May 12, 2025
Coach Brittany Beall Leads FAMU Softball to 28-Win Season, Best in Over a Decade
By Kyle Coppola
Coach Brittany Beall Leads FAMU Softball to 28-Win Season, Best in Over a Decade
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — In her first year at the helm, head coach Brittany Scott Beall took the Florida A&M softball program to new heights, guiding the Rattlers to a 28-20 record and an appearance in the SWAC Championship game — the team’s most amount of wins since 2012.
Beall, who was hired last year after a highly successful tenure at Eustis High School, brought a championship pedigree to Tallahassee. A two-time FHSAA state champion coach, she wasted no time establishing a winning culture in her inaugural season at FAMU.
(Coach Beall was not the only player from the 2024 Eustis State Championship team to head to FAMU as Ciara Maple a Eustis High graduate led the team in runs scored this season. Photo Credit- FAMU.)
Among the local standouts contributing to FAMU’s season was former Eustis High School star Ciara Maple, who led the team with a .367 batting average. Maple racked up 44 hits and a team-high 30 runs scored.
Also making an impact was Delacia DeLeslin, an East Ridge High School graduate, who hit .221 with 17 hits and 11 RBIs on the season.
FAMU reached the SWAC Championship game, taking an early lead before falling to Jackson State, 3-1. Despite the loss, the Rattlers’ 28 wins marked their highest total since 2012 — and came with a winning record.
Though FAMU missed out on an NCAA Tournament berth as an at-large bid, the season signaled a strong foundation for the future under Beall’s leadership.
Meanwhile at Eustis High School, Beall’s former team is now led by head coach Tyra Bowers and they have an FHSAA Regional Semifinal matchup against South Sumter tomorrow night at 7pm.
Kyle Coppola was born in Newton, Massachusetts and received his Bachelor of Fine Arts in Communications from Curry College in 2016. After traveling to Florida on a family vacation, he decided he could not get enough of the warm weather and made the move from snowy Massachusetts to central Florida 8 years ago.
For the last decade Kyle has gained valuable experience in social media content creation, marketing and sales, writing, video production, sports announcing and even broadcasting for local radio stations, such as FM 102.9 in The Villages and FM 91.5 in Massachusetts. Every year he volunteers at The Villages Charter High School as a play-by-play sports announcer for the football games as well as a public address announcer for the basketball games, including the annual Battle at The Villages Tournament.
Outside the office Kyle is a husband and father to two beautiful girls along with their cat. In his spare time he likes to spend time with his family, travel, play golf and swim. He is also a huge sports junkie and even bigger motorsports fan and loves to attend racing events when he can.
