Heather Tarr

Head Softball Coach

Heather Tarr will enter her sixth season at the helm of the Husky Softball team in 2010 after leading the Huskies to the program's first National Championship in 2009, with her squad defeating then-No. 1 ranked Florida, two-games-to-none, in the Women's College World Series Championship Series.

After leading the program to its 16th consecutive postseason berth in 2009, Tarr and her team gutted out the longest game in program history in the NCAA Regional final, defeating UMass 6-1 on the Minutewomen's home field in 15 innings. The Huskies then swept through the best-of-three Super Regionals over Georgia Tech in Atlanta before the three-week road trip continued in Oklahoma City. In their ninth Women's College World Series appearance and second in Tarr's five seasons, the Huskies won their first two games before falling to Georgia in the first semifinal game. But the Huskies showed their grit again, defeating Georgia that night to advance to the Championship Series, where they dominated the Gators to bring home the title.

The Huskies finished the 2009 season atop both the NFCA and ESPN.com polls for the first time in program history. Their 51 wins equaled the fourth-most in program history and the most for a Tarr-led Husky team. Following the season, Tarr and her staff were not only named the Pacific Region Coaching Staff of the Year, but also the NFCA National Coaching Staff of the Year.

Individual honors also came pouring in, as Danielle Lawrie was named the USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year and the Honda Award winner, the first Husky softball player to ever earn such honors. Lawrie and senior Ashley Charters were named First Team All-Americans and were each named to National Teams following the season, with Charters being named to Team USA and Lawrie re-joining Canada.

Tarr's team peaked at the right time in 2009, with their offensive prowess on display at the World Series in addition to Lawrie's outstanding pitching which led to her being named the Women's College World Series Most Outstanding Player. Husky players set several College World Series records, with Niki Williams breaking records for most RBI in a game (7) and series (10) and Morgan Stuart breaking the record for most doubles in a series (4). Five Huskies were named to the All-Tournament team, including freshmen Kimi Pohlman and Niki Williams, sophomore Morgan Stuart, junior Danielle Lawrie and senior Ashley Charters. In 2007, Tarr led the Huskies back to the Women's College World Series for the first time since 2004. Washington finished tied for third in the Pac-10 and went on to win the Lincoln, Nebraska regional before sweeping Alabama in the Super Regionals in Seattle to advance to the WCWS for the eighth time in school history.

The Huskies defeated DePaul, 3-1, to open the WCWS as sophomore All-American pitcher Danielle Lawrie pitched the 16th no-hitter in WCWS history and the first since 2003. Washington followed that up by defeating Northwestern, 9-0, as Lawrie threw a one-hitter.

Washington then ran into eventual national champion Arizona and lost two games to the Wildcats to finish tied for third in the country.

The Huskies finished the season with a 42-19 record and had three players earn All-America honors. Lawrie and senior first baseman Dena Tyson both were named to the Louisville Slugger/NFCA First Team, while junior shortstop Ashley Charters was a second team selection.

The trio of players were also named to the WCWS All-Tournament team, marking the first UW players selected to the team since 2000, and earned All-Pacific Region honors. In addition, Charters, Lawrie, Tyson and three other UW players earned All-Pac-10 honors.

The Huskies tallied 14 wins over opponents ranked in the top-25, including a win on the road at No. 3 Arizona and a pair of wins over No. 2 Alabama in the Super Regionals. Washington also swept the season series with Oregon, which was ranked No. 10 during the two teams first matchup and No. 16 during the final two games, and picked up wins over No. 7 Arizona State, No. 8 Texas, No. 12 UCLA, No. 15/16 Stanford and No. 16 Oregon State. The Huskies also swept a pair of games from No. 6 LSU.

In 2006, Tarr and the Huskies swept through the Provo Regional as a No. 1 seed with tournament MVP Danielle Lawrie not allowing a run in three starts. The Huskies advanced to the Austin Super Regional where they fell to Cat Osterman's Texas Longhorns to just miss out on the WCWS berth.

Junior second baseman Dominique Lastrapes and sophomore utility Ashley Charters each earned third team All-America honors and five players received All-Pac-10 honors.

Washington finished the season with a 35-25 overall record and a No. 15 national ranking. The Huskies tallied 11 wins over opponents ranked in the top-25, including victories over No. 1 UCLA, No. 5 Oregon State and No. 5 Stanford.

In Tarr's first season at the UW, she led the Huskies to the Super Regional where they fell one game short of advancing to the WCWS. The Huskies' season came to an end when they lost a three-game series to eventual national champion Michigan in Ann Arbor and finished the year with a No. 14 national ranking.

Seven Huskies earned All-Pac-10 honors, including Kristen Rivera, who was named Co-Pac-10 Player of the Year. Rivera also became the Huskies' first-ever four-time All-American, earning first team honors as a catcher. Three Washington players earned All-Pacific Region honors and three were named to the Pac-10 All-Academic team for their successes in the classroom.

