Pat Reardon
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- Year Inducted:
- 2012
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- Sport(s):
- Softball
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- Inductee Category:
- Coach
Pat Reardon, while entering the Hall of Fame for his excellence as a player on the soccer field and coach of the softball team, also was a three-year letter winner in baseball. In addition, Reardon was a four-year letter winner on the pitch from 1986-89 and has coached softball in Fayette since 1993.
Reardon, who hails from Topeka, Kan., was named All-Heart in 1986 and All-District from 1987-89 when the team was a member of the Independent Collegiate Athletic Association. He scored 39 career goals, including 22 in 1989, both of which are CMU records.
He began coaching women's soccer and softball for the Eagles three years after earning his undergraduate degree from CMU in 1990. At the time of his induction, the five time Heart Coach of the Year (1995, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012) and two-time NFCA NAIA Midwest Region Coach of the Year (2008, 2012), has won four Heart Regular-Season Championships (1992, 2008, 2011, 2012), two Heart Tournament titles (2008, 2012), established the Eagles as a consistent title contender while continuing to produce outstanding graduates.
During the past two seasons, Reardon has guided the squad to a school record 41 wins each season, including a berth in the 2012 NAIA Softball National Championship. Since 2008, his teams have posted 34 or more wins every season.
Reardon is one of only two coaches in conference history to surpass the 500-win milestone. His 525 career wins in his first 20 seasons rank 15th in the history of the NAIA.
In the last two seasons, Reardon has seen two of his players named to four All-America teams.
In 2011, the softball team posted a cumulative GPA of 3.627 which ranked first in the NAIA. Since 1999, Reardon has coached 39 Daktronics NAIA Scholar-Athletes and two Capital One Academic All-Americans.
