“I was and had been managing very successful girls’ softball teams for a few years when I met La Shawn and his family in February of 2000. Within a year after meeting La Shawn he completed law school and we began coaching together.  I have coached both boys and girls in a multitude of sports and with all honesty I can say that La Shawn is the finest coach I have ever been around. His unique ability to demand excellence and yet never lose sight of the compassion and encouragement necessary to develop young athletes is matched by no one I have ever met. To this day I continue to send young athletes his way which is always followed by reports from parents on what an unbelievable person and coach he is. In short, the development of young athletes and the sport of softball are a better place because of La Shawn Wells.”