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Chris Stelma was hired as the Head Oakland Softball Coach ahead of the 2025 season.
Prior to Oakland, Stelma served an eight-year tenure (2016-2024) at the helm of the Saint Peter's University Softball program. While the leader of Peacocks, Stelma saw a great deal of success, sitting second in all-time wins at Saint Peter's. As 2022 MAAC Coach of the Year, Stelma took a team that went 2-28 in 2021 and guided them to an unprecedented jump where they improved by 20 games to go 22-33 in 2022. He followed up in 2023 by leading the Peacocks to a 30-21 record, achieving the program's first back-to-back 20-win seasons and first 30-win season since 2002.
In a three-season stretch from 2022 to 2024, Stelma led his team to 68 wins, the most over a three-year span at Saint Peter's since 2003. In 2024 he also coached three All-Conference and an impressive nine MAAC All-Academic student-athletes as well.
Stelma hopes to set fire to the bats of the Golden Grizzlies this season. In 2024 the Peacocks ranked among the best offenses in the MAAC, ranking third in batting average, hits, triples, and slugging percentage, while ending the season tied for first in doubles.
Assistant Softball Coach at Oakland University (2024-Present)
My name is Grace Burrows and I am the head softball coach, SAAC coordinator, and assistant compliance director at Principia College. I will also be managing gameday operations and events for our college this upcoming school year.
Principia College is a D3 liberal arts college in Elsah, IL (about 40 minutes outside of St. Louis).
Milwaukee Area Technical College head softball coach since 2022
Record as a Head softball Coach 49 wins -50 loses
Led Milwaukee Area Technical College to its first ever winning season in 2025, 32 wins-24 loses
Former boys club basketball coach at Greenfield, WI. Coached current Golden State Warrior Brandin Podziemski.
John Kelly was named the head softball coach at St. Ambrose in December 2022.
In 2025, Coach Kelly led SAU Softball to the CCAC Tournament championship game for the first time in program history. The Fighting Bees received five All-Tournament team selections: Mya Millsaps, Ellie Downing, Kylee Claypool, Ada Boysen and Mady Reed.
The Fighting Bees finished strong, beating 10 of their last 13 conference opponents for a third-place regular-season finish, while receiving six CCAC all-conference selections: Becca Haag (first team), Ada Boysen (first team), Mady Reed (second team), Leah Maro (second team), Ellie Downing (second team), and Kylee Claypool (second team). Reagan Engberg was named to the CCAC Gold Glove team.
The 2025 team took a big jump in power as they finished, for the season, among CCAC teams, No. 2 in doubles, No. 1 in triples and No. 2 in home runs raising their team OPS (on base + slugging) nearly 100 points from the 2024 season.
The 2025 team also included 18 Easton/NFCA All-American Scholar Athletes (3.50 GPA or better), boasting a spring semester team GPA of 3.52!
His 2024 team had three all-conference performers: Shai Erdrich, Becca Haag and Alyssa Schumacher all earned first-team recognition while Emilee Erickson was named to the second team.
In his first year with the Bees, Kelly led the team to 25 wins. Three players earned all-conference recognition, including Erica Ralfs, who also received NFCA First Team All-Region accolades.
"From the first moment I stepped on campus, St. Ambrose felt like home to me," Kelly said. "The rich tradition of SAU, its commitment to academic excellence and innovation, along with a holistic and compassionate approach to education as a Catholic institution, create an exceptional environment to both coach at and recruit to. I look forward to continuing to build the softball program to national prominence with elite student-athletes of the highest character and academic dedication."
Prior to taking the job at St. Ambrose, Kelly served as head coach at Cloud County Community College in Kansas in 2022, and as head coach at NAIA member Ave Maria University in Florida from 2017-2021, where he led the Gyrenes to 81 victories in four seasons (including a 61-34 record in non-conference games), while setting numerous program records during his tenure.
At Ave Maria, Kelly coached nine All-Sun Conference selections, six NFCA All-Region selections, five NAIA Academic All-Americans and the 2021 NFCA Golden Shoe Award Recipient (given to the most outstanding base stealer from an NFCA member institution) in Kalie Romig, who stole 54 bases to lead all players at the four-year level that year.
