big Ten student-athlete to earn a tryout with the U.S. National Team in 2003. Since then, Garland Cooper, Eileen Canney and Tammy Williams all have earned invites to the U.S. National Team selection camp. Canney and Williams won spots on the 2010 USA Softball Women's National Team, marking Northwestern's first contributions to that roster since Lisa Ishikawa in 1985.
Drohan herself joined the USA Softball Women's National Team coaching pool for the 2009-12 quadrennium. She was named the head coach of the 2010 Futures National Team, leading the squad at the 2010 World Cup of Softball. She was slated to coach the National Team at the 2011 Japan Cup before that tournament was canceled after an earthquake and tsunami decimated the host city of Sendai.
During Drohan's time as an assistant coach in Evanston, the Wildcats put together three 30-plus win seasons, highlighted by an NCAA Regional appearance in 2000.
After the 2000 season, Drohan was promoted to associate head coach and took on further responsibilities within the program. In early 2001, Drysdale informed the administration that she would step down as head coach at the end of the spring. Shortly after that announcement, Athletic Director Rick Taylor announced that Drohan would become NU's head softball coach.
Drohan came to Evanston from Boston College, where she had served as an assistant coach for the Eagles for two seasons. There she served as assistant softball coach and assistant athletic director for facilities from 1995-97. In addition to her duties with the softball team, Drohan worked game operations and administration with the Eagles.
A much respected and sought-after clinician, Drohan has delivered lectures to players, coaches and students of the game across the country. Beyond the softball arena, the business community has shown a strong interest in the leadership tools Drohan has developed within the program, leading to speaking engagements in the management world as well. In October of 2019, it was announced that Drohan had been elected President of the NFCA and will serve a three-year tenure beginning in 2020.
Drohan earned her bachelor's degree in biology from Providence in May of 1995. As a member of the Providence softball team, she was named to the All-Big East team in 1992, 1994 and 1995.
Drohan resides in Evanston.
ITINERARY
Players will not have access to the fields for warm-up until 7:30 a.m. and the camp will begin promptly at 8 a.m. Please plan for a full four hours of instruction. Come prepared with everything needed to play ball and run drills comfortably and plenty of water as you will be performing at altitude. Most of all, bring a great attitude! Identification bibs will be provided to all participants along with a souvenir t-shirt.
REFUND POLICY
Changes brought on by COVID-19 and its impact on the economy have affected Triple Crown Sports, like everyone else, and we have this update to share as it relates to our refund policy:
Any individual registration purchased before April 1, 2020 can be completely transferred to a new Triple Crown corporate individual event in 2020 or 2021. If you request a refund (20% admin fee), you will be put in a refund queue, which we are addressing as quickly as possible. Please be patient - these are unprecedented times for all of us, and we will stay in touch with our customers on this topic. If circumstances change and we have the flexibility to do so, we will accelerate the refund process.
If you register for an individual event on April 1 or later, we will only be able to transfer the entire registration to another event; there are no refunds for registrations paid for on April 1 or later.
Any individual registration purchased before April 1, 2020 can be completely transferred to a new Triple Crown corporate individual event in 2020 or 2021. If you request a refund (20% admin fee), you will be put in a refund queue, which we are addressing as quickly as possible. Please be patient - these are unprecedented times for all of us, and we will stay in touch with our customers on this topic. If circumstances change and we have the flexibility to do so, we will accelerate the refund process.
If you register for an individual event on April 1 or later, we will only be able to transfer the entire registration to another event; there are no refunds for registrations paid for on April 1 or later.
AURORA SPORTS PARK
19300 E Colfax Ave
Aurora, Colorado 80011
Aurora, Colorado 80011
I-70 to Tower Road South. Left (East) on Colfax to Dunkirk Street. Right (South) to Aurora Sports Park. FROM E-470: Exit at Colfax Avenue. Go West to Dunkirk, turn left to Aurora Sports Park.
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