Potter, Phelps, and Bewsee with Spalding Gloves (c. 1970)

This is a photograph of Coach Diane Potter (third from left), Charlotte M. Phelps ’71 (first on left), and Sheila Bewsee ’71 (second from left), holding new softball gloves donated by the man on the right, an unidentified representative of Spalding, American sporting goods company.The company donated the gloves to the team for their Netherlands Tour, during which trip they hosted workshops and competed against local teams. Diane Potter was Springfield College’s first gymnastics and softball coach. She led the women's softball team for an amazing twenty-one years. From the bottom up, Coach Potter is considered to be a leading pioneer for softball in the New England area. Springfield College’s softball field was named Potter Field in her honor. In 1989, she became the second woman inducted into the Springfield College Athletics Hall of Fame, and during that academic year, she served as the Springfield Distinguished Professor of Humanics