Updated 3/4/14
Nicolina Veneziano is her first season as an assistant coach with the Rowan University softball team.
Veneziano played for the Profs from 2009-2012. She was a three-time New Jersey Athletic Conference (NJAC) All-Conference first team selection. Veneziano was the conference’s Co-Player of the Year in 2011, Player of the Year in 2010 and Rookie of the Year in 2009. She was named to the 2011 National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) All-America third team. Veneziano was a member of the NFCA East All-Region first team in 2011 and 2010 and received second team honors in 2012 and 2009. She was the 2010 Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Metro Player of the Year, the 2009 Rookie of the Year and a three-time All-Star.
Veneziano was a career .360 hitter with 26 doubles, 13 triples and 25 home runs. She had 157 runs scored and 120 runs batted in over 179 games played. She holds at least a share of four school records, including home runs in a game (2, accomplished twice), base on balls in a season (29, 2012) and career (87) and stolen base percentage in a career (.959, 47 of 49). At the end of her career, Veneziano also held the school record for home runs in a career and was tied for home runs in a season (9).
Veneziano graduated in 2012 with a bachelor’s degree in health and exercise science.
