Rowan University Women's Softball

Coaching Record update (as of 5/13/26): 1,004-315-2 (30 years at Rowan); 1,068-372-2 (36 years overall) Kim Wilson, one of the winningest all-time coaches in NCAA Division III softball, enters her 30th season as Rowan’s head coach for 2026. The NFCA Hall of Fame coach has led the Profs to ten New Jersey Athletic Conference titles and 21 NCAA Tournament appearances, and 6 NCAA National Championship Tournament appearances, including three consecutive trips to the finals site in 2023, 2024, and 2025. Wilson’s 29-year record at Rowan is 968-307-2, while her overall mark in 35 years of coaching, which includes six seasons at Washington & Jefferson College, is 1,032-364-2. At the start of the 2023 season, she ranked sixth in all-time victories and 13th in winning percentage among active Division III coaches. She was inducted into the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) Hall of Fame in December of 2023. On March 18, 2025, Wilson earned her 1,000th career coaching victory, becoming the first woman in Division III to earn the distinction. Rowan’s 21 NCAA Regional appearances under Wilson include six trips to the NCAA Super Regional, including back-to-back berths in 2018 & 2019 and again in 2023, 2024, and 2025. Under her tutelage, the Profs reached the Division III Finals six times (1999, 2016, 2018, 2023, 2024, 2025). A return to the NCAA National Championship Tournament for the third consecutive year in 2025 after winning the NJAC Regular Season and Tournament Championship, the NCAA Regional, and NCAA Super Regional rounds, all hosted at Rowan. The team shattered program records for wins in a season (49) and win streak (31) en route to leading the country in ERA, Winning Percentage, and Fielding Percentage for the 2025 season. Wilson and her coaching staff earned the NJAC’s top honor for the fifth consecutive season and the 11th time in program history. She also led her staff to earn their third consecutive NFCA Regional Coaching Staff of the Year honor. The 2024 season marked a return to the NCAA Finals as the Profs secured the NJAC Regular Season and Tournament Championship, the NCAA Regional and NCAA Super Regional Rounds, all played here in Glassboro, finishing with a 41-10 record. Wilson and her coaching staff earned NJAC Coaching Staff of the Year honors and was named NFCA Regional Coaching Staff of the Year en route to tying a program-best Third Place National Finish. The 2023 Profs went 42-10 and captured the NJAC regular-season title with a 17-1 record while Wilson earned the conference’s Coach of the Year award. Rowan went on win the NCAA Marietta Regional title and then the NCAA Ashland Super Regional to advance to the NCAA Finals for the seventh time in school history. Wilson’s Profs added to the tradition in 2022 when Rowan captured the NJAC Championship and made another trip to the NCAA Tournament while posting an overall record of 35-10. She was named the NJAC Co-Coach of the Year, earning her eighth conference award as she guided the Profs to the regular-season title with a 15-3 league record. The 2021 squad went 27-7 and 17-1 in the NJAC, to capture the regular-season crown and the top seed in the conference tournament. The coach, who was named the NJAC Coach of the Year for the seventh time in her career, recorded her milestone 800th win at Rowan on May 7, 2021, with a 3-0 win over Ramapo in the NJAC Tournament. Rowan also finished the year ranked 18th in the NFCA Division III Top 25 Poll. The Profs’ chances for a third straight trip to the NCAA Super Regional were thwarted in 2020 by the COVID-19 pandemic, as Rowan’s season ended in March with a 5-2-1 record. In 2019, Rowan captured the NCAA Cambridge Regional title in thrilling fashion as the No. 23 Profs used 14 innings to defeat MIT, but fell to Eastern Connecticut State in the Super Regional to finish the season with a 33-15 record. The 2018 Profs advanced to the NCAA Division III Championship Tournament in Oklahoma City after capturing the NCAA Regional and Super Regional titles. The coach hit two milestone victories that year, with her 700th win at Rowan coming over Randolph College on February 24, 2018, and the 800th in her overall career being the win over Moravian College on May 20, 2018 that gave the Profs the NCAA Super Regional title. Wilson guided Rowan to its seventh NJAC title and a 39-13-1 record while she and her assistants were named the NFCA East Region Coaching Staff of the Year. In 2017, Rowan compiled a 33-11 mark and reached the final of the NCAA Babson Park Regional. Wilson’s 2016 squad finished tied for third at the NCAA Division III Championship Tournament for the best finish in Rowan history, after compiling titles at the NCAA Cortland Regional and the Ithaca Super Regional. The Profs set a school mark for victories with a 42-11 record while team captured the NJAC Championship. Wilson was chosen the 2015 NJAC Coach of the Year as the team went 38-8, reached the NJAC title game and the final of the NCAA Alfred Regional. That followed a 37-12 record in 2014 with a conference crown and the NCAA Ithaca Regional title, which advanced Rowan to the NCAA Rochester Super Regional. The 2013 squad went 41-9 with an appearance in the NCAA Babson Park Regional as Wilson earned NJAC Coach of the Year honors. The 2012 Profs went 39-9, won the NJAC championship