University of South Carolina Aiken Softball

Jaclin Poole was hired as the head softball coach on June 15, 2020. Prior to the 2023-24 academic year, the addition of Senior Woman Administrator was added to her title. Poole's 2025 team was tabbed in the region rankings for two weeks. The squad posted 28 victories, including a sweep over No. 20 Flagler. The program had four all-conference performers. USCA concluded the season with three student-athletes virtually re-writing the school's career record book (Payton Baker, Lakyn Phillips and Mallory Shaver). The 2024 season saw Poole's team crush the school record for home runs with 51, marking the third consecutive season the program has shattered the record. She coached six student-athletes that earned all-PBC recognition in Payton Baker, Jena Dewalt, Austyn Dixon, Skylar Morley, Phillips and Shaver. Poole's team earned a region ranking throughout the season and knocked off then-No. 11 Wingate during the regular season. She guided the Pacers to a fifth-place finish in the PBC. In 2023, Poole's team set the school record for home runs with 42. Emily Ayers and Lakyn Phillips garnered second-team all-conference honors while Shi Cain picked up PBC all-tournament team accolades after helping send the Pacers to the PBC Semifinals. During the PBC Tournament run, Cain recorded a pair of home runs and tallied two game-winning hits, including one against nationally-ranked No. 2 North Georgia. Poole, a native of Clover, S.C., comes to USC Aiken from Division II Lees-McRae, where she s

Alicia Dorgan is in her sixth year at USC Aiken. Dorgan became the first full-time assistant coach in the softball program's history in the summer of 2021. She was a part-time assistant coach during Poole's first season and coached the Carolina Aftershock 16-under team since 2018, running clinics and camps while giving private hitting and fielding lessons. Under her guidance, the 2025 squad was ranked in the region for multiple weeks and achieved the second-most PBC wins in school history with four all-conference performers. In 2024, the team set a school record with 51 home runs, the third consecutive season shattering the record, and six student-athletes earned all-PBC recognition. The 2023 team set a school record with 42 home runs. In 2022, Dorgan helped increase wins by 23 games to 29-22, making the PBC Tournament for the first time since 2016, and the team set a school record with 41 home runs. Prior to USC Aiken, she was an assistant instructor for Elite 80 LLC. Dorgan earned her degree in interdisciplinary studies with an emphasis in psychology and criminal justice from USC Upstate, where she was a standout student-athlete, and holds a minor in coaching. She is the sister of fellow Pacer standout Lyndie Dorgan.