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05/17/2012
Ends career third in school history with 38 homers and fourth with 134 RBI.
05/10/2012
Nielson throws third complete-game shutout of the season.
05/01/2012
Freshman posted a 3.9 GPA during fall semester.
04/28/2012
Utes defeat Beavers, 8-6.
03/19/2012
First Ute softball player to earn weekly recognition.
Amy Hogue has been charged with leading the University of Utah softball team into its inaugural season in arguably the best softball league in the nation, the Pac-12 Conference.
In her fifth season as Utah's head coach, the sixth coach in program history, Hogue has a 131-132 (.498) record at Utah and sports a 328-217 (.602) overall record in 10 seasons as a collegiate head coach, which includes six seasons at the NJCAA's Salt Lake Community College.
Under Hogue's guidance at Utah, Diana Phillips earned an NFCA First-Team All-Region award in 2008 and Tia Palauni was named to the second team in 2011, while and nine different Utes have been name to all-conference teams.
Before becoming Utah's head coach, Hogue built and mentored Salt Lake Community College's softball team from 1999-2004, instantly creating a successful program. She went 197-82 (.706) in her time with the Bruins. The pinnacle of her tenure with the Bruins came in 2004. SLCC was the regional champion that season and placed sixth at the NJCAA Division I National Tournament.
In 2000, the Bruins' inaugural campaign, they won the Scenic West Athletic Conference title and repeated as champions again in 2003. At SLCC, Hogue coached 36 all-region players (22 first-teamers, 14 second-team nods), and coached nine All-America standouts. In addition to the players' success, Hogue was named the SWAC Coach of the Year for her efforts in 2003.
Prior to moving to SLCC, Hogue was an assistant coach at Utah from 1996-99 where she was involved in all facets of running the program. Hogue got her start in coaching as Utah's graduate assistant coach from 1994-95. From there, she went to Alta High School as an assistant coach from 1994-96.
Hogue also coached an accelerated travel team, called The Sting. She guided her club squad to a .725 winning percentage. In her last two seasons, The Sting racked up 137 wins.
Her playing career at Utah was equally as impressive. She played for the Utes from 1991-94 and earned second team All-America honors as a senior. In garnering All-America accolades, she hit .455, had 101 hits, 222 at bats and 55 runs scored. All of those numbers still stand as the school's top marks for a single season. Hogue also holds season records for triples (7) and runs scored (55).
Hogue led both the 1991 and 1994 squads to the College World Series and also helped the Utes win two conference titles, two conference tournaments and two regional titles. She captained the 1994 squad that tallied a school-record 51 wins.
In addition to the team's success, Hogue was Western Athletic Conference Player of the Year, first team all-region and second team All-America in 1994. She was a three-time All-WAC player and was the team MVP in 1994.
Hogue's name appears throughout the record book at Utah. In Utah's career record book, she still ranks third in at bats (703) and stolen bases (72), fourth in hits (239), and fifth in both hitting (.340) and runs (125).
Her 101 hits in a season was one of the longest-standing marks in the NCAA, and she still holds the NCAA record for at bats in a game (14).
The Utah standout briefly played professional softball. After college, she toured with the WPF Storm and was later drafted and signed to play with Durham Dragons. Hogue graduated from Utah in 1994 with a sociology degree and earned a Masters from Utah in social work in 1996.
The Sandy, Utah, native is married to Sean Hogue and has three children, Brennan (11), Kai (9) and Tessa (6).
