Georgia Southern University Softball

Sharon Perkins was introduced as the seventh Head Softball Coach in Georgia Southern history on May 22, 2021. In her fourth season as head coach, Perkins led...

Alivia (Aj) Dallas enters her first season with Georgia Southern Softball as the program's Director of Player Development, bringing a rare blend of Division I playing experience, program-building leadership, and athlete-centered development expertise. Dallas joined the Eagles after serving as the Director of Fastpitch and Player Development at the Legacy Center Sports Complex in Brighton, Michigan, where she founded and scaled the Legacy Fastpitch program to seven travel teams, more than 20 coaches, and over 80 competitive athletes. In addition, she oversaw development programming for more than 300 athletes ages 3–18, building a full-spectrum pipeline from early childhood to elite travel softball. Her leadership emphasized both competitive excellence and personal growth through a culture anchored in Gratitude, Courage, and Togetherness (GCT). A specialist in mental performance and player IQ, Dallas created and led Softball School with AJ, a mindset and softball intelligence curriculum used by athletes and coaches across multiple programs. Her work included individualized player development plans, mentor-based growth models, and performance tracking systems designed to support long-term athlete success. At Georgia Southern, Dallas leads individualized development programming while supporting daily team operations, player mentorship, and performance analysis. She also contributes to the program's branding and digital engagement strategy, helping elevate the Eagles' presence on

Cortney Radke, who has international playing experience as well as several years as a collegiate pitching coach under her belt, joined the Georgia Southern softball program in July of 2025 for the 2026 season. The Florida native comes to Statesboro after two seasons at FGCU, where she mentored one of the top pitching staffs in the ASUN. In Radke’s first year in Fort Myers, she led one of the nation’s premier pitching staffs. At one point during the year, FGCU was the only school in the country to have two pitchers with ERAs below 1.00 (Angelina Bonilla and Allison Sparkman). The FGCU pitching staff was consistently at the top of every pitching metric in the ASUN during the year, finishing the season as the only team in the top three in ERA, saves, home runs allowed, and opponent batting average. Nationally, FGCU finished 19th in ERA with Sparkman (28th) and Bonilla (41st) also topping the national leaderboards as individuals. Under Radke’s guidance, Bonilla pitched the sixth no-hitter in program history, earning second team All-ASUN honors. Sparkman was third team All-ASUN and a unanimous selection to the ASUN Freshman Team. In 2025, Radke’s pitchers were again stellar, with Sparkman leading the way. She led the Eagles in every pitching stat with a 2.35 ERA, 1.35 WHIP, 18 wins, 31 games started, 14 complete games, six shutouts, 169.2 innings pitched and a .222 opponent batting average. Sparkman is the only player in FGCU’s DI history to have both her freshman and sophomore se

Jake Sandlin enters his third season as an assistant coach for Georgia Southern softball. He currently serves as the Eagles’ hitting coach. Sandlin joined th...

Keegan Smith joined Georgia Southern Athletics in 2023 as an Assistant Strength & Conditioning Coach. His primary responsibilities include oversight of all aspects of the strength and conditioning development for Softball and Volleyball. He originally came to Georgia Southern as the Strength & Conditioning Coach for Women’s Basketball, Women’s Tennis, and Rifle. Smith was a part of the 2024 rifle team that won the SoCon championship and included multiple All-Americans. He was also a part of the 2025 Women’s Basketball team that saw its first season with multiple wins at the Sun Belt Conference tournament in program history. Prior to Georgia Southern, Smith spent 2022-2023 at Longwood University where he oversaw Women’s Basketball, Softball, & Women’s Lacrosse. Smith was a part of the softball team that won the 2023 Big South Regular Season Championship. That team included a golden glove winner, as well as conference player of the year. Smith also helped develop the Big South Lacrosse Freshman of the Year in 2023. In 2021-2022 Smith spent his time at Louisiana Tech University where he oversaw Softball and Track & Field. The Lady Techsters Softball team won the 2022 C-USA regular season championship, and that team also included the C-USA freshman of the year. While at LATech, Smith also assisted the men and women’s basketball teams in their performance training. In 2019-2021 Smith was a Graduate Assistant with the Jacksonville State Strength & Conditioning department. His respo

Kennedy Krull enters her second season on staff for Georgia Southern softball. Krull joins the Eagles from Triton High School (Bourbon, IN) where she served ...