LOCK HAVEN, Pa. – Head coach Kelley Green and assistant Kelly Shannon of the National Champion Lock Haven University softball team have been named the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) Division II Coaching Staff of the Year following their sensational run in 2009, which was capped off with the Lady Eagles second national crown in four seasons.

Green and Shannon were also named the ’09 Atlantic Region Coaching Staff of the Year.

The duo was assisted all year long by student-assistant coach Shawna Bellaud.

This season, Lock Haven (51-6) captured its second NCAA Championship in a four-year span last month, defeating Alabama-Huntsville 8-0 in six innings in the title game.

It was the school’s third title game appearance in a four-year span, winning in 2006 and finishing second in 2007 with a semifinal appearance last season.

Lock Haven won the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Central Division with a 15-1 record and captured its fourth-straight PSAC Tournament and NCAA Regional titles.

2009 marked the fourth straight time the Lady Eagles have taken home regional coaching staff of the year honors. Green and Shannon were named Mid-Atlantic Region Coaching Staff of the Year in 2006, 2007 and 2008.

This is the second National Coaching Staff of Year honor, as the two took home the prestigious honor in ’06, following Lock Haven’s first softball National Championship.