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In 2008, Mary-Ann Hatt starts her fourth season as a member of the coaching staff of the Dutch Women Softball Team.
She was appointed in to the staff in January 2005 after Gonny Farley had stepped down after the 2004 season. Together with André Prins, who is the current manager of the Dutch Junior Team, Mary-Ann led
the first practices of the national team and also was in charge of the Dutch Juniors as the head coach. In 2004, she also led the national juniors.
In March of 2005, Liz Kelly was named head coach of the Dutch National Team and was assisted that year by both Mary-Ann Hatt and André Prins.
Coach Hatt, who lists everything made by her grandmother, mother and sister as her favorite food, was the head coach of Euro Stars in the Dutch Major League Softball until last year.
In 2004, she returned to the Dutch big league after Euro Stars had won the championship title in the First Division and promoted to the Major League.
In her seven seasons at the big league level, Mary-Ann's record was 105-130.
In 2001-2003, Mary makes her international coaching debut, as she is a member of the coaching staff of teh Belgian National Team. In the first year, she assists wellknown Dutch coach Nol Houtkamp, who is the head coach of the Belgian women. Houtkamp coached the Dutch National Women Team for 15 years, which is still a record. In 2002, Mary-Ann takes over as head coach.
Since 1997, Mary-Ann Hatt concentrates on coaching. In this year, she is the assistant coach at Sparks Haarlem, but is named head coach of Twins the year after. In doing so, she makes her coaching debut in the Dutch big league, leading Twins for two seasons. In 2000, she is the head coach for TYBB, also in the big league.
After the 1996 season, Mary-Ann Hatt concluded her active career as a player, but set career-highs with 19 runs scored, 12 runs batted in and a .281 batting average.
The season marked her tenth in the Dutch big league, after making her debut in 1987.
In 1994, Mary-Ann plays travels with the Dutch National Softball Team to New Zealand to play a series of games and participate in the Winfield Cup Tournament against the host country.
During that trip, Mary-Ann is a teammate of Anouk Mels, who this year returns to the National Team-roster, while current media officer Marco Stoovelaar traveled with the team to make a video-film of their journey across the North Island of New Zealand.
As she wanted to play a teamsport besides doing judo, Mary-Ann decided to play softball in 1973 with Storks in the city of The Hague.
Later, she moved to ADO, also from The Hague, with whom she made her debut in the Dutch Major League in 1987.
In her career as player, she primarily played as a catcher, but also was used at third base, short stop and in the outfield, while playing for Storks, ADO, HHC (which later became Sparks) and HCAW.
Mary-Ann, who lists Denzel Washington, Will Smith, Robert DeNiro, Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman as her favorite actors and
Whoopi Goldberg, Meryl Streep, Demi Moore, Halle Berry and Jodie Foster as her favorite actresses, was born in Willemstad on Curaçao, one of the islands of the Netherlands Antilles.
2007 --- As a member of the coaching staff of the Dutch National Softball Team, Mary-Ann participates in the Olympic Qualifying Tournament, which is won by the Dutch, resulting in qualification for the Beijing Olympics.
2005 - 2006 --- In these two seasons with Euro Stars, the team ends in sixth place.
2004 --- Mary-Ann returns as coach in the Dutch big league with Euro Stars, which promoted to the highest division the year before. The team finishes in fifth place.
2002-2003 --- In these two years Coach Hatt is the head coach of the Belgian National Squad, participating with them in the European Championships and Olympic Qualifier, both in Italy.
2001 --- After having coached with TYBB in the Dutch Major League the year before, Mary-Ann this season assists Nol Houtkamp, who is the head coach of the Belgian National Women Team. The Belgian squad this year participates in the European Championships in Italy.
1999 --- With Twins, Mary-Ann leads her team again to the play-offs ---
In Prague (Czech Republic), the Twins reaches the final of the European Cup.
1998 --- Mary-Ann takes over as head coach with Twins and makes her debut in that position at the highest level. The team finishes in second place in the regular season and qualifies for the play-offs.
1997 --- After concluding her playing career the year before, Mary-Ann makes her coaching debut in the big league, as she is the assistant coach of Johan Kluijskens with Sparks, which reaches the play-offs.
1996 --- Her last big league-season also is her best, as she has career-highs with 19 runs, 12 RBI's, 27 basehits and a .281 batting average.
1995 --- In the regular season, Mary-Ann has ten RBI's.
1994 --- In this year, Mary-Ann participates with the Dutch National Team on a trip in New Zealand.
1993 --- Mary-Ann plays in her last season with HCAW and decides to return to Sparks for next season.
1992 --- Now playing for HCAW, Mary-Ann has ten RBI's.
1991 --- Mary-Ann plays in her last season with the club in Haarlem, which is now called Sparks.
1990 --- Mary-Ann hits 14 basehits and scores four runs in the regular season with HHC.
1988 --- Mary-Ann plays in her first season for HHC in Haarlem, the club which is renamed Sparks in 1991, scoring 10 runs and stealing five bases.
1987 --- Mary-Ann makes her debut in the Dutch Major League, playing for ADO in The Hague, collecting 21 basehits.
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