LOUISVILLE, KY — The NFCA is pleased to announce assistant coaches, Pace Academy's (Ga.) Kayla Cato and Utica University's Megan White are the 2022 recipients of the Mary Nutter Scholarship. Cato and White will receive funding to attend the 2022 NFCA National Convention, Dec. 7-10 in San Antonio, Texas.

The Mary Nutter Scholarship is an educational grant named for the former Pittsburg State (Kan.) head coach and 1997 NFCA Hall of Fame inductee who founded the National Sports Clinics. It seeks to continue Nutter's effort to provide softball coaches at all levels access to the best minds in the sport to help them become better coaches themselves. 

White, a graduate assistant, was hired this summer after a four-year standout career at Skidmore College. A 2022 NFCA All-American and Liberty League Player of the Year, White graduated with a B.S. in Health and Human Physiology. According to Utica head coach Rinae Olsen (White's collegiate coach at Skidmore), White is fully committed to the Utica softball program and coaching, coming into the office every day ready to work and learn, all while working towards her master's.

"Megan is not only going to be an exceptional coach, but she is an exceptional human being," said Olsen. "She has the desire and passion to learn and grow the game more than anyone I have ever met. Megan is extremely selfless and willing to do whatever it takes to make herself and others better."

Cato and White will be recognized on Thursday, Dec. 8 during the Convention's annual mentoring workshop.