UMBC

BALTIMORE—UMBC head softball coach Joe French and the UMBC softball team will host two winter clinics in February. The indoor clinic will take place on Sunday, Feb. 14, at the Retriever Activities Center (RAC), while the outdoor clinic will be held on Saturday, Feb. 27, at UMBC Softball Stadium. Each clinic includes four sessions – two hitting and two pitching split up by age group – and each session will cost $20.

The rain date for the outdoor clinic is Sunday, Feb. 28.

This is the ninth year that Coach French and his team will conduct the winter clinics. The hitting sessions will be run by Coach French, the winningest coach in UMBC softball history (481-305), while the pitching sessions will be run by assistant coach Lauren Nicholson. The clinics will include both lecture and skill work.

For more information, please contact Coach French at 410-455-1325 or jfrench@umbc.edu or Coach Nicholson at laun1@umbc.edu. Registration forms can be downloaded from the UMBC softball page.

Bull Roast Set for January 30: The Second Annual “Friends of UMBC Softball” Bull and Oyster Roast will take place on Saturday, Jan. 30, at 7 p.m. UAW Hall in Baltimore. Tickets are $40 and can be purchased by contacting Coach French or Coach Nicholson by Sunday, Jan. 10.

The evening includes a catered all-you-can-eat-and-drink menu, silent auction, raffles and money wheel. Nearly 200 people attended last year’s event.