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The Springfield College dedicated their softball field to former coach, Diane Potter in recognition of her positive impact on the softball team at Springfield College. Co-captains Kathy Mangano in the middle and Terri Schenk on the right, gave Potter a gift and thanked her for the hard work and dedication she gave the team over her 21 year tenure as softball coach for SC. She formed the Softball program during the 1963-1964 academic school year, led the team from the bottom up, she was considered to be a leading pioneer for softball in the New England area. In 1989, she became the second woman inducted into the Springfield College Athletics Hall of Fame, and during that academic year, she served as the Springfield Distinguished Professor of Humanics.
