Megan Gibson-Loftin

{{Infobox college coach

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| image = Megan-Gibson.jpg

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| caption = Megan Gibson-Loftin (then Megan Gibson) in March 2007.

| current_team = Houston

| current_conference = The American

| current_title = Pitching coach

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1986|3|25}}

| birth_place = Spring, Texas

| death_date =

| death_place =

| player_years1 = 2005–2008

| player_team1 = Texas A&M

| player_years2 = 2008–2009

| player_team2 = Philadelphia Force

| player_years3 = 2009

| player_team3 = Denso

| player_years4 = 2010–2011

| player_team4 = Tennessee/NPF Diamonds

| coach_years1 = 2011

| coach_team1 = Texas A&M (volunteer asst.)

| coach_years2 = 2012–2013

| coach_team2 = UTSA (pitching)

| coach_years3 = 2014–2016

| coach_team3 = Penn State (pitching)

| coach_years4 = 2017–present

| coach_team4 = Houston (pitching)

| awards =

Women's College World Series All-Tournament (2008){{cite web|url=http://www.hokiesports.com/softball/recaps/20080603aaa.html|title=Tincher named to WCWS All-Tournament Team}}
2× first-team NFCA All-American (2007, 2008)
Second-team NFCA All-American (2005)
Big 12 Player of the Year (2008)
Big 12 Pitcher of the Year (2008)
First-team All-Big 12 (2005)
Second-team All-Big 12 (2006)
Big-12 Tournament Most Outstanding Player (2008)
3× Big-12 All-Tournament (2005, 2006, 2008)

}}

Megan Lynn Gibson-Loftin (born March 25, 1986) is an American, former collegiate All-American, professional softball pitcher and current director of softball operations for Twelve Softball. She is also the former pitching coach at Houston.{{cite web |url=https://nfca.org/awards/awards-history/2005-di-aa-teams-3946 |title=2005 Louisville Slugger/NFCA Division I All-America Teams |location=Nfca.org |date= |accessdate=January 23, 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://nfca.org/awards/awards-history/2007-di-aa-teams-4043 |title=2007 Louisville Slugger/NFCA Division I All-America Teams |location=Nfca.org |date= |accessdate=January 23, 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://nfca.org/awards/awards-history/2008-di-aa-teams-4068 |title=2008 Louisville Slugger/NFCA Division I All-America Teams |location=Nfca.org |date= |accessdate=January 23, 2021}} Gibson-Loftin played college softball for Texas A&M where she is the career leader in offense walks and led them to a runner-up finish at the 2008 Women's College World Series. She also ranks top-10 in the latter category and home runs in the Big 12 Conference.{{cite web |url=https://big12sports.com/documents/2019/10/3/2019_20_Softball_Record_Book.pdf?path=softball |title=Big 12 Softball Record Book |website=Big12sports.com |access-date=January 23, 2021}} She was selected by the Philadelphia Force as the second overall pick in the 2008 NPF Draft, eventually playing for four seasons.{{cite press release|url=http://www.philadelphiaforce.com/news/newslinks/index.html?article_id=180|title=2008 NPF DRAFT VIDEO|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090718210428/http://www.philadelphiaforce.com/news/newslinks/index.html?article_id=180|archivedate=July 18, 2009}} After the Force folded she was picked up by the Tennessee Diamonds in 2010.{{cite web |url=https://uhcougars.com/sports/softball/roster/coaches/megan-gibson-loftin/368 |title=MEGAN GIBSON-LOFTIN |location=Uhcougars.com |date= |accessdate=January 23, 2021}}

