| ABAC softball |
California Dreaming
Jennifer Walls making her mark at ABAC by Mike Chason photography submitted
How could a California girl who played softball in Arizona and then played professionally in Italy find contentment on a hot , dusty , gnat-plagued field in deep South Georgia ? Just ask the Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association Coach of the Year Jennifer Walls .
“ I love it here ,” Walls , who just completed her seventh year as the head coach of the Golden Fillies of Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College , said . “ I know the pressure that Division I coaches have on them . This is where I want to be .”
Since taking over as the ABAC coach in 2015 , Walls has thrived at ABAC . She was named the GCAA Coach of the Year in 2017 and 2022 . The Fillies won the regular season league title in both of those years .
In 2019 , the green-and-gold of ABAC was the number-three seed heading into the state tournament and shocked the world by grabbing the tourney title .
“ We beat Georgia Military College , which was the No . 1 seed that year ,” Walls remembered . “ Not only that but we run-ruled them in the championship game . I couldn ’ t believe it .
Coach Jennifer Walls and ABAC ’ s Golden Fillies won the state softball tournament in 2019 .
8 TiftonScene | JULY 2022