Joan Joyce (August 18, 1940 – March 26, 2022)[1] was the softball coach at Florida Atlantic, for 28 years until her death in 2022.
[3] In exhibition games, she struck out Ted Williams at Municipal Stadium in Waterbury, Connecticut in 1961 (also during a brief stint in 1966) and Hank Aaron in 1978.
[2][4] Joyce was co-founder (with Billie Jean King, Jim Jorgensen and Dennis Murphy) of the Women's Professional Softball League in 1976 and the coach and part owner of the Connecticut Falcons team, which won the Championship all four years of the league's history.
[8] Joyce holds the record for lowest number of putts (17) in a single LPGA round, set at the 1982 Lady Michelob.
[9] Joyce served as player and coach in the United States Volleyball Association with the Connecticut Clippers.
[citation needed] She competed in four national tournaments, and was named to the All-East Regional team.