North Platte Community College Women's Softball

Higgins Head Coach or Head softball coach Janelle Higgins is in her 6th season at North Platte Community College. Coach Higgins came to North Platte in 2010 when she was hired as the second head coach in program history. Coach Higgins owns a .308 winning percentage with 69 wins and 155 losses.   The Knights won the Region IX Division II Championship led by Coach Higgins in 2012 and 2015.  Coach Higgins was named the Region IX Division II Coach of the Year in 2012 and 2015.   Coach Higgins comes to North Platte from Dawson Community College, in Glendive, Montana. At Dawson Coach Higgins was the Head Softball Coach, Assistant Basketball Coach and Full time Faculty and Director of Campus Corps. In her last year the Lady Buccaneers were 11-35 and took second place in the Mon-Dak conference. The Lady Buccaneers finished fourth in the regional tournament.   Before arriving at Dawson, Coach Higgins was at Southwestern Community College, in Creston, Iowa where she was the assistant softball and basketball coach from 2007-09. Before Southwestern she was the head softball coach at Northeast Nodaway High School in Ravenwood, Missouri. During her career at Northeast Nodaway her team set a school record for wins and advanced to the district finals for the first time in ten years.   Before Northeast Nodaway, Coach Higgins was an assistant coach at Saydel High School, in Des Moines, Iowa for the summers of 2005-09. During her time as an assistant coach the team advanced to the state tournament in 2007 and placed fourth in class 3A in Iowa.   Coach Higgins is a 2009 graduate of Northwest Missouri State University, in Maryville, Missouri. She graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Education with an emphasis in K-12 Physical Education.   During her college career Coach Higgins played Womens Ice Hockey at Iowa State University where she led the team in goals and assists before a knee injury cut her career short.   Coach Higgins played two years of softball at Southwestern Community College where she was a two year starter, a two time Offensive Player of the Year and a two time All-Region Academic Team selection.   Recently Coach Higgins has earned her Master of Science in Recreation and Sports Science with an emphasis in Coaching Education from Ohio University.