Muffet McGraw visits Four Winds Field as part of Traveling Trophy tour

South Bend, Indiana - Muffet McGraw, Head Coach of the University of Notre Dame's National Championship Women's Basketball team, and her coaching staff will be honored on the field this Thursday evening at the end of the first inning of the South Bend Cubs game.
McGraw and her staff will be at Four Winds Field as part of the Traveling Trophy Thursday series. Each Thursday, fans have a chance to come to a designated location in the local community to get a picture with the iconic NCAA championship trophy.
"What an amazing season they had, and now we get to re-live the magic through this Traveling Trophy tour," said Joe Hart, President of the South Bend Cubs. "Muffet and her staff understand that as fans, we want to continue to be part of the celebration. By bringing the trophy to Four Winds Field, we can all share that."
McGraw and her staff will be available for one hour after their recognition for photos with the trophy and autographs near Gate D.
Notre Dame won the National Championship in April by beating Mississippi State 61-58. The win was coach McGraw's second national championship and 800th career win.
First pitch for Thursday's South Bend Cubs game against the Fort Wayne TinCaps is at 7:05 p.m. All homestand games take place at Four Winds Field, 501 W. South Street, South Bend. Tickets can be purchased online or by calling the Box Office at 574-235-9988.
About Muffet McGraw
Coach McGraw has compiled an 800-229 (.777) record over 31 seasons as head Coach of the Women's Basketball team at the University of Notre Dame. She has led Notre Dame to 8 Final Fours (1997, 2001, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2018), and won the National Championship in 2001 and 2018.
McGraw was awarded the U.S. Basketball Writers Association (USBWA) Coach of the Year award, the Women's Basketball Coaches Association Coach of the Year and the Naismith College Coach of the Year in 2001. She was inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 2011 and the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2017. In 2016, the John R. Wooden award committee recognized McGraw with the 2017 Legends of Coaching Award.
About the South Bend Cubs
The South Bend Cubs are the Class A minor league affiliate of the World Series Champion Chicago Cubs. Over the past 30 seasons, the team has won five Midwest League titles, most recently in 2005, and has captured 12 division titles. In 2015 the team was named Ballpark Digest's Team of the Year and received the John H. Johnson President's Award, the highest award in minor league baseball. In June 2017, Four Winds Field, home of the South Bend Cubs, was voted Best Class A ballpark in the country by Ballpark Digest. The team is owned and operated by Swing-Batter-Swing, LLC whose principal shareholder is Andrew T. Berlin of Chicago, Ill.

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