AKRON, Ohio – The Great Midwest Athletic Conference announced its annual awards for the 2024 season on Wednesday afternoon, and head coach Ben Tyree was selected as conference Coach of the Year.

 

Tyree, who is in his 16th year leading Trevecca softball, claims his sixth Great Midwest Coach of the Year honor.

 

Tyree, who holds the most wins in Trevecca history and has more Great Midwest Conference wins than any other coach in league history, guided the Trojans to a 41-11 (23-3 Great Midwest) regular season record and a sixth regular season title.

 

The 41-win regular season marks the fifth Tyree-led team to earn 40 or more wins in a season and is just the third time the Trojans have reached the marker in the NCAA era.

 

The veteran coach owns eleven 30-win seasons, eight in the Div. II Era. His teams have won the regular season conference championship nine times and the postseason conference tournament six times. 

 

Fifteen of his 16 seasons have produced 21 wins or more, not including the 2020 season, which was shortened due to COVID-19. Otherwise, the Trojans went 15-3 that season and were ranked #10 nationally before the pause in competition.

 
Tyree is a nine-time Coach of the Year selection. 

The TranSouth Athletic Conference named him the TSAC Coach of the Year twice (2010, 2011). 

The NCCAA Mid-East Region Coach of the Year went to Tyree in 2012. 

The Great Midwest Athletic Conference (G-MAC) continued the trend of naming Tyree the coach of the year six times (2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2021, and 2024).
 

BEN TYREE BY THE NUMBERS

Overall: 542-229-2

Conference: 246-70-1 (177-53 Great Midwest)

Postseason: 52-28 (33-20 Div. II Era)

 

500 wins – in 2023

400 wins – in 2020

 

30-win Season – 11

40-win Seasons – 5

   

Great Midwest Coach of the Year – six times

Coach of the Year – nine times (w/ NAIA years)

 

ALL-TIME TREVECCA NOTES

The Trojans are assured of their 24th consecutive winning season, dating back to the 2000-2001 season. The first winning season came in the Trojans' first season, 22-20, in 1991-1992, but next winning season didn't come until the 2000-2001 season, and the program continues that winning tradition again with the 2023-24 season. 

 

This is the twelfth season for Trevecca with an NCAA Division II schedule. 

 

990-585-3 All-time Record (NAIA/NCAA – 33 Seasons) 

389-170 Overall – NCAA Era (12 years)

33-20 Postseason – NCAA Era (12 years) 

50-win Seasons – 2

40-win Seasons – 8

30-Win Seasons – 17

30-Win Season in NCAA Div. II Era (12 years) – 8 

 

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