With 405 career vic­to­ries, head coach Keri Becker holds the honor of being the win­ningest coach in Ferris State soft­ball history.

Becker is ranked 45^th in vic­to­ries among the NCAA Division II active soft­ball coaches. Under her direc­tion, the Bulldogs have aver­aged 31 wins per sea­son and earned an over­all con­fer­ence title in 2000. The Bulldogs also have won three Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference tour­na­ments and three NCAA Division II Great Lakes Region Championship titles in 1998, 1999, and 2005.

In just her sec­ond sea­son at Ferris, Becker led the Bulldogs to their first-ever regional title in 1998 and then coached the team to a third-place fin­ish at the NCAA Softball Championships. At the time, the third-place fin­ish marked the high­est national fin­ish in Ferris State women’s ath­letic his­tory. In 1999, Ferris set a single-season record with 46 victories.

In 2008, Becker helped the Bulldogs claim an NCAA Division II Regional Championship title and a fifth-place tie at the 2008 NCAA Division II Softball Championships.

Becker said she did not even real­ize she was at the 400 mark in wins until the announce­ment at the game. She said she was truly sur­prised, which is why it means that much more to her. Becker sees her coach­ing career end­ing where it started, at Ferris, but not until she racks up some more wins.

“It moti­vates me, it inspires me, and it re-energizes me and it came at a time when I needed these three things the most,” said Becker. “Getting to 400 has been moti­vat­ing for me, so 500, here I come.”

Before com­ing to Ferris, Becker was an assis­tant coach at Saginaw Valley for two sea­sons. Becker also played soft­ball at SVSU where she received all-conference first-team hon­ors for four straight sea­sons and was a two-time aca­d­e­mic all-league selec­tion. Becker served eight years in the United States Army Reserve from 1992–2000 and held the rank of sergeant. She was called to active United States Army duty in 2003, which pre­vented her from coach­ing dur­ing the 2003 sea­son. n