Ryan Anderson, who has led the University of Missouri-Rolla softball program to its most successful three-season stretch in school history, is resigning from the position to accept the head coaching post at Northwest Missouri State University.

Over the last three years, the Lady Miners have produced a record of 107-49, including a school record 41-win season in 2004. That record includes a 37-19 mark in conference games. They were 41-14 in Anderson's first year at the helm, finishing second in the regular season race and third in the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association Tournament. The team also had the MIAA's most valuable player in pitcher Christy Deken, the first of four all-region players who performed for the Lady Miners under Anderson's tutelage. That record setting season was followed by a 33-25 campaign in 2005 and last year's mark of 33-10 in UMR's first season as a member of the Great Lakes Valley Conference.

Mullin indicated that the search for Anderson's replacement will begin immediately.