Florida Atlantic softball hired Shannon Doherty to serve as Director of Player Development in June of 2025, announced by Head Coach Jordan Clark.
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Doherty, originally from Coral Springs, Florida, arrives to Paradise after six seasons with UCF, first as a five-year decorated player followed by a graduate assistantship in 2025..Â
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With Doherty as a member of the coaching staff in 2025, the Knights were selected to the NCAA Austin Regional following a 35-24-1 campaign, falling to Texas, the eventual national champion.Â
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Doherty was a UCF student-athlete during its transition from the American Athletic Conference to the Big 12, and earned two all-conference selections. She can be found all over the Knights’ record book in many statistical categories including defensive putouts (1,371, second), on-base percentage (.422, third), home runs (35, third), RBI (161, third), fielding percentage (.994, third), slugging percentage (.499, sixth), runs scored (119, ninth), and total hits (212, ninth).
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Doherty now joins the Florida Atlantic staff under Clark coming off back-to-back American Athletic Conference regular season champions and consecutive NCAA Regional appearances.
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