Kelly's best season at the helm of the Gyrenes came in the 2020 COVID-shortened season as Ave Maria posted a program-best 14-game winning streak, starting the season 16-3 before finishing the abbreviated year with a 19-5 overall record. The .792 winning percentage set a program record as the Gyrenes posted a 4-2 record against teams that were either ranked or receiving votes. For the season, Ave Maria outscored opponents 175-76. In 2021, Ave Maria received votes for the NAIA Top 25 while starting the season 14-4.
Kelly was previously an assistant coach at NCAA Division I Georgia Tech in 2016-2017. While at Georgia Tech, he was responsible for hitting, outfield, base running and mental game instruction as well as in-game defensive positioning.
Prior to his time at Georgia Tech, Kelly coached seven seasons with national travel softball powerhouse The Next Level (TNL) in San Diego, Calif., and two seasons as head coach at Scripps Ranch High School in San Diego, winning a CIF State Championship in 2015 while compiling a 43-22 overall record.
Kelly is a well-known mental-game expert having authored several books and audio programs on the mental game of sports, including "How She Thinks is How She Plays," and has worked with hundreds of athletes and teams at all levels from coast to coast on improving performance through mental-game mastery.
Kelly played collegiate baseball at the Division I level as a pitcher and outfielder at the University of San Diego, graduating from USD with a bachelor's degree in Business Administration. He earned a Master's of Education in Counseling Psychology, Positive Coaching and Athletic Leadership from the University of Missouri in 2020.
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As part of our COVID-19 safety plan, the indoor sessions traditionally held on the first day of camp will be shared online.
Sessions will be accessible for the week prior to camp. They are available on-demand and can be completed at the athlete's
convenience.
This approach allows us to continue offering these valuable sessions so athletes arrive to camp ready to maximize the experience,
while still maintaining a safe experience.
Over 1000 different college coaches have attended EXACT's events.
See below for just a few of the coaches that attended recent events in this region.
My name is Maddy Carpe and I am one of the assistant coaches at Harvard University. I work with both offense and defense, however, I do have a stronger role in defense.
Before coaching, I had a four-year career on the Boston College Softball team where I served as team captain my senior year. I earned the Eagle Award which is presented to those who embody the mission of Boston College: to learn, search for truth, and to live in service of others. I was also awarded the Welles Crowther Patch which recognizes a player from each team who represents the BC motto, "Men and Women for others."
As I enter my second year of coaching with the Crimson, I could not be more excited to continue sharing my love and knowledge of this sport. Harvard Softball's four core values are passion, respect, fortitude, and confidence, values that are enforced everyday in our program. I look forward to working with the younger players of the game within these camps and share in the values that has brought Harvard Softball so much success.
Jen Walter is entering her third season as the assistant coach of the St. Thomas softball team in 2024.
The Tommies took one win out of every team in the Summit League except the champion South Dakota State Jackrabbits in year one. In year two their conference highlight was a three-game sweep of Western Illinois, each in complete game shutouts by Isabelle True, Ella Cook, and Keira Murphy. Walters first season was highlighted by a win against top-25 opponent, South Florida, and a single-game record-breaking 19 strikeout performance by Christina Crawford. Their second-season victory against Big Ten opponent Wisconsin was the programs first Power 5 win.
Walter joined the St. Thomas staff after six seasons at the University of Minnesota Duluth, where she guided the Bulldogs to a 188-102 overall record, and three NCAA II Tournament berths. In addition, she helped produce three All-Americans, and multiple All-Regional selections and All-NSIC picks. Her Bulldogs also took care of business in the classroom during that time as well, earning NSIC All-Academic Team distinctions and NFCA Scholar-Athlete Award status on numerous occasions.
Prior to UMD, Walter was the head coach at the College of St. Scholastica, and compiled a record of 447-233, made five NCAA Division III Tournament appearances (2006, 2011, 2012, 2014, and 2015), won 15 Upper Midwest Athletic Conference regular season championships and another 13 UMAC Tournament titles, and paid one visit to the NAIA National Tournament (2004). During Walter's tenure, CSS also eclipsed the 30-victory plateau on seven occasions and failed to reach the .500 mark only three times. In addition, Walter coached three CSS All-Americans, 11 UMAC Player of the Year award recipients, 43 All-Region selections, 71 All-UMAC picks, and 81 NFCA Scholar-Athletes. Coach Walter was named to the St. Scholastica Athletic Hall of Fame in 2022.
Walter played two years of softball at Golden Valley Lutheran College in Minneapolis, Minn., where she was a NJCAA All-American catcher, and continued her collegiate career at Augustana College (S.D.), attaining All-North Central Conference honors as a senior in 1985. She went on to serve as the head softball coach at Perham High School, and the assistant softball coach at both Breck School and Robbinsdale Armstrong High School.
