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Tasler Named Concord Softball Coach

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ATHENS -

The Concord University Department of Athletics will officially announce Alisa Tasler as the
Mountain Lions' new softball coach on Wednesday, January 18, 2012, in the lobby of the Carter Center on the CU campus in Athens.

Tasler spent the last six seasons as head coach at Neosho County Community College in Chanute, KS. The Panthers recorded a .538 winning percentage in the rugged Jayhawk Conference over the 2010 and 2011 seasons. Last year, the team featured 14 freshmen.
Several of Tasler's players have earned Academic All-America recognition. Her last two teams at NCCC posted the highest team grade point average in the school's athletic department. On the diamond, the Panthers secured numerous all-conference and all-region awards.

Prior to her time at Neosho, Tasler began her coaching career at Pittsburg State University. In her three seasons on the PSU staff, the Gorillas' win total rose from 18, to 28, to 44.

The native of Newcastle, OK, Tasler played softball and basketball at Northern Oklahoma College, setting several school records as a pitcher and leading the basketball squad to back-to-back conference championships.

Tasler will also serve as Concord's Gameday Management Administrator.