and advanced to the final of the NCAA Union Regional. Wilson was named the NJAC Co-Coach of the Year in 2011 as Rowan went 31-13 and earned an NCAA at-large bid, following a 28-13 record in 2010. Wilson was selected as the NJAC and Division III Metro Softball Combat Sports/Eastern College Athletic Conference Coach of the Year in 2009, after guiding her team to a 35-12 mark and its second straight at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament, following the achievement of the 2008 team that finished 31-11. The 2006 Profs went 41-7 to set a then-school record for wins and reach the final of the NCAA Regional Tournament. Prior to that, Wilson’s teams were 25-14 in 2005, 28-10 in 2004 and 19-15 in 2003. The 2001 and 2002 squads won back-to-back NJAC titles, with the 2002 Profs going 33-16 and advancing to the NCAA Regional Final. In 2000, Rowan posted a 32-13 record following a 37-10 season in 1999 that featured a regional title and Wilson being named the NJAC Coach of the Year for the second year in a row. In her first two seasons at Rowan, Wilson gave a glimpse of the success that the program would enjoy under her tutelage. She earned Coach of the Year honors in both the Atlantic Region and the NJAC in 1998 as she guided the Profs to a 35-9 record, the conference title and an NCAA Regional appearance. In her debut as Rowan’s ninth head coach in 1997, the Profs compiled a 35-5 mark and earned a berth in the NCAA Regional. She came to Rowan after six years as head softball coach at Washington & Jefferson College, where she compiled a 65-57 record, led her team to the 1996 Presidents’ Athletic Conference (PAC) championship and was named the league’s Coach of the Year in 1993 and 1996. Originally from Erie, PA, Wilson played volleyball and softball at Slippery Rock University, graduating with a bachelor’s degree in physical education in 1989. She has been extremely involved in the sport as the chair of the NCAA Division III East Region Advisory Committee and as a member of the National Softball Committee and the NFCA Head Coaches Committee.   Rowan Coaching Record Season Overall NJAC Postseason 1997 35-5 9-1 NCAA Regional 1998 35-9 8-2 NJAC Champion | NCAA Regional 1999 37-10 10-0 NCAA Finals 2000 32-13 5-3 NJAC Tournament 2001 34-11 16-2 NJAC Champions | NCAA Regional 2002 33-16 14-2 NJAC Champions | NCAA Regional 2003 19-15 10-8 2004 28-10 13-5 NJAC Tournament 2005 25-14 10-6 NJAC Tournament 2006 41-7 15-3 NCAA Regional 2007 23-17 9-9 NJAC Tournament 2008 31-11 13-5 NCAA Regional 2009 35-12 15-3 NCAA Regional 2010 28-13 12-6 NJAC Tournament 2011 31-13 14-4 NCAA Regional 2012 39-9 12-6 NJAC Champions | NCAA Regional 2013 41-9 16-2 NCAA Regional 2014 37-12 14-4 NJAC Champions | NCAA Super Regional 2015 38-8 14-4 NCAA Regional 2016 42-11 15-3 NJAC Champions | NCAA Finals 2017 33-11 12-6 NCAA Regional 2018 39-13-1 12-6 NJAC Champions | NCAA Finals 2019 33-15 14-4 NCAA Super Regional 2020 5-2-1 0-0 2021 27-7 17-1 NJAC Tournament 2022 35-10 15-3 NJAC Champions | NCAA Regional 2023 42-10 17-1 NJAC Champions | NCAA Finals 2024 41-10 16-2 NJAC Champions | NCAA Finals 2025 49-4 17-1 NJAC Champions | NCAA Finals TOTALS 968-307-2 364-102

Alexa Massa enters her second year on staff with the Profs in the 2026 season. Last year, she helped the Profs reach the 2025 NCAA National Championship Tournament, marking the program’s 9th appearance at the finals site and the third trip in as many years. The Profs set new program records for wins in a season (49) and win streak (31) en route to capturing an NJAC Regular Season title, NJAC Tournament Championship, Glassboro Regional title, and Glassboro Super Regional Championship to earn a berth to the NCAA National Championship Tournament at Illinois Wesleyan in Bloomington, Illinois. She served on staff at Paul VI High School as an assistant coach for four years before being elevated to head coach for the 2023 and 2024 seasons. Massa helped the Eagles to two Olympic Conference titles and the best record in school history, coaching 16 All-Conference players, 2 All-South Jersey Players, and 2 Players of the Year along the way. She also served as a Carpenter Cup Coach. Massa also heads up the South Jersey Gators club program, where she is the head coach of both the 12U and 18U teams, as well as the head of recruiting. She has been in this role for nine years and has helped high school athletes compete at the NCAA DI, DII, DIII, NJCAA and NAIA levels. She also has extensive experience in sports operations, player development, and facility management. Massa spent 3 years as the General Manager of EL1 Sports in Hainesport, New Jersey, where she oversaw daily operations for a 20,000 square foot facility and managed all staff. She led softball operations across the tri-state area and used industry-leading technology to enhance athlete training programs and performance. Massa was a dual-sport student-athlete at Stockton University in both softball and field hockey. She was Stockton’s Woman of the Year and was their NCAA Woman of the Year nominee in 2018. During her time at Stockton, she was involved in SAAC, Autism Speaks, Relay for Life, and Special Olympics Unified Sports. Massa graduated from Stockton in 2018 with her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology. She earned her Master of Arts in Special Education from Stockton in 2021.