A native of Wadena, Minn., Walter was inducted as a player into the 2010 Minnesota High School FastpitchCoaches Association Hall of Fame. She received a B.A. degree in health, physical education and recreation from Augustana in 1986.
Head Softball Coach- College of the Holy Cross
Alyssa Ruiz '17, '20 leads the Peacocks for her first season in the dugout as head coach in 2025. Ruiz previously served as the assistant coach for seven seasons from 2018-2024 after playing four years for Saint Peter's from 2014-1017.
Ruiz took over as the Pitching Coach in 2023 to add to her responsibilities as the Outfield Coach. She is a vital part of Saint Peters Softball and has been her entire career. Her first season as the Pitching Coach saw an improvement in Team ERA, Wins, and Batting Average against.
Ruiz came right out of the circle as a Peacock pitcher to the dugout as a coach for the 2018 season. She has worked with NJ Heat Softball and Kaboom Softball. She spends her summer promoting the program at camps and clinics and has had a huge impact on the recruiting front.
Ruiz is a 2017 Graduate of Saint Peters and earned her Masters of Arts in Education in School Counseling in 2020 from Saint Peters and is currently the Dean of Culture/School Counselor for St. Dominicks Academy in Jersey City, NJ.
Assistant Softball Coach at Oakland University (2024-Present)
The 2025 campaign marks the fourth season at WPI for head softball coach Heather Ross as she holds a 90-56-1 (.616) record on Boynton Hill.
WPI finished 23-19-1 with an 11-9 stint in conference action including a sweep over Johnson & Wales in its 2024 New England debut, split with Eastern Connecticut State, No. 14 MIT, and Bates. The Engineers later rallied for a 11-game win streak featuring sweeps over Worcester State, Smith, Salve Regina, Amherst, Clark and split with Coast Guard. WPI earned the sixth seed and later advanced to game 10 of the NEWMAC Championship with tournament wins over Coast Guard in the play-in, and back-to-back upsets in the same day versus No. 5 Smith and the top-seeded Pride in Springfield. Coach Ross' crew advanced to the final day of the NEWMAC tournament before getting knocked off by No. 4 Babson.
The Engineers posted a 20-20 overall record a 11-7 record in NEWMAC play en route to earning the fourth seed heading into the NEWMAC postseason tournament. WPI fell to fifth-seed Babson in extra innings dropping a 3-2 season-ending loss in Game Six of the NEWMAC tournament to Coast Guard.
In her first season, Ross and her team made history at WPI capturing the first-ever NCAA Softball Super Regional Championship, earning its first berth to the NCAA Division III National Championship series in Salem, VA. After falling to the eventual 2022 national champion, Christopher Newport, the Engineers finished its historical season with a 35-17 record and No. 12 national ranking.
Ross saw many accomplishments in her first year at WPI including the programs 3rd NEWMAC Conference Championship ('16, '19, '22), 3rd NCAA Regional Championship ('15,'16, '22), 1st Super Regional Championship, 1st trip to the NCAA DIII National Championship, 1st NCAA Elite-90 Award Winner (Lindsay Ambrosino), and many individuals awards including; NCAA Regional Player and Pitcher of Tournament, All-Tournament Team, NCAA All-Region, CoSIDA Academic All-American, NEWMAC All-Conference, NEWMAC All Academic-Team, and NFCA Scholar Athletes.
Prior to arriving at WPI, Ross led the Lesley University Lynx for five seasons. She left following the 2021 season, where she was voted by her peers as the NECC Coach of the Year, and her Lynx squad ended their season as the NECC Conference runner-up. The Lynx topped at 10th in the New England region rankings, finished top 10 in a wide variety of categories, and produced the NECC Female Student-Athlete of the Year, NCAA Women of the Year Nominee, and NECC Player of the Year. Lesley posted All-Conference and All-Region individual accolades in addition to multiple no-hitters, weekly award winners, NECC Academic All-Conference awards, 12 NFCA All-American Scholar Athletes, and led the athletics department in team GPA (3.63).
Heather previously served as an assistant softball coach at UMass Lowell and Emmanuel, director of Noreasters Baseball/Softball, and currently stands as owner/director of Hard 60 Softball Camps.
Ross helped lead the UMass Lowell River Hawks to the NE-10 Tournament Championship, advancing to the NCAA East Region semifinal during her freshman campaign. Ross graduated leaving a top-10 mark in games played, doubles, home runs, total bases, and tied the single-season win record with her 2011 crew. Ross concluded her student-athlete career in 2011 with a bachelors degree in liberal arts and in 2013 with a masters degree in social and economic development.
Ross also served as the Assistant Director of Athletics, Senior Womens Administrator, and Sports Information Director at Lesley.
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du'Monceaux leads the University of Northwestern fastpitch softball program as head coach for the eighth season in 2016.
Coach du'Monceaux (pronunounced Du-Mon-So) played shortstop and pitcher for the Eagles for three years before making the tranisition to coaching in 2005. After four years of focusing primarily on the team's pitching as an assistant coach, du'Monceaux was named the head coach prior to the 2009 campaign.
Since becoming the Eagles head coach, du'Monceaux's teams have hit the 20-win mark three times. In the same five-year stretch, Northwestern has produced 23 Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) All-Conference award winners and 47 Academic All-Conference honorees. In 2011, du'Monceaux's squad was named the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) top academic team for all of the NCAA's three divisions.
A two-time all-conference performer, duMonceaux ranked second in the UMAC in 2004 in pitching wins, second in innings pitched and fourth in pitching strikeouts. She owns the fourth most pitching wins (19) in Northwesterns history and the seventh most career pitching strikeouts (79) in program history. Her 215.2 career innings pitched places her sixth all-time in an Eagle uniform.
Du'Monceaux's 2015 season also had seven athletes recognized in UMAC conference awards, one all-conference regognition, one player earning the UMAC sportsmanship award, and as a team advancing to the second day of the UMAC conference tournament. Du'Monceaux looks to make great strides come the 2016 spring season.
When she's not on the diamond, du'Monceaux can be found on campus in her other role as the director of local and global outreach in the Office of Student Life. A Stillwater, Minn. native, duMonceaux and her husband Travis, along with their sons Owen, Landon and Lawson, live in Coon Rapids.
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Second year graduate assistant coach at University of Wisconsin Parkside
Robichaud was named the sixth head coach in Ithaca College softball history in May 2023 and recently completed her third season leading the program.
After serving three seasons as an assistant coach, Robichaud stepped in as interim head coach for the 202223 academic year. She guided the Bombers to a 25-10-1 regular season record and a 10-4 mark in Liberty League play, earning the No. 3 seed in the Liberty League Tournament, where they finished as runner-up. Ithaca concluded the season with a 27-12-1 overall record, with six players earning All-Liberty League honors.
In 2024, the Bombers once again surpassed the 25-win mark, finishing the season at 26-14. Robichaud coached three NFCA Region III All-Region selections, including First Team honorees Haley Petrucci and Anna Cornell. Petrucci also earned Third Team CSC Academic All-America recognition after leading the Liberty League with 12 home runstied for the third-most in a single season in program history alongside Robichaud.
The 2025 season marked another milestone, as Ithaca posted a 30-8 record and captured its first Liberty League Championship under Robichauds leadership. The Bombers led the conference in several key statistical categories, including batting average (.326), doubles (71), walks (115), earned run average (1.64), fielding percentage (.964), runs batted in (232), and total runs scored (249). Robichaud and her coaching staff were honored as the NFCA Region III Coaching Staff of the Year, capping off a standout season in which seven Bombers earned All-Liberty League honors. Among them, Anna Cornell and Sela Scheinman received NFCA Region III First Team and Second Team honors, respectively. Cornell went on to become the 20th NFCA All-American in Ithaca softball history and the programs first honoree since Sydney Folk in 2012.
During her time as a student-athlete at Ithaca, Robichaud played in 144 games, making 142 starts as both a catcher and a utility player.
Robichaud was named the Empire 8 Player of the Year following a stellar senior season in 2016. She finished with a .390 batting average after notching 41 hits, which included nine doubles, two triples and a conference-leading 12 homeruns.
She also picked up First-Team All-Empire 8 and National Fastpitch Coaches Association All-Northeast Region First Team accolades.
As a junior Robichaud led IC with a .417 batting average and a team-high 45 hits and 12 doubles on the season. She also led the Bombers with 75 total bases and earned a First-Team All-Empire 8 selection.
Robichaud, who moved to the Boston area following her graduation from Ithaca, spent the 2019 softball season as an assistant coach at Emmanuel College, where she worked with hitters and catchers.
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Coach Cara Clark, in her 17th season as UD's head coach for 2024, has implemented a hard-working, successful culture of excellence with the University of Dayton softball program. Clarks emphasis on leadership enhancement, mental skills training and team chemistry have vaulted her most recent teams to new heights.
She serves on the NFCA Head Coaches Committee and is a 2019 inductee into the Clarke University's Athletics Hall of Fame. Clark tallied her 233rd career win at UD on April 15, 2017 at La Salle, becoming Dayton's all-time winningest coach. She completes the 2024 season with 413 wins at UD. Notable - coach Clark has 544 career wins as a head coach.
Adriane Baird joined Wellesley as an Assistant Softball Coach in September 2023.
Baird comes to Wellesley after serving as the Head Softball Coach for Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts (MCLA) since 2019 and has coached nine NFCA Scholar-Athletes and one All-MASCAC student-athlete. While at MCLA, Baird menotred assistant coaches, recruited high caliber student-athletes, increased engagement with program alumnae, and revamped the team's social media presence. Baird has served as the Coordinator of Student-Athlete Development since 2019 and was the Coordinator for the Student Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC).
Baird is no stranger to the NEWMAC, having previously been an Assistant Softball Coach at Smith College from 2017-19. During her time at Smith, Baird co-taught an undergraduate course titled "Introduction to Coaching".
Baird was also a math teacher as well as the Head Softball Coach and Assistant Field Hockey Coach from 2015-17 at Choate Rosemary Hall, a school in Wallingford, Conn. for talented students in grades nine through postgraduate.
When not coaching collegiately, Baird has worked as a Camp Instructor/Evaluator for Triple Crown Fastpitch, providing coaching instruction to campers on hitting, fielding, and baserunning in addition to evaluating prospective recruits on skill and coachability. Baird has taken part in several NFCA coaching seminars, attended the ESPNW Summit in May 2021, and attended workshops about difficult race discussions among collegiate student-athletes.
A 2015 graduate of Bowdoin College with a degree in Gender and Women's Studies, Baird earned a MS in Exercise and Sport Science from Smith in 2019. While at Bowdoin, Baird was a four-year member of the softball team, and was a two time All-NESCAC honoree, a NESCAC All-Academic honoree, and holds Bowdoin's program record for single season doubles with 15.
A former standout pitcher for the Rangers and a 2019 inductee in the Drew Athletics Hall of Fame, Erica Mehalick C'03 enters her seventh year as the head softball coach at Drew University in 2023-24. She also enters her fourth year as the school's senior woman administrator and as the advisor of Drew's Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC).
Under Mehalick, the Rangers posted another successful season in 2023. The team finished with a 25-14 record, marking the third-highest victory total in program history. Individually, the squad set team records for the most players named to the All-Landmark Conference Team with four, including a school-record three first-team selections. Additionally, outfielder Molly O'Brien C'24 and Bailey Comeau C'24 were named Landmark Conference Player of the Year and Pitcher of the Year, respectively, marking the first player of the year and pitcher of the year in program history. Comeau and O'Brien were also named the NFCA All-Region team. The Rangers set a team and Landmark Conference record for stolen bases (82) and also finished among the top-10 in school history in hits (second), pitching strikeouts (second), home runs (tied for second), batting average (fourth), doubles (fourth), walks (tied for seventh), fielding percentage (eighth), and on-base percentage (eighth).
Mehalick also led the Rangers to an outstanding campaign in 2022, when the squad finished 24-15. The Rangers turned in a tremendous offensive season, finishing among the top-10 in school history in runs scored (second), home runs (second), RBIs (second), on-base percentage (fifth), slugging percentage (sixth), and batting average (seventh) while setting team records for walks and stolen bases. The team also made its mark as a strong defensive squad, setting the Drew record for fielding percentage. At the conclusion of the season, outfielder Madi Precht C'23 and pitcher Teagan Bradley C'25 were named First-Team All-Landmark Conference while O'Brien earned second-team all-conference recognition. In addition, both Precht and Bradley landed NFCA All-Region honors, with Precht earning a spot on the first team and Bradley capturing third-team laurels.
During the 2021 season, Mehalick coached a pair of Rangers to All-Landmark Conference status, as Comeau earned a spot on the first team while Precht was a second-team selection.
Prior to her return to the Forest, Mehalick posted a successful nine-year stint as the head coach at Stevens Institute of Technology, where she transitioned the Ducks from a club to an NCAA varsity program on the way to five Empire 8 postseason appearances and 157 victories. She was named the Empire 8 Coach of the Year in 2014 as a result of a 30-13 campaign.
Mehalick made history on March 28, 2001 by throwing the first perfect game in team history, retiring all 15 batters in order in a [9-0, five-inning victory over Delaware Valley](http://drew_ftp.sidearmsports.com/custompages/Record%20Books/SOFT/MehalickPerfectGame3.28.01.htm) in Madison. Including that gem, she fired the first two no-hitters in program history with another no-no coming on [March 23, 2002](http://drew_ftp.sidearmsports.com/custompages/Record%20Books/SOFT/MehalickNoHit3.23.02.htm), albeit an ultra-rare no-hitter loss, 1-0, at home against Lycoming. Mehalick ranks second all-time at Drew with 39 career wins, first in innings pitched with just shy of 500, second in career shutouts (8), and third in career ERA (2.26) and strikeouts (234).
Her degree in economics led to a job in the reinsurance industry for six years. In 2006, she spent her time out of the office coaching club softball teams, including the squad at Stevens, which led to her appointment as the program's first varsity coach in 2010. She completed a masters in sports administration at Fairleigh Dickinson in 2014.
Mehalick was selected twice as a CoSIDA Academic All-District winner, and carried that focus on academics to her coaching career. In 2015, her Stevens squad earned the seventh highest GPA for softball teams in Division III, and in 2017, the program had its first CoSIDA Academic All-District selection and claimed the NJAIAW Team Academic Award for spring sports.
Under Mehalick's guidance, a total of 29 student-athletes have received Empire 8 All-Conference honors, including the conference Rookie and Pitcher of the Year in 2014. Mehalick has also coached six ECAC All-Stars and nine NFCA All-Region performers.
An active member of the National Fastpitch Coaches Association, Mehalick's service also includes a regional advisory committee, a conference softball chair, the Top of the V Leadership Academy and the Stevens Hall of Fame selection committee.
Current Head Coach/Manager of New England Fusion Gold-Rivera 18U / 18+ College Team, *Former Seacoast Showcase Gold 18U (2022-USA Softball of NH State Champions). My focus is player development to play at a higher level with the goal to adjust to the speed of the game, attain a higher softball IQ level and be able to play at the next level in college. My passion for the game, competitiveness, energy and enthusiasm will help players into a well rounded athlete while on the field as well as build confidence, character and integrity off the field. Coaching Experience: 21 years coaching youth sports (USA/ASA Softball) 11 years high school coach, (50-21 record) Assisted over 54 student-athletes play at the next level in college 8 time USA Softball of NH State Champions 4 time USA Softball of NH State Finalist 2017 USSSA Champions Nationals Multiple Tournament/Invitational Championships 41 Consecutive Game Winning Streak, 2017 Finished 3rd in 18U division, USA Softball National Championships, 2023 Finished 4th, 6th & 7th Place in Eastern National Championships Former Head Coach/Manager for Seacoast Showcase Gold 18U, Former Head Coach for Seacoast Softball 18+ College Team, Former Co-Head Coach for New England Diamond Gems Gold 18U, Former Head Coach/Manager for New Hampshire Comets 10U-18U Former Varsity Head & Assistant Coach at Bishop Brady High School
Mercede Daugherty has served as Assistant Softball Coach at Hope College since the 2022-2023 season.
A native of Watervliet, Michigan, Daugherty played five seasons at Trine and helped Trine to second and third-place finishes at the NCAA Division III National Championships. She set records at Trine for the most doubles in a single game and is the all-time career leader in doubles.
Daugherty holds a bachelors degree in business management from Trine and a master's degree in business administration and a masters degree in business analytics.
As part of our COVID-19 safety plan, the indoor sessions traditionally held on the first day of camp will be shared online.
Sessions will be accessible for the week prior to camp. They are available on-demand and can be completed at the athlete's
convenience.
This approach allows us to continue offering these valuable sessions so athletes arrive to camp ready to maximize the experience,
while still maintaining a safe experience.
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| FEATURE | D-1 | D-2 | D3 | NAIA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Athletic Scholarships | Full | Partial | No | Yes |
| Academic Flexibility | Medium | High | Very High | High |
| Competition Level | Elite | High | Competitive | Competitive |
| Recruiting Intensity | Very High | High | Moderate | Moderate |
