Softball

Emerald Doria was named Southwestern's Head Softball coach in July of 2019, following a six-year stint at Louisiana Tech University, starting as an assistant coach and working her way up to associate head coach for the past two seasons. 

In her two seasons as the associate head coach at Louisiana Tech, Doria helped guide the softball team to 34 and 45 wins, with the latter the second-most in school history. The Lady Techsters have put together a five-year string of achieving at least 30 wins. Over that time, Louisiana Tech has set several school offensive records, with Doria working as the primary hitting coach. 

A San Antonio, Texas native, Doria graduated from Centenary College in 2010 with a Bachelor of Science, finishing her playing career as the Ladies' all-time leader in runs scored (127) and walks (107), third in hits (165), home runs (22) and slugging percentage (.458), and fifth in at-bats (586) and total bases (259). 

Doria comes with head coaching experience at C.E. Byrd High School from 2010-2013, leading the team to a pair of district titles and four playoff appearances.