Margie Wright was a high school and college softball pitching sensation growing up in Illinois. She was hired by Fresno State in 1985 as the head softball coach, a position she held for 27 years. She led Fresno State to a national championship in 1998. She is the NCAA’s all-time winningest softball coach. As of 2009, she had coached 53 All-Americans, 16 Academic All-Americans, 11 NCAA team statistical champions, eight professionals and 15 Olympians. The Bulldog Diamond was renamed the Margie Wright Diamond by Fresno State in 2014. Off the field, Margie has been a passionate advocate for numerous causes, as well as a highly sought-after softball clinician and motivational speaker. Today, she focuses her efforts on travel softball for young female athletes.