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Latham Joins Seahawks as Assistant Coach

WILMINGTON, North Carolina – UNCW Softball Head Coach Ashley Wade has tabbed former Ole Miss slugger Abbey Latham as an assistant coach for the 2023 season.
 
Latham, who will work primarily with Seahawk hitters, joins the defending Colonial Athletic Association champions after helping the Rebels make four NCAA Regional appearances as well as one Super Regional appearance from 2018-22.
 
"We're extremely excited to add Abbey to our coaching staff," said Wade, who is in her first season with the Seahawks. "Abbey has not only competed at a high level in the SEC, she has left her mark in several offensive categories in the Ole Miss record book.

"Having made Regional and Super Regional appearances with the Rebels, Abbey is a proven winner and knows what it takes to attain that success. Abbey trained with one of the best hitting minds in our game in Lincoln Martin. I am confident Abbey's offensive attention to detail and high-level thinking will elevate our offense."

As a player, Latham appeared in 237 games and made 212 starts for Ole Miss, batting .298 with 39 home runs with a Rebels career-record 167 RBI. She is tied for fourth in program history with 196 hits and holds a share of third all-time with 40 doubles.
 
With Latham in the heart of the order, the Rebels went 41-19 in 2022 and earned a trip to the Los Angeles Regional hosted by UCLA. The utility player led Ole Miss with 10 homers and 46 RBI while hitting .292 in her final season.
 
The Livingston, Ala., native, reset Ole Miss's single-season RBI record (54) as a sophomore. She paced the Rebels in home runs (10), doubles (13), slugging percentage (.559), and walks (22) as Ole Miss went 42-20 in 2019 and won the Oxford Regional to earn the school's second Super Regional.
 
Latham made an immediate impact for the Rebels when she arrived in 2018, smashing seven round-trippers in only 69 at-bats. She posted a .455 batting average in the NCAA Tempe Regional, with three homers, a pair of doubles, five RBI and three runs.
 
Latham broke into the coaching ranks last August as coach of the Bombers 08 Gold squad, an Elite Travel Fastpitch Softball team based in Atlanta, Ga.
 
The addition of Latham completes the coaching staff under Wade. Assistant coach Erin Dixson and volunteer assistant Parker Stevens will continue with UNCW in 2023.
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