June 28, 2010
Former Professional Player Takes Over Hancock Softball Program
Scia Maumausolo has played on championship teams and coached championship teams and this season she’s putting her considerable talent to work for the Allan Hancock College softball team.
“Scia Maumausolo’s expertise in this sport is at the highest level,” said Kim Ensing, Allan Hancock College associate dean of physical education, health and athletics. “In addition to her immense experience, she demonstrates a true passion for California community college athletics.”
Maumausolo comes to Hancock from Mt. San Antonio College where, as an assistant coach, she helped take the Mounties to a 2009 championship title. Prior to that, she was the head coach at Palomar College and an assistant coach at Cal State Northridge. She received a master’s degree in sports science from New Mexico Highland University.
Before becoming a coach, Maumausolo was a three-time Division-I All-American catcher at Cal State Northridge where she became the first person in the conference to hold records in home runs, runs batted in and batting average during the same season. Maumausolo was inducted into the Cal-State Northridge Hall of Fame in 2001.
While coaching at Northridge, Maumausolo spent her summers playing professional softball in the National Pro Fastpitch League. She was a member of the Virginia Roadsters and the Florida Wahoos and won a league championship with the Wahoos in 2000.
“Opportunities have continued to open up for me and I’ve just followed them,” Maumausolo said.
Maumausolo said that opportunity was what brought her to Santa Maria-the opportunity to shape an entire softball program.
“I want the Hancock team to be a community team,” she said. “I want to keep local talent here and I want to see our stands filled with cheering fans.”
Maumausolo has already started her full-time faculty position as a health instructor on campus. She said she plans to use her time to recruit and build the program up to its full potential.
“I’m welcoming all athletes who have played a lot of softball,” she said. “Come out and give this new program a shot.”