ITHACA, N.Y. -- Former Cornell softball standout and current assistant coach Julie Platt Farlow has been named Associate Head Coach of the Big Red softball team it was announced today by head coach Dick Blood. Platt Farlow has served as an assistant coach with the Big Red since the fall of 2002 during a period of unprecedented success for the program.

"Julie Platt is a highly respected softball coach and leader," Blood said. "Her knowledge and skills in the teaching of hitting are exemplary and her energy is contagious. With four years as a player and eight more as an assistant coach, Julie's loyalty to Cornell is noteworthy. We are most excited to have her lead the Big Red softball program into the next decade." 

During her time on East Hill, Platt Farlow has helped make Cornell softball a power in the Ivy League. The Big Red has posted a 288-112-1 overall record and a 104-32 mark in Ivy play with three conference titles and NCAA appearances. Those teams have posted four of the top five and six of the top 10 team batting averages in school history, the top seven fielding percentages and three of the program's four 40-win seasons all-time.

Platt Farlow was a two-time All-Ivy second-team selection during her career as a second baseman at Cornell and was a member of the 1997 ECAC championship team. In 1996, she posted a .423 batting average to become the first Cornellian to bat over .400 for a season. Her .375 career batting average and .419 on base percentage rank her at the top of both categories. She is 11th in career runs and is 10th all-time in hits with 128.

Platt Farlow graduated from Cornell in 1997 with a bachelor of science degree in civil engineering and is currently a licensed engineer in New York state. Upon graduating from Cornell, she worked as a traffic engineer for the Sear Brown Group in Rochester, N.Y. She competed in the Empire State Games in 1997 and was a shortstop for the Adirondack Ice women's fast pitch team the same year.

Prior to her stint as an assistant at Cornell, Platt Farlow was a part-time assistant coach at the University of Rochester for four seasons. At Rochester, Platt Farlow assisted with all aspects of team development and was also involved with recruiting and player evaluation.

A native of Albany, N.Y., Platt is a graduate of the Academy of the Holy Names, where she lettered in basketball, softball and volleyball. Platt Farlow and her husband, Tom, reside in Ithaca.