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Donna
Crone
Softball Head Coach
1999-Present
5th Season
(901) 321-3478
dcrone@cbu.edu
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Donna Crone enters her sixth season as head coach at Christian
Brothers University. She graduated from CBU with a B.S. in
business in 1983. Crone played two seasons of basketball and
two seasons of tennis earning a Most Valuable Player Award
in tennis her senior year.
The CBU softball program enters its 11th year, but under
Crones’ leadership, the Lady Bucs have reached several
milestones and added to some record books.
On March 15, 2000, CBU set and still owns the NCAA Div. II
record for triples in one game (7).
The 2001 season brought the program its first post-season
honors with Megan Pilkington (Elgin, IL) being named the GSC
Freshman of the Year. Led by the strong pitching of Megan
Sharp (SBA, Memphis), the Lady Bucs posted their best record
of 20-21.
In 2005, Crone will surpass more than 250 games as head coach.
Her experience in softball includes 17 years of coaching women's
softball (Sherry's Hallmark) in the Memphis Park Commission,
winning 12 league championships, two runner-up titles in the
city championships and two Memphis City Championships. Crone
also served as athletic director for St. Michael Church and
School for four years.
Crone is also Senior Women's Administrator and the NCAA Compliance
Officer for CBU. She holds a Master's in Business Administration
from the University of Memphis in 1988.
She lives in Cordova with husband Chris (CBU, '76) and children
Kristen and Justin .
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Megan
Pilkington
Graduate Asst. Coach
2005-Present
1st Season
(901) 321-3478
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Megan Pilkington returns to CBU as a graduate assistant coach.
A four-year starter for CBU Pilkington was the Gulf South
Conference Freshman of the Year in 2000 and was a first-team
selection this past season.
She holds the CBU career record for hits (151) and had owned
the record for home runs before current Lady Buc Jennifer
Longo broke the record this season.
Pilkington earned a bachelor’s degree in Information
Technology Management in 2005 and is completing an MBA at
CBU.
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