LAFAYETTE – The National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) has selected Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns Softball head coach Michael Lotief as the recipient of the 2016 Donna Newberry "Perseverance" Award.
He will be formally presented with the award at the 2016 NFCA Convention in New Orleans on Friday, Dec. 9 during the Softball Summit.
The award recognizes an NFCA member coach who has demonstrated extraordinary strength of will and character in the fight to overcome a physical, mental or social adversity that presented an additional challenge to the already demanding job of a coach. The award was created in honor of longtime Muskingum College coach and 2008 NFCA Hall of Fame inductee Donna Newberry, who died in November 2010 following a battle with breast cancer.