Lowe Adds Softball Coach To His Growing BYUH Resume

Wednesday - June 24, 2009
By Jack Danilewicz
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BYU-Hawaii’s new softball coach Scott Lowe. Photo from Scott Lowe.

When Scott Lowe was appointed the new head softball coach at BYU-Hawaii recently, he found himself in the awkward position of having to write a press release about himself.

“I’d rather write about someone else, to be perfectly frank,” laughed Lowe. “Now, I’ll have to learn coach-speak, too.”

Lowe has served as sports information director for the Seasiders for the past 12 years and as assistant athletic director at the school for the last six. He will continue to handle both jobs in addition to softball duties. Prior to arriving at BYUH, he coached men’s fast-pitch softball at the highest levels in a career covering Utah, Colorado, South Carolina, Florida and California. He succeeds Jackson Mapu, who retired after 10 seasons at the head of the program.

As the one responsible for telling BYUH’s sports stories, Lowe made sure to call all of his players before issuing a release. He also hopes his having been with the athletic department for so long will ease his transition into the job.

“Most of them know me, but I made sure I talked to each of them. No two coaches do the same things.”


Lowe’s attention last week was already on recruiting, in addition to interviewing potential assistants. He is allotted two paid assistants and hopes to add a couple of volunteers to his staff as well.

As for recruiting, he’s trying to make up for lost time, but will likely have only a couple of slots to fill for the present, as most of the 2008 team is expected to return.

“Most of the recruiting is done, but there are still good players out there, and I’m looking,” said Lowe, who renewed all scholarships from the 2008 team.

He expects to recruit Hawaii hard in the future, while also pursuing international players, much as the men’s basketball and men’s and women’s tennis programs have through the years. BYUH is able to offer seven to eight tuition-only scholarships for softball.

“We haven’t done as well as we would have liked here in Hawaii, and we’d like to improve on that. I’d like to get around and meet high school coaches and those involved with coaching Club softball.

“Over 50 percent of our student body are international students, which is the highest percentage among schools in the United States,” he added. “The education you receive here is outstanding, and international students feel very comfortable here because there are so many of them. It’s a comfortable situation for them, and it should be an aid to us recruiting internationally.”


BYUH will begin fall practice in September with the regular season set to open in February.

And off-season conditioning?

“That starts now, hopefully,” he said.“I e-mailed all the players and told them to arrive in shape. I hope I don’t have to spend too much time on conditioning. I’d rather work on softball.

“I’m looking forward to the challenge,” he added.“We have an outstanding athletic department. I see no reason why the softball program can’t enjoy the same status as our other sports.”

 

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