Tennessee co-head softball coach Karen Weekly is joining her husband and fellow Lady Vols coach, Ralph, in the National Fastpitch Coaches Association's Hall of Fame.

She will be inducted in the 2018 class on Dec. 7 next year in Chicago. Ralph was a 2011 inductee.

"I am incredibly humbled," Karen Weekly said in a university release. "It hasn't sunk in and I don't know if it ever will."

Weekly has been a co-head coach at Tennessee since 2002, compiling 802 wins and helping lead the Lady Vols to seven appearances at the Women's College World Series and two national runner-up finishes (2007, 2013).

Overall, Weekly ranks 18th in victories with 1,025. Before Tennessee, she coached five seasons at Chattanooga.

"I have so much respect and admiration for the coaches in our hall of fame and the trails they blazed in fastpitch softball, "Weekly said. "To hear my name called to join that special group is an indescribable honor.

Chiles joining softball staff: Former Lady Vols All-American India Chiles will be joining UT's coaching staff next season as a volunteer assistant.

Chiles, the SEC player of the year in 2007, will work primarily with the slappers and outfielders. She had been working as a pharmaceutical sales representative for Johnson & Johnson. She is the current owner and operator of SlapperNation LLC.

Chiles will be replacing former Lady Vol Madison Shipman.