Hall of Fame
Blood, Cornell's all-time winningest coach in a single sport in school history, accumulated an impressive 623-347-2 career record at the helm of the softball program, including a 208-113 mark in Ivy play. He ranked among the NCAA's winningest all-time coaches by winning percentage (43rd, .642). Blood's coaching numbers are staggering – an Ivy League softball-record 623 wins to go along with five Ivy League titles (1999, 2001, 2004, 2009, 2010). His 208 Ivy wins were also a conference record. He was one of just three Ivy League coaches to surpass 600 wins in a sport in league history (645 by Dave Fish of Harvard from 1977-present in men's tennis; 634 by Bob Seddon of Penn from 1971-2005 in baseball). His teams won 30 or more games 13 times, all coming in a 14-year span (1997-2010), with four of the eight 40-win campaigns in Ivy League history. The Big Red won four of the first eight Ivy League South Division crowns after the conference moved to a divisional format in 2007, and his teams finished first or second in the Ancient Eight in 13 of his final 19 seasons. Blood tutored many of the school's top female athletes in school history. His players were named to the All-Ivy first team 48 times, Ivy League Player of the Year four times, Ivy League Rookie of the Year four times and Ivy League Pitcher of the Year three times. Three of his players were named to the Capital One Academic All-America team, 12 earned Academic All-District nods and 20 captured NFCA All-Region accolades. Lauren May '05 became the school's first-ever NFCA All-American with a third-team selection as a senior. Cornell had at least one first-team All-Ivy League selection in each of his final 18 years, and five of his former players have been inducted into the Cornell Athletics Hall of Fame.
