Since Brian White was named the new Athletic Director at Virginia Tech today, I thought it might be interesting to take a look at softball at Florida Atlantic under his eight years there. FAU has a solid softball history. White made one hire in softball at FAU and it looks like it was a good one. But the exciting news for me is that Florida Atlantic softball has own fundraising organization, the Perfect Game Club.” From their softball website: “The Florida Atlantic Softball Perfect Game Club has been established to provide essential resources to the Florida Atlantic Softball program in order to compete at the highest levels. The secret ingredient and strength of a top softball program is the private giving and backing it has from the local community. By joining the Perfect Game Club, you provide our program with championship-caliber resources to continue elevating Florida Atlantic Softball in the national spotlight.” I included a link below to the fundraising website. Florida Atlantic has a storied history in softball. Legendary coach Joan Joyce started the program from scratch in 1995 and the Owls went 33-18 in their inaugural season. Two years later, in 1997, Florida Atlantic would win their first A-Sun Conference title, the first of eight consecutive conference championships. By the time of her death in 2022, Joyce had recorded 1,002 career wins, 11 conference championships in three different conferences (A-Sun, Sun Belt, and Conference USA), and 11 NCAA postseason tournament appearances, including eight straight between 1997-2004. She had an amazing career and the softball field at Florida Atlantic is named after her. Consequently, softball did not need White’s immediate attention when he was hired as Florida Atlantic’s AD in 2018, but he did have to hire Joyce’s successor upon her passing in 2022. White chose Jordan Clark as the Owls new coach in June, 2022. Clark, who had previously spent four years as an Assistant Coach at Ohio State, has a 155-68 record in 4 seasons with two NCAA bids. Television station WPBF called Clark “a home-run hire” last season when the Owls went 45-12 and won their second straight American Athletic Conference regular season title.