Softball Signs Two for 2010-2011 Season
Thursday, November 12, 2009 | Softball
University of Florida head softball coach Tim Walton announced two players who signed national letters of intent to play for the Gators next season. Kasey Fagan of Dunnellon, Fla., and Cheyenne Coyle of West Hills, Calif., will don the Orange and Blue starting in the 2010-11 season.
“We are excited to make two of the best high school players in the country part of the Florida softball program," Walton said. ?“They will make an immediate impact and we are expecting big things from Kasey and Cheyenne over the next four years.”
Fagan, a 5-foot-11-inch righty who Walton called a true utility player who can play a variety of positions because of her versatility, played for the 2009 Class 4A State Champion Dunnellon High School coached by her father, Kevin Fagan. The Tigers, with a 32-1 record, were the first Marion County fast-pitch softball team to earn a trip to the Final Four, the first state champions of any kind since 2005 and the first girls' state champs since 1986. They ended the season ranked fourth in ESPN Rise Fab 50 Poll. Fagan herself racked up many accomplishments, including the Florida Gatorade Player of the Year, the Dairy Farmers Player of the Year and the Star Banner Player and Pitcher of the Year. She was named to the Class 4A First-Team All-State team her junior season after earning second-team honors as a sophomore and third-team honors as a freshman. In 2009, she also earned ESPN Rise First-Team All-America honors and earned a spot on the Louisville Slugger/NFCA High School All-South Regional First Team as a pitcher while earning national honorable mention.
Fagan plays travel ball for Team North Florida was previously coached by current UF volunteer assistant coach Coy Adkins. Last summer, the team placed fifth at the 2009 Amateur Softball Association of America (ASA) Gold National Championships and won the Champions Cup in Irvine, Calif.
The current senior is ranked No. 1 academically in her class of over 300 students. She is a member of National Honors Society and the Fellowship of Christian Athletes. Her father won three Super Bowl rings as a defensive end with the San Francisco 49ers.
Coyle is a 5-foot-7-inch shortstop in her senior year at Chatsworth High School. The Chancellors, coached by Kristen Rodney, finished the 2009 season 24-7. She led the league with 14 home runs with 47 RBIs in 2009 and was third in Los Angeles County in homers. A four-year varsity softball player, Coyle earned second-team all-league honors once and first-team honors twice. In 2009, she was a first-team all-city selection and earned honorable mention for an all-area honor while being named Chatsworth's MVP. In 2007, she was the Rookie of the Year while leading the league in home runs (5) and batting average (.457).
The righty also made a stellar relief appearance on the mound, pitching seven innings of long relief, tallying a 4-3 in a key league game in her first appearance in the circle late in the season. She plays travel ball for the Orange County Batbusters coached by Gary Haning.
Coyle is an accomplished athlete, who also is a two-year letterwinner in volleyball. She earned second-team all-league honors in 2007 and first-team honors in 2008. She has been on the academic honor roll every year of high school and a scholar-athlete since 2006. She is a member of the 2010 Class Steering Committee and the Fellowship of Christian Athletes.
