Lydia Cherry

Lakewood High School, AAA (Lakewood, Ohio)

• 1985-1988 (3) year letterman at shortstop  
• 1985 called up for Varsity in playoffs and stayed there for remainder of career
• 1985 Ohio State Runner-up
• 1987, 1988 All Lake Erie League
• 1987 All Ohio Honorable Mention
• 1988 All Ohio
• Played (2) years with the Diamonds travelling team (Elyria, Ohio) and finished 5^th in the Nation at the ASA Jr. Olympics in Texas
• 2000 Inducted into the Lakewood High School Hall of Fame (Field of Athletics); highest honor within the school

      University of Toledo (Division I, Mid-American Conference)

• 1989-1992 (4) year letterman, (3) at shortstop and (1) at 2^nd base
• 1989, 1992 Mid-American Conference Champions
• 1989 National Collegiate Women’s Softball Championship Division I Regional’s Champion
• 1989 National Collegiate Women’s Softball Championship (World Series; ranked 7^th in the Nation)
• 1991 All Mid-American Conference at 2^nd base
• 1991 Ranked 12^th in the Nation in stolen bases/game (.60)
• 1992 All Mid-American Conference at shortstop
• 1991-1992 All Academic Mid-American Conference
• 1992 All Region at shortstop
• 1992 National Collegiate Women’s Softball Championship Division I Regional’s (lost to # 2 and # 4 team in the Nation; ranked 15^th in the Nation)

Coaching Experience

• 1999-2003 Coached the Shockwave out of Concord, N.C. (traveling team)