Career

=College=

Born Megan Lynn Gibson in Spring, Texas, Gibson-Loftin played college softball at Texas A&M from 2004 to 2008.{{cite web|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090210013654/http://www.aggieathletics.com/sports/w-softbl/mtt/gibson_megan00.html|archivedate=February 10, 2009|title=Megan Gibson|publisher=Texas A&M|accessdate=June 26, 2018|url=http://www.aggieathletics.com:80/sports/w-softbl/mtt/gibson_megan00.html|url-status=live}} In the 2008 season, she was collegiate national player of the week from February 25 to March 2.{{cite news|url=http://www.kbtx.com/sports/headlines/16226002.html|title=Texas A&M's Megan Gibson Selected As The USA Softball Collegiate National Player Of The Week|access-date=June 4, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090718190312/http://www.kbtx.com/sports/headlines/16226002.html|archive-date=July 18, 2009|url-status=dead}} She led her team to win the program's second Big 12 regular season and first tournament championship. In the postseason, she led her team to the Final Series of the 2008 Women's College World Series. Gibson ended her senior season as runner-up for USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year honors, as a first-team NFCA All-American, and the first player to win both Player of the Year and Pitcher of the Year honors from the Big 12.{{cite press release|url=http://www.big12sports.com/sports/w-softbl/spec-rel/050908aad.html|title=2008 Softball Postseason Awards Announced|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20120906201119/http://www.big12sports.com/sports/w-softbl/spec-rel/050908aad.html|archivedate=September 6, 2012}}{{cite news|url=http://www.theindependent.com/sports/x273547459/Husker-softball-team-falls-in-Big-12-final|title=Texas A&M blanks NU in Big 12 title game|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20080605214940/http://www.theindependent.com/sports/x273547459/Husker-softball-team-falls-in-Big-12-final|archivedate=June 5, 2008}}{{cite press release|url=http://www.nfca.org/pagebank/?id=1171|title=2008 Louisville Slugger/NFCA Division I All-Americans|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080602084232/http://www.nfca.org/pagebank/?id=1171|archivedate=June 2, 2008}}{{cite web|last=Groller|first=Keith|url=http://www.mcall.com/sports/other/all-sbn-force.6430852may29,0,5448760.story|title=Going Dutch: Force start season tonight against Netherlands|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080605130409/http://www.mcall.com/sports/other/all-sbn-force.6430852may29,0,5448760.story|archivedate=June 5, 2008|place=Allentown, PA|work=The Morning Call|date=May 29, 2008}}{{cite news|url=http://newsok.com/am-star-awaiting-her-due/article/3251031/?tm=1212209823|title=A&M star awaiting her due|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090721180219/http://newsok.com/am-star-awaiting-her-due/article/3251031/?tm=1212209823|archivedate=July 21, 2009|work=The Oklahoman|date=May 31, 2008|last=Rohde|first=John|access-date=May 31, 2008|url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=https://12thman.com/documents/2020/2/4/2020_Softball_Media_Guide.pdf |title=Texas A&M Softball 2020 Fact Book |website=12thman.com |date= |accessdate=January 23, 2021}}

She graduated from Texas A&M in 2008 with a bachelor's degree in sport management with a minor in business.

=Professional career=

Gibson-Loftin played professional softball for National Pro Fastpitch from 2008 to 2011. The second overall pick in the 2008 NPF draft selected by the Philadelphia Force, Gibson-Loftin played for the Force from 2008 to 2009 and for the Tennessee (later NPF) Diamonds from 2010 to 2011.{{cite web|url=http://www.gopsusports.com/sports/w-softbl/mtt/megan_gibson_858058.html|title=Megan Gibson|publisher=Penn State|accessdate=June 26, 2018}}{{Cite web|url=https://profastpitch.com/rosters/historical-rosters/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180621194628/https://profastpitch.com/rosters/historical-rosters/|url-status=usurped|archive-date=June 21, 2018|title = Historical Rosters}} In 2009, Gibson-Loftin played for Denso of Women's Major League Softball in Japan.{{cite web|url=http://www.uhcougars.com/sports/w-softbl/mtt/megan_gibson_loftin_1019250.html|title=Megan Gibson-Loftin|publisher=University of Houston|work=UHCougars.com|accessdate=June 26, 2018}}

Coaching career

Along with her career in the NPF, [https://uhcougars.com/sports/softball/roster/coaches/megan-gibsonloftin/285 Gibson served under Texas A&M head coach Jo Evans as a graduate assistant] in Fall 2008 and again as a volunteer pitching coach during the 2011 season. She also spent time as a softball instructor at High Performance Baseball in Tomball and as a volunteer assistant coach at Spring High School in 2010.{{Cite web |title=Megan Gibson-Loftin - Softball Coach |url=https://uhcougars.com/sports/softball/roster/coaches/megan-gibsonloftin/285 |access-date=2024-11-06 |website=University of Houston Athletics |language=en}}

Gibson joined the Penn State coaching staff after spending two seasons as an assistant under Coach Lehotak at University of Texas at San Antonio.

