Lonni Alameda

Class of: 2025

Sport: Softball Coach

Team: Florida State Seminoles

School: FSU

Alana Maree “Lonni” Alameda, who has spent 18 seasons as head coach, has guided the Seminoles back into one of the nation’s best teams. After seven Women’s College World Series appearances from 1987-2004, the Seminoles have returned to the final site of women’s collegiate softball five times in the last nine complete seasons (2014, 2016, 2018, 2021, and 2023), including winning the program’s first NCAA National Championship in 2018. They finished as WCWS runner-up in 2021 and 2023, and also found themselves in the finals in 2014 and 2016. They have had eight consecutive trips to the NCAA Super Regionals. Florida State had earned seven ACC regular season/division titles in a row and six straight ACC Tournament titles heading and now owns 19 ACC Championships. FSU has played in the NCAA postseason every year under Alameda and is one of only seven schools to participate in the NCAA Tournament in every season since 2000. Since Alameda has made Tallahassee her home, she has led the Seminoles to 16 ACC Championship game appearances in 18 years, with titles in 2011, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2023, and 2026