Marty Gordon
The Radford University softball program continues to add to its new coaching staff with the hiring of a former Virginia Tech player.
Cameron Fagan has joined the program as an assistant for the upcoming season.
After an incredible four-year career as a student-athlete with Virginia Tech, Fagan enters the collegiate coaching scene with the Highlanders. During her tenure with the Hokies, Fagan earned awards such as NFCA Mid-Atlantic Regional Teams (2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024), All-ACC Teams (2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024), All-ACC Academic (2023), and DI Softball National Player of the Week (2024).
Fagan knows a thing or two about rewriting record books as she also solidified program top 10 totals for batting average, hits, home runs, RBI, slugging percentage, total bases, walks, runs and on base percentage while with Virginia Tech.
Over those four seasons, accumulating over 200 games played as an infielder, Fagan collected 236 hits, 33 home runs, 140 RBI with a slash line of .363/.435/.559. The Hokies made four trips to the NCAA Regionals and two trips to the NCAA Super Regionals during her career and were ranked in multiple national polls all four years.
New head coach Kevin Fagan also announced hiring of a former Liberty player to his staff.
Kara Canetto has joined the program as an assistant coach for the upcoming season.
After an impressive four-year career as a student-athlete with Liberty, earned time as a student coach and moved onto the professional scene, Canetto joins the Highlanders as an assistant coach. As an outfielder with the Flames, Canetto earned awards such as VaSID All-State, ASUN All-Freshman, ASUN All-Tournament MVP and ASUN All-Conference first-team. Professionally, Canetto spent the last season with the Florida Vibe.
Over her career including 177 games she posted impressive stats including 198 hits, 112 runs, 32 doubles, 72 RBI, 40 stolen bases, and a slash line of .357/.390/.458. During her tenure she set single season top ten totals for the Flames in hits and hitting streak as well as career top ten totals for batting average and runs.
Navigating through injuries and a shortened season, Canetto and the Flames earned two ASUN Tournament Championships, two NCAA Regional appearances and an appearance at the National Invitational Softball Championship.