The school announced on Sunday that Joan Joyce, the only coach in the history of the program, has died.
The cause of Joyce's death was not disclosed. She was 81 years old.
Joan was a true sports legend and we are grateful for the 28 years she spent here, modeling the best in personal and professional behavior for our student-athletes.
The International Women's Sports Hall of Fame in 1989 had Joyce in it. She was a member of the LPGA Tour for 19 years and also served as the women's golf coach at Florida Atlantic University.
In 1961, she struck out Williams, the last MLB player to bat.400 in a season, in the exhibition in Connecticut.
Joyce said in 2009, "No matter where I go in this world, I always have people coming up to me saying, "You struck out Ted Williams."
Joyce was credited with her 1,000th softball win at FAU even though she has not been around the Owls since preseason. The school said that Joyce was away from the team for a medical procedure. Chan Walker is an associate head coach.
Joyce had a career record of 1,002-674-1 at FAU. She was honored as conference coach of the year eight times.
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