The PACS Softball team is coached by Ms. Kate Asher and Mrs. Rachel McGonigle. Since the onset of the program, PACS has had a great deal of success. We brought home the SEPCAL Championship in 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, and 2013. We are looking forward to continued success in the years to come. All girls in 6th, 7th, and 8th grade are eligible to try out for PACS Softball. The season runs from mid-March to early May. All participants in PACS Athletics must maintain their academic responsibilities, adhere to the code of conduct, and represent PACS in a positive way, both on and off the field. The team plays in SEPCAL and follows PIAA High School softball rules. The primary goal of the program is to foster responsible student-athletes and for each player to build a solid foundation of softball fundamentals that they can utilize at the next level. Coaches focus on the development of proper hitting, pitching, fielding, and base running techniques as well as an introduction to the strategy involved in high school softball.
Head Coach – Ms. Kate Asher
Kate Asher has been teaching at the high school since 2010. She began coaching at PACHS as the high school Junior Varsity Team head coach in the same year. She took a few years off from coaching to raise her daughters. She returned to the diamond as an assistant coach under Mr. Matt Klingner in 2019. After 2 seasons off the field due to the pandemic she is happy to return as the head coach of our middle school softball team. As a coach, Coach Asher stresses the fundamentals of the sport, respect for the game, and the importance of time management. Her goal for the end of the season is for the players to increase their knowledge of the game and gain the skills to succeed at the next level in high school. Prior to coaching at Philadelphia Academy, she was a high school varsity coach at another Charter School for a few years.
