Adelphi University Athletics

Coleen (Jamison) Charles was not only the ace of the pitching staff of the Adelphi University softball team for four years from 1996-99, but was also a strong presence with the bat at first base. Jamison joined the Panthers out of Our Lady of Mercy Academy in Syosset, N.Y., where she was a Fast Pitch Magazine All-American.
 
As a freshman in 1996, Jamison was the anchor of the Adelphi pitching staff, picking up 18 wins, tossing 24 complete games and leading the club in strikeouts and ERA. She allowed just two runs in 13 innings during the NYCAC Tournament, leading her to a Second Team selection in just her first season in the Brown and Gold.
 
Jamsion became a force on both sides of the diamond in 1997, helping the squad to a 30-18 overall record while leading the team in wins, innings pitched, saves, ERA and strikeouts, and also recording a .316 batting average. She amassed a 17-8 record with a 1.71 ERA and 62 strikeouts over the course of the year, while also knocking in 17 runs and scoring 18 of her own. In postseason play, she pitched 13 ? innings and picked up two wins in the NYCAC Tournament before earning MVP honors in the ECAC Tournament as Adelphi claimed that tournament title. As a junior in 1998, she again posted a stellar season, leading the team in wins, ERA, innings, strikeouts, shutouts and saves. She threw 20 complete games, just one less than the number of games she started, and threw five shutouts which were the most at Adelphi since 1990.
 
Jamison was a three-time All-East Coast Conference Second Team selection (1996, 1997, 1999), a Louisville Slugger/NFCA Northeast Region First Team selection (1997) and a Second Team All-Region selection (1997). Her name is ever-present in the Adelphi record books in both single-season and career records, and many of her pitching records are tops in Adelphi’s Division II history. Jamison appears on the single-season record list in nearly all pitching categories: appearances, innings pitched, shutouts, wins (twice) and earned run average.
 
For her career, her 1.84 ERA is tops in Adelphi’s Division II history, while 122 career appearances is good enough to rank second all-time, and 80 starts ranks her third and first in the Panthers’ Division II time. She totaled 630.1 innings pitched over the course of her career, tallied 65 wins to be the program’s Division II wins leader, totaled 262 career strikeouts and also recorded 11 shutouts.