MEGAN GARST | ASSISTANT COACH

Megan Garst joins the Patriots staff for the 2022-23 season as the pitching coach. The Columbiana, AL native began her coaching career in 2017, assisting local travel teams each summer until 2020. In the summer of 2021, she coached in the Florida Gulf Coast League developing college players from universities across the nation.

Garst played one year at Shelton State Community College in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, where she was a second-team NJCAA All-America selection. She holds the school record for the lowest single-season earned run average at 0.95, was a first-team All-Region XXII selection, and also earned regional all-tournament honors.

Garst graduated from the University of North Alabama with a Bachelor of Science in Exercise Science, where she was a four-year starter on the Lion softball squad. During her sophomore year, she became the first UNA pitcher to receive All-America honors after earning second-team honors by the NFCA and third-team honors by D2CCA. She was named the GSC Pitcher of the Year. In her junior year, she made 29 appearances in the circle, setting a school record with a 0.83 ERA during UNA’s first season at the NCAA Division I level. She posted a 16-6 record on the year, and was named first-team all-conference, as well as the ASUN Pitcher of the Year, and became the first pitcher in UNA history to toss consecutive no-hitters. During her fifth year, she set a new UNA record of 545 strikeouts.

After completing her degree at UNA, Garst completed a Master of Arts in Kinesiology – Sport Administration at The University of Alabama. During her time there, Garst helped coach the Crimson Tide Softball team as a Graduate Assistant.