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6/5/2024

Kumar leaves RedHawks for Ohio State softball job

Kirin Kumar's RedHawk teams not only dominated the Mid-American Conference, they earned a national reputation. (MVSmith/MRO)

After four years during which she elevated Miami softball to a nationally recognized program, head coach Kirin Kumar is leaving to take the reigns at Ohio State University.

Miami, which posted the annoucement Tuesday morning, said the search for Kumar's replacement would begin immediately.

Overall, the RedHawks went 174-56-1 under Kumar. They were were an outstanding 107-16 in Mid-American Conference play, capturing four straight regular season championships and three MAC tournament titles. (There was no MAC tourney in 2021). The MAC success catapulted Miami into four NCAA tournament appearances.

Individual awards included: 32 All-MAC honorees, 23 all-region awards, six All-America honorees, three MAC Freshman of the Year award winners, two MAC Player of the Year winners and one MAC Pitcher of the Year.

The 2024 RedHawks squad was . . .

. . . particularly successful, finishing 49-9 overall and 26-1 in MAC regular season play. Miami led the country in runs per game and home runs (160), falling one shy of matching the NCAA record for home runs in a season. Both Karli Spaid and Jenna Golembiewski earned All-America honors and eight different RedHawks were named First-Team All-MAC.

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