10/21/2026
🥎 HALL OF FAME SPOTLIGHT: NATALIE WILLIS POSTON 🥎
Three sports. Four years. Natalie Willis Poston (Class of 2004) played volleyball, basketball, and softball every year at Cherryville High School and earned multiple all-conference honors in all three.
🏆 Member of the 2001 Lady Ironmen softball team that won a state title, the only women’s team in CHS history to win it all
🏆 Reached 1,000 career points in basketball
🏆 All-state in softball and 1A conference player of the year
🏆 Four-year starter at Appalachian State University on a softball scholarship (2005-2008)
At ASU, Natalie was known for her speed on the base paths, reliable outfield defense, and situational hitting. She is tied for seventh in single-season game appearances (59) and tied for fifth all-time in triples (5). She also tied the program’s Southern Conference tournament single-game record with three stolen bases against Georgia Southern in 2005. She finished with a .944 career fielding percentage and was named to the 2005 Florida State Invitational all-tournament team.
After graduating in 2008, Natalie began a career in secondary math education. She served as an assistant softball coach at Cherryville High School in 2009, then moved to Bessemer City, where as head coach she guided the Lady Jackets to a conference tournament title and earned Gaston Gazette Coach of the Year honors. More recently, she coached for Cherryville Dixie Softball from 2021 to 2024.
Natalie and her husband, Joseph Poston, married in 2010 and have three children.
Congratulations, Natalie, on this well-deserved honor! 👏
🎉 JOIN US FOR THE HALL OF FAME BANQUET!
🗓 Saturday, October 24th
🕕 6:00 PM
📍 First Baptist Church, Cherryville
🎟 Tickets available at the Cherryville Chamber of Commerce, The City of CherryvilleCherryville City Hall, and Cherryville High School