Jennifer Jaime Rocha is an American, former collegiate right-handed softball pitcher and coach. She is the current associate head coach at Oklahoma where she was a starting pitcher from 1996 to 1998.[1]
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Associate Head coach |
| Team | Oklahoma |
| Conference | SEC |
| Biographical details | |
| Alma mater | Oklahoma (Class of 1998) |
| Playing career | |
| 1995 | Long Beach City College |
| 1996–1998 | Oklahoma |
| Position(s) | Pitcher |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1999–2001 | Oklahoma (Graduate asst.) |
| 2002 | Oregon (asst.) |
| 2003–2005 | Wichita State (asst.) |
| 2006–2017 | Florida (asst.) |
| 2018 | Florida (Associate HC) |
| 2019–present | Oklahoma (Associate HC) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Awards | |
| As an Assistant:
NFCA Assistant Coach of the Year (2015, 2023) | |
Coaching career
editFlorida (asst.)
editRocha began coaching at Florida as an assistant coach in 2006. Prior to the 2018 season, Rocha was promoted to the level of associate head coach of the Florida softball program.[2][3][4]
Oklahoma (asst.)
editOn July 18, 2018, Jennifer Rocha was announced as the new associate head coach and pitching coach of the Oklahoma softball program,[5][6] replacing Melyssa Lombardi who left to be the head coach of Oregon.[7]
Personal life
editRocha was married in 2006 to her husband Paul Rocha. They have one daughter named Eliana.[8]
Statistics
edit| YEAR | W | L | GP | GS | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | ERA | WHIP |
| 1996 | 16 | 7 | 30 | 20 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 139.0 | 125 | 48 | 38 | 38 | 68 | 1.91 | 1.17 |
| 1997 | 12 | 6 | 32 | 21 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 137.1 | 102 | 41 | 28 | 43 | 91 | 1.43 | 1.06 |
| 1998 | 16 | 4 | 26 | 23 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 142.2 | 111 | 44 | 28 | 39 | 92 | 1.38 | 1.05 |
| TOTALS | 44 | 17 | 88 | 64 | 42 | 21 | 2 | 419.0 | 338 | 133 | 94 | 120 | 251 | 1.57 | 1.09 |
References
edit- ^ "Jennifer Rocha". SoonerSports.com. University of Oklahoma Athletics. Retrieved March 7, 2019.
- ^ "Rocha Elevated To Associate Head Coach". FloridaGators.com. University Athletic Assoc., Inc., FOX Sports Sun & IMG College. Retrieved March 7, 2019.
- ^ "Jennifer Rocha". FloridaGators.com. University Athletic Assoc., Inc., FOX Sports Sun & IMG College. Retrieved March 7, 2019.
- ^ "Chomping at Bits: Florida softball's Jennifer Rocha promoted to associate head coach". AlligatorArmy.com. Vox Media, Inc. June 16, 2017. Retrieved March 7, 2019.
- ^ "OU hires former Sooner pitcher Jennifer Rocha as new pitching coach". NormanTranscript.com. Norman Transcript. July 18, 2018. Retrieved March 7, 2019.
- ^ "Jennifer Rocha hired as OU associate head softball coach and pitching coach". NewsOK.com. Retrieved March 7, 2019.
- ^ "Oregon Ducks name Melyssa Lombardi new softball coach". OregonLive.com. Oregon Live LLC. July 9, 2018. Retrieved March 7, 2019.
- ^ "Jennifer Rocha". SoonerSports.com. University of Oklahoma Athletics. Retrieved March 7, 2019.
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