Joanna Hardin

Biography

Career Record: 290-270 (12th season) Record at Virginia: 211-236 (10th season) 2024 NCAA Regional Final (Knoxville Regional) 2025 NCAA Regional 2 All-America selections 15 NFCA All-Region selections 11 All-ACC selections Joanna Hardin enters her 10th season as the head coach of the Virginia Cavaliers after taking over the program prior to the 2017 season and has charted a new course for Virginia softball in her tenure. This past season, Hardin coached the Hoos to the NCAA Tournament for a second consecutive season and third time ever as Virginia apeparaed at the NCAA Columbia Regional. She coached Jade Hylton to All-America honors and Hylton lead a group of four players to garner NFCA All-Region honors as she was joined in the recognition by Eden Bigham, Bella Cabral and Macee Eaton. The 2025 Cavaliers set multiple offensive records, including single-season records for runs scored, RBI, home runs and slugging percentage. Hylton set the single-season and career records for home runs, while Macee Eaton set the single season RBI record at Virginia. In 2024, Hardin took the Cavaliers to the NCAA Tournament for the second time in program history as Virginia advanced to the championship game at the NCAA Knoxville Regional. The Cavaliers finished fourth in the ACC after winning seven-of-eight series in conference play, including series wins over No. 11 Clemson and at No. 3 Duke. A trio of players were named to All-ACC honors with Eden Bigham and Jade Hylton each earning first-team h