Before taking over the Washington program, Tarr had a six-year stint at Pacific, starting as an assistant coach before being promoted to associate head coach in April of 2004. During her six seasons at Pacific, the Tigers posted a 232-124 (.652) overall record and 90-44 (.672) mark in the Big West Conference.

In 2004 Tarr guided the Tigers to a top-20 national batting average. In 2001, she and Pacific head coach Brian Kolze were named the 2001 NFCA West Region Coaching Staff of the Year after guiding the Tigers to within one win of the Women's College World Series and a No. 18 final national ranking. That team also finished the season with a .973 fielding percentage, ranking second-best in the country.

Tarr joined Pacific prior to the 1999 season after an outstanding career as a Husky. As a four-year letterwinner, Tarr helped lead the UW to a second place finish at the Women's College World Series in 1996 and a third place finish in 1997.

She earned various honors while playing softball at Washington. A three-year member of the Pac-10 All-Academic team from 1994-97, she was named to the Pac-10 All-Conference team from 1995-97 and the NFCA All-West Region team in 1996 and 1997. Tarr also worked at Washington as an undergraduate assistant coach during the 1998 season, helping the Huskies to a third-place finish at the 1998 Women's College World Series. In addition to her collegiate experience, Tarr brings experience from the professional level as she spent the summer of 1997 as a member of the Women's Professional Fastpitch Softball League's Tampa Bay Fire Stix. She was the league leader in fielding percentage for first basemen and also led the league in walks.

Gina Carbonatto

Assistant Coach

Gina Carbonatto joins the Husky softball coaching staff for the 2008-09 season as an assistant coach after spending the 2007-08 season as a volunteer assistant. Carbonatto recently graduated from the University of the Pacific, where she was a three-time All-American center fielder for the Tigers. Carbonatto, who has spent the last two summers playing in the National Pro Fastpitch (NPF) league, graduated from the University of the Pacific in 2007, where she was a three-time All-American center fielder for the Tigers and played one year under Tarr when she served as UOP's associate head coach. As a senior, Carbonatto led the Tigers in batting with a .400 average and a program-record 78 hits, on her way to being named to the Louisville Slugger/NFCA All-America Third Team. She also finished the year with a 1.000 fielding percentage, scored 58 runs - which tied the Big West single season record - and drove in 45 runs.

Carbonatto owns the program's all-time record with 280 career hits, a number that ranks No. 2 all-time in Big-West Conference history. She is both the Tigers' and the Big West's career leader in runs scored with 178 and is also the Tigers' all-time leader in career batting average. She finished with a career average of .401, shattering the previous record of .333. As a junior, Carbonatto earned second team All-American honors, in addition to being named the 2006 Big West Conference Co-Field Player of the Year and a First Team All-West Region selection.

Carbonatto started her career for the Tigers in record-setting fashion, establishing a then single-season program record of 71 base hits and a .449 batting average. Following the season, she was named the Big West Conference Freshman Field Player of the Year and became the first Pacific freshman to earn NFCA All-America First Team honors.

Lance Glasoe

Assistant Coach

Lance Glasoe will join the Husky coaching staff for the 2008-09 season, as announced by head coach Heather Tarr on July 22, 2008. A Puyallup, Wash., native, who most recently was the pitching coach for the Pacific Lutheran University softball team, Glasoe will work primarily with the Husky pitchers.

Prior to coaching at Pacific Lutheran, Glasoe was the head coach at Bonney Lake High School from 2005-2006 and Sumner High School from 2001-2005. Under his guidance, Sumner made three consecutive state finals appearances from 2003-2005 and won two league championships. Additionally, his team won the State Academic Championship in 2002. For his efforts, Glasoe was named Tacoma News Tribune All-Area Coach of the Year in 2005 and 2006 as well as being named Seamount League Pierce Division Coach of the Year in 2006 and South Puget Sound League Coach of the Year in 2005.

Glasoe also served time as an assistant coach on the Sumner football team in 1998 and from 2000-2005. He was the head baseball coach from 1995-1998 and later served as an assistant for the girls basketball team from 2001-2002. In addition to coaching, Glasoe was recently a Technology Education Instructor at Graham Kapowsin High School in Graham, Wash., and at Bonney Lake High School in Bonney Lake, Wash.

J.T. D'Amico

Assistant Coach

JT D'Amico joins the Husky staff this season as an assistant coach responsible for infield defense. Prior to coming to UW, D'Amico served as the head baseball coach at Eastlake High School in Sammamish, WA for the last 11 years.

Over that time, 10 of his players have been drafted professionally while over 20 have gone on to play at the collegiate level. Two of his former players have reached the major leagues.

He also served as the head coach for the Washington Ladyhawks Gold club team from 2006-08, leading them to a 7th-place finish at Gold Nationals in 2008 and a 13th-place finish in 2006.