DFJ File Photo Jolene Voga (above) coached high school softball for 24 years, accumulating 494 career victories along the way. And she always did it with a smile on her face.

JOHNSTON — The call came a few weeks ago. It's a call that no coach ever expects to get, yet is thrilled to receive. Jolene Voga, welcome to the Hall of Fame. Voga, South Hamilton's softball coach for 20 years until she resigned following the 2006 season, was welcomed as one of the newest members of the Iowa Girls Coaches Association Hall of Fame Tuesday night during the Senior All-Star softball game held here. She was joined in the 2008 class by Carlisle head softball coach Jim Flaws. Always known for her spunk, whether it be on the diamond or off it, Voga says she was too stunned to say much when she picked up the phone and heard the news. "When the call came I just said, 'are you kidding me,'" Voga said Tuesday afternoon as she prepared to take her rightful spot among the elite coaches in the state. "And then I just sobbed. I'm just very humbled by all of this and so very grateful.