Whittier College Softball Coach Resigns; Bridges-Thorpe Heads to Boise St.

Erin Bridges-Thorpe, head softball coach at Whittier College, is leaving the Poets and moving north to Idaho, to take the reigns of the Boise State University softball program.  She led the Poets to a 23-17 record last season, the most wins for the program in over two decades.

Bridges-Thorpe becomes the first head coach of the Boise State softball program.  The team doesn't begin play until the 2008-09 season.  She is no stranger to building a softball program, having rebuilt a Whittier team the won just four games in 2002 into the 23-win team from a year ago.  The Poets had five all-conference performers, the conference Rookie of the Year and two all-region players in 2007.  Bridges-Thorpe leaves Whittier with a 50-93 overall record.

In addition to her head coaching duties, Bridges-Thorpe has served as the Senior Women's Administrator at Whittier since 2004 and the Assistant Director of Athletics for Compliance since 2005.  Going with her to Boise State is her husband, Whittier College Director of Athletic Facilities and Operations, Eric Thorpe and their two daughters, Jordan and Peyton.