Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College

Ellen Vickers was named the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Coach of the Year in 1991 when her team captured the national slow pitch championship. Her 1990 team finished second in the national tournament. The Fillies won six NJCAA Region XVII softball titles when Vickers was the coach. She was named Coach of the Year each time in 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, and 1994. Vickers was also named Coach of the Year in women’s tennis when her teams won NJCAA Region XVII titles in 1984, 1985, and 1986. She was a finalist for the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame Junior College Coach of the Year in 1987. Vickers was a faculty member beginning in 1966 until her retirement in 1994.