Teresa Fister - Softball Coach - George Washington University Athletics

Teresa Fister

Title:
Assistant Coach
Email:
tfister@gwu.edu
Phone:
994-2531

Teresa Fister joined George Washington softball as an assistant coach in August 2021 ahead of its inaugural season under head coach Chrissy Schoonmaker.

In Fister's first season with the program, the Buff and Blue claimed their second straight conference regular season title and advanced to the A-10 Championship final before concluding the spring at the National Invitational Softball Championship in Fort Collins, Colo.

Led by All-American Sierra Lange and A-10 Player of the Year Alexa Williams, GW went 36-17, including a 21-3 mark in conference play. After a 6-10 start, the group surged down the stretch by winning 27 of 30 to finish the regular season, highlighted by a 13-game winning streak that tied a program record.

The Buff and Blue finished the regular season ranked among the top 100 nationally in RPI and ended up among the national leaders in a number of statistical categories. They were recognized for a memorable spring with Lange and Williams pacing a program-record five All-Conference First Team selections.

A former collegiate pitcher and noted pitching instructor, Fister has spent the past five seasons leading the program at Division III Greensboro College, totaling 95 wins and a .579 winning percentage with the Pride, including a 24-9 mark in 2021.

In 2021, Fister guided Greensboro College to its third straight winning season and its most successful campaign by winning percentage since 2007. Paced by three All-Conference performers, the Pride recorded the second-lowest ERA (2.31) and most strikeouts (188 K in 33 games) in the USA South Athletic Conference while also posting a league-best .314 batting average and averaging 5.5 runs per game. Her group also excelled academically with a combined 3.59 GPA in 2020-21, highlighted by 17 NFCA All-America Scholar Athlete honorees.

In all, Greensboro College produced four winning seasons and 13 All-Conference honorees during Fister's five-year tenure. That run included a strong 2019 season in which the program won 25 games while landing in the top 35 nationally in fielding percentage (.969), stolen bases (2.0 per game) and shutouts (10).

Before taking over the Pride, Fister spent the 2016 campaign as an assistant coach at UNC-Greensboro, aiding a squad that won 33 games and finished in the top three in the Southern Conference in ERA and strikeouts.

Fister was previously head coach at her alma mater Northwest Guilford High School, winning four Piedmont Triad 4A titles in as many seasons from 2012-2015 and three times being named the conference's Coach of the Year. She also was a successful head coach with Lady Lightning Gold on the club circuit, helping develop more than 20 D-I recruits.

As a student-athlete at Appalachian State, Fister appeared in 80 games in the circle over four seasons from 2006-09, finishing as the program's all-time leader in saves. She received Appalachian State's Rick Edmundson Athletic Award, in addition to being named an NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete and recognized on the national Who's Who Among Students list and the Southern Conference Honor Roll.

A native of Summerfield, N.C., Fister earned a double degree in Health Education & Physical Education from Appalachian State before securing a master's in Sports Management from West Virginia.