Personal life

Gibson-Loftin married Lance Loftin, a former professional baseball player who played college baseball at Texas State, in 2015. He also got drafted and played baseball for the Toronto Bluejays.{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=loftin001lan|title=Lance Loftin|work=baseball-reference.com|accessdate=June 26, 2018}}

Career statistics

class="wikitable"

|+Texas A&M Aggies

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| YEAR

| W

| L

| GP

| GS

| CG

| SHO

| SV

| IP

| H

| R

| ER

| BB

| SO

| ERA

| WHIP

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| 2005

| 13

| 6

| 23

| 18

| 12

| 1

| 112.2

| 107

| 62

| 57

| 43

| 76

| 3.55

| 1.33

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| 2006

| 17

| 4

| 24

| 22

| 14

| 3

| 1

| 140.0

| 131

| 61

| 51

| 33

| 102

| 2.55

| 1.17

align=center

| 2007

| 17

| 4

| 29

| 25

| 14

| 8

| 0

| 155.0

| 131

| 44

| 34

| 157

| 1.53

| 1.06

align=center

| 2008

| 41

| 4

| 46

| 45

| 42

| 21

| 0

| 303.2

| 188

| 61

| 52

| 68

| 344

| 1.20

| 0.84

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| TOTALS

| 88

| 18

| 122

| 110

| 82

| 33

| 1

| 711.1

| 557

| 228

| 194

| 178

| 679

| 1.91

| 1.03

class="sortable wikitable"

|+Texas A&M Aggies

align=center

| YEAR

| G

| AB

| R

| H

| BA

| RBI

| HR

| 3B

| 2B

| TB

| SLG

| BB

| SO

| SB

| SBA

align=center

| 2005

| 55

| 158

| 51

| 64

| .405

| 57

| 18

| 0

| 12

| 130

| .823%

| 28

| 23

| 7

align=center

| 2006

| 53

| 135

| 33

| 42

| .311

| 37

| 12

| 0

| 10

| 88

| .652%

| 38

| 24

| 7

align=center

| 2007

| 60

| 147

| 50

| 57

| .387

| 41

| 13

| 2

| 9

| 109

| .741%

| 51

| 26

| 5

| 6

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| 2008

| 67

| 183

| 44

| 62

| .339

| 48

| 13

| 1

| 17

| 120

| .656%

| 55

| 26

| 12

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| TOTALS

| 235

| 623

| 178

| 225

| .361

| 183

| 56

| 3

| 48

| 447

| .717%

| 172

| 99

| 31

| 32

References

External links

{{Twitter|mgib11}}
{{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130119203113/http://www.goutsa.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=13100&ATCLID=205240784 |date=January 19, 2013 |title=UTSA bio}}
{{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090530160930/http://www.philadelphiaforce.com/team/roster/index.html?player_id=17 |date=May 30, 2009 |title=Philadelphia Force bio}}
{{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090210013654/http://www.aggieathletics.com:80/sports/w-softbl/mtt/gibson_megan00.html |date=February 10, 2009 |title=Texas A&M bio}}
[http://www.gopsusports.com/sports/w-softbl/mtt/megan_gibson_858058.html Penn State bio]

Category:1986 births

Category:Living people

Category:American expatriate sportspeople in Japan

Category:Texas A&M Aggies softball players

Category:American softball coaches

Category:Texas A&M Aggies softball coaches

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Category:Penn State Nittany Lions softball coaches

Category:Sportspeople from Spring, Texas

Category:Philadelphia Force players

Category:Softball players from Texas

Category:Carolina Diamonds players