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Lady Danes Softball

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Savannah Peppers (Coach Huff)
HEAD SOFTBALL COACH - 4th SEASON

- 3rd year Head Coach, all at Denmark HS

- 1 year assistant at Dawson County HS

- Four year softball letter-winner at the University of Tennessee (2016-2019)

- 4x SEC Academic Honor Roll

- 4x Easton/NFCA Scholar-Athlete

- SEC First Year Academic Honor Roll (2015)

- Graduate of Lambert High School (2015)

- 1st Team All State

- 4x All County and All Region HS

- 2014 Forsyth County HS Softball Player of the Year

- coached travel ball for Team Georgia, Atlanta Premier, East Cobb Bullets, & Atlanta Vipers organizations

- Husband, Trey, former collegiate athlete playing football at Mercer University

- Dog, Macon, can be found roaming the baseball/softball complex all year long

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Leigh Anne Turner
ASSISTANT SOFTBALL COACH - 2nd SEASON

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  • Social Media Designer and Photographer 

  • 4 years of Varsity Softball at Carrollton High School (two sweet 16 appearances & one top 3 finish)  

  • Lacrosse JV Assistant Coach (2 years) 

  • Played Collegiate Lacrosse at Young Harris University (2016-2019)

  • ELA/Journalism Teacher

Rainey Gaffin James
ASSISTANT SOFTBALL COACH - 1st SEASON

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University of Tennessee (2013-2016) Career Honors:

  • NFCA Division I All-American (3rd Team) -- 2016

  • NFCA Division I All-Southeast Region (1st Team) -- 2016

  • Easton/NFCA Scholar-Athlete - 2016

  • All-SEC (2nd Team) -- 2016

  • SEC All-Defensive Team -- 2016

  • USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year Top 50 "Watch List" -- 2016

  • Louisville Slugger/NFCA National Player of the Week -- 4/12/16

  • SEC Player of the Week -- 4/11/16

  • Preseason All-SEC Team -- 2016

  • NFCA Division I All-American (2nd Team) -- 2015

  • NFCA Division I All-Southeast Region (2nd Team) -- 2015

  • NFCA All-America Scholar Athlete -- 2015

  • SEC All-Defensive Team -- 2015

  • Spring SEC Academic Honor Roll -- 2014

  • SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll -- 2013

- Graduate from Legacy High School (Broomfield, Colorado) - 2012

- Colorado Gatorade Player of the Year - 2011 & 2010

- 4x Colorado HS State Champions - 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011

- SEC Network Softball analyst - 2017

- 1 Year Assistant Coach Legacy High School (Colorado) - 2019

- Coached travel ball for Florida Power and Colorado Angels organizations

- Husband, Ja'Wuan, played 9 years in the NFL after his career at the University of Tennessee for the

   Miami Dolphins, Denver Broncos, and Baltimore Ravens

- Son, Tru (3), loves to play all sports, the movie Spirit, and smiling for the camera

- Son, Quincy (1 ½), loves to dance and smile

 

2023

Lady Danes

                                               

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