Megan is the daughter of Pete & Michele Tinneny Johnston of
Cherry Hill New Jersey. She was inducted into the Cabrini
College Athletic Hall of Fame on Sept. 28. 2007. The
Athletic Hall of Fame was established to recognize
individuals who contributed to the success and growth of the
College’s athletic program. Megan, a fast pitch player,
graduated from Cabrini in 2002.
She was a four-time All-PAC honoree, a
member of five consecutive conference championship squads,
three as a player and two as an assistant coach, and was an
All-Regional Team pick three times. As a junior, she was
named to the All-American First Team after leading the
Cavaliers to a 42-5 mark and finishing third in the country
with an ERA of 0.40. One year earlier, she helped Cabrini to
its first-ever NCAA Regional Tournament appearance as the
Cavaliers captured the program’s first conference
championship and received an automatic berth in the national
championship.
In 2002, she pitched a school-record 50
consecutive scoreless innings, which ranks sixth on the
All-Time NCAA Division III list. The same year, she led the
nation after recording 100 at-bats without striking out. On
being inducted she said “As pitcher, all of these honors and
records would not have been possible without the help of my
teammates. I was a good player because of them and their
skills.”
After serving as an assistant coach at
Cabrini for two seasons, Megan spent two years on the
coaching staff at Rutgers-Camden, helping the team to the
2006 NCAA Division III Championship title. One month after
winning the national title, the Rutgers-Camden coaches were
named as the Speedline/NFCA Division III National Coaching
Staff of the Year by the National Fastpitch Coaches
Association.
Megan, a nurse, is the great-great granddaughter of
Yankee
Pat Tinneny of Goladuff, Ireland, Greenock, Scotland and
Philadelphia.
