Instructors

Any softball lesson packages bought through Elite Sports Training are now interchangeable between Depew and Blasdell with the following EST instructors.

Jesse Rosenhahn
EST Softball Director & Owner
New Era Park Softball Director
sports@esportst.com
http://twitter.com/jesserosenhahn

Jesse played for West Seneca West where she was named Player of the year as both a pitcher and catcher. In the summers Jesse played for the Diamond Girl program that her father Bob Rosenhahn had started in 1991 as well as the Shamrocks. She then went on to Canisius where she saw time as a catcher and 6 other positions there including pitching. At Canisius she made First Team All Region and led the MAAC in homeruns in 1998. Rosenhahn had played on the Empire State Team since the age of 15, winning 4 golds, 5 silvers, and 1 bronze. She also won the Women's Class C National Championship with Faso's Insurance in 2000 where she was named 1st Team All-American. Jesse had also been Head Softball Coach at Hilbert College for 3 yrs., a volunteer pitching coach at Canisius College as well as ECC.

Robyn Ventura
now available for lessons at New Era Depew on Saturdays
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Ventura is currently the pitching coach at D’Youville College where she helped her team win the school’s first ever Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference Championship (AMCC) and NCAA Regional appearance. In 2011, under Ventura’s tutelage, Spartan pitcher Hannah Norton broke the school record for wins in a season and captured AMCC Pitcher of the Year honors. Ventura served as head coach at Medaille College for eight years where she led her team to eight play-off appearances. In 2008 the Mavericks finished in first place in for the regular season, earning Ventura Coach of the Year honors. Other experience includes instructing with the Buffalo State College and Canisius College pitching camps, instructing in Canisius’ catching clinic and all-around camp and four years as a tutor with the Bengals hitting clinic. She also served for one season as the Buffalo Seminary School varsity softball coach.

Robyn was a four-year member of the Buffalo State Softball team and was inducted into the Buffalo State College Athletics Hall of Fame