2019 RIT Softball Winter Clinics (Grades 6th - 12th)

 

RIT Softball 2019 Winter Clinics

for grades 6th - 12th

Winter Clinics will run January 19th & 26th

at RIT Clark Gym


Come join the Division III RIT Softball Team to work on ALL SKILLS.  

• The clinic will be run by RIT Head Coach Rebecca Stryker, RIT Assistant Coaches, as well as players from the RIT Softball team.  
  
• These clinics offer each player the unique opportunity to experience the fun of competition, as well as, learn the fundamentals of position specific skills from experienced college instructors.  Skills will include: Batting, Fielding, Throwing and Base running.
  
• Participants will be grouped by position and skill level to assure maximum competition and enjoyment.
  
• Pitchers will also be working with our RIT Pitching Staff and RIT softball student-athletes.                                                     
  

 The All Skills Clinic will be conducted from  8:30AM to 10:30AM. 
 An additional pitching and catching clinic will be conducted from 10:30AM to 11:30AM 

Cost:  All Skills clinic  - $40 per session
          Pitching/Catching clinic - $20 per session 
          Combination clinic - $50 per session 
 

Equipment:
Pitchers can bring their own catchers.  Catchers should bring their own equipment.  Attendees should bring glove and a water bottle.  If you have your own helmet and bat, bring them also.  A limited supply will be available but may not be correctly sized.

                                        Register Now!         Limited Space Available.

Staff

Rebecca Stryker - Head Coach

Former RIT standout first baseman Rebecca Stryker (previously May) begins her tenth season as head coach of the Tigers softball program in 2018-19 Stryker, the 2016 Liberty League Coach of the Year, has guided the Tigers to 132 victories and will look lead the Tigers towards their third  Liberty League postseason berth in the last four seasons.

In 2017, the Tigers won 22 games and advanced to the Liberty League Tournament for the second straight year. RIT won its first postseason game as a Liberty League member and finished second in the regular season standings. Freshman Erin Guinan was named the Liberty League Rookie of the Year and earned National Fastpitch Coaches Association All-Region First Team honors.
 
In 2016, while Stryker and her staff were named the Liberty League Coaching Staff of the Year. RIT advanced to the Liberty League Tournament for the first time since joining the conference in 2012. Eight players earned All-Liberty League accolades, including Sierra Valentine, who was named Pitcher of the Year, and Danielle Hotz, the Rookie of the Year.

In addition, Stryker and her squad are great representatives of the university in the community, holding several fundraising initiatives for various causes. In 2015, Sarah Wolcott was RIT’s Mark Ellingson Award Winner for Academic Excellence. Seven different players have earned CoSIDA Academic All-Region honors, including Amanda Cook, an Academic All-America selction in 2016.
 
Since moving to the Liberty League in 2012, Stryker has had 16 different players earn all-league accolades. In addition, seven players garnered All-Empire 8 accolades in Stryker’s first two seasons at RIT. 

Mary Karen Wheat - Asst. Coach

Mary Karen Wheat begins her fourth season as an assistant coach with the RIT softball program in 2018-19 and will work primarily with the pitching staff. In 2016, Wheat was honored as part of the Liberty League Coaching Staff of the Year.
 
A former pitcher at Brockport High School (1995-1998) and Binghamton University (1998-2003), Wheat has worked with some of the best coaches in New York State.
 
Wheat served as the head coach at Brockport High School in 2015 and 2016, leading the Blue Devils to the 2015 Section V Championship game. Wheat was also the head coach at Red Jacket Central School, where she led the team to the 2010 Section V Championship, and two Section V Semifinal appearances (2009 and 2011).
 
Wheat is the owner of Black and White Baseball and Softball, a training academy that specializes in pitching and catching. In addition, the company offers strength and agility training along with mental training with clinical psychologists

Nicole Watson - Asst. Coach

Nicole Watson is entering her fourth season on the RIT softball staff as an assistant coach for the 2018-19 season. In 2016, Watson was honored as part of the Liberty League Coaching Staff of the Year.
 
Watson played five years of varsity softball at Newark Valley High School, serving as a three-year captain. From there, she moved on to play collegiately at the University of Rochester, where she caught for four seasons. In 2014, Rochester advanced to the NCAA Division III College World Series.
 
Watson earned her bachelor’s degree in business from Rochester in 2014. She has served as a head coach for a handful of youth travel softball teams and was an assistant at her alma mater, Newark Valley in 2012 and 2013.
 
Watson resides in Rochester and is a Certified General Appraiser at Bruckner, Tillett, Rossi, Cahill and Associates.

                                          We look forward to seeing you! 

Questions - email Coach Stryker at rcmatl@rit.edu  or phone 585-475-7770