Coaching Staff
Wendy Rochon
Head Coach
(419) 448-2289
wrochon@heidelberg.edu
Wendy Rochon enters her third season at the helm of the Heidelberg College softball team in 2008. In her first year, Rochon guided the Berg to its most successful season in seven years. The Berg finished 2006 with an overall record of 15-25 and a 5-13 record versus Ohio Athletic Conference opponents. The Student Princes concluded the season winning four out of its last six contests. In 2007, the team saw some success off the field as well as on, as sophomore designated player Crystal Killoran earned Academic All-OAC Honorable Mention. The biology major maintained a 3.53 GPA, while at the same time she led the team with 27 RBI and four home runs.
Rochon was appointed the ninth coach in the history of the program in 2006 and tied for the most wins in a coaches first season at the Berg. The 15 overall wins are the most by Heidelberg since recording 15 during the 1999 season and the five conference wins also marked the most by Heidelberg since finishing with six in 2001.
Prior to coming to the Berg, Rochon spent three seasons as an assistant coach at Augustana College in Sioux Falls, S.D. Augustana earned a spot in the North Central Conference Tournament in each of those three seasons, advancing to the NCAA Division II Tournament twice. While at Augustana she earned her master’s of education in health, physical education and recreation.
Rochon began her collegiate playing days at the College of DuPage (Ill.), winning a National Junior College Athletic Association National Championship in 2000. In both seasons at DuPage she was named First Team All-American, First Team All-Region and earned spots on the NJCAA All-Tournament Team.
Playing first base and designated hitter, Rochon continued her career at Lewis University (Ill.). Rochon helped lead the Flyers to a NCAA Division II national runner-up finish. She earned a National Fastpitch Coaches Association Academic Honor and was named to the Great Lakes Valley Conference All-Academic Team in 2001. In 2002, Rochon earned her bachelor of arts in sport management at Lewis.
A Chicago, Ill. native, Rochon graduated from Lake Park High School. She currently resides in Findlay, Ohio.
Jenny Carroll
Assistant Coach
(419) 448-2179
jcarrol1@heidelberg.edu
New to the softball coaching staff for the 2008 season is Jenny Carroll. Carroll played softball at Marietta College where she was a two-time All-Central Region shortstop.
As a three year captain, she earned Dean’s List and Athletic Director’s Honor Roll academic honors. She was also a three-time National Fastpitch Coaches Association All-America Scholar-Athlete, and currently holds the records for most games played in a season, career games played, career hits, consecutive games with a hit, and most home runs, in both a season and a single game, at Marietta. Carroll was named to both the All-Ohio Athletic Conference Team and the All-Academic OAC Team twice, and earned a spot on the ESPN the Magazine Academic All-District First Team in 2007.
Carroll is a native of Lisbon, Ohio and attended Beaver Local High School where she earned all-region and all-county honors. She received her bachelor’s degree in athletic training from Marietta in 2007, and is currently pursuing a master’s degree in education.