with her family. Johnston and her husband, Shane, had a son, Connor, summer of 2007. “I have been a head coach for 10 years (seven at PSU, three at Northern Arizona),” said Johnston. “Traveling and (coaching and parenting) was tough. Something was going to suffer. So, if I couldn’t do it 100%, I had to choose my family. I’ve been lucky to help this program grow, and I thank everyone for the support they have given me.” Kathleen Takaishi was named the new women's golf coach on February 4 and took over the program immediately in preparation for the 2008 spring season. Softball The Viking softball team has appeared in one Women's College World Series, in 1978. Tobin Echo-Hawk has been coach since the 2008–09 season and is just the third head softball coach at PSU since 1977. The team's record for her first two years is 59–33. They were 27–16 with three games left (as of 5/3 2011) in the 2010–11 season. Prior to joining the Vikings staff she was the head coach at Broomfield High School in Colorado in 2006. She also spent three years coaching at her alma mater in Colorado, Centaurus High School, and guided the team to a record of 60–15 from 2000–02. Overall as a high school head coach, she compiled a four-year record of 97–26, produced seven all-state performers, and was twice named the league coach of the year. The Vikings left the Pacific Coast Softball Conference after the 2012 season. With the Big Sky Conference adding two new members in 2012, both of which sponsor softball, that conference had enough softball-playing members to receive an automatic berth in the NCAA softball tournament. Accordingly, the Big Sky added softball as an official conference sport starting in the 2013 season. Track and field The men and women's track and field teams are led by interim head coach Ronnye Harrison. The assistant track and field coaches are John Parks and Seth Henson. Tennis Head coach Brian Parrott leads the Vikings' tennis program starting with the 2008–09 season. After his collegiate career, Parrott played professionally for several years. He played in the U.S. Open qualifier in 1973, and was a member of the Sea-Port Cascades of the World Team Tennis league in 1977. Between 1967 and 1980, Parrott was ranked No. 1 in doubles seven times in the Pacific Northwest, and was never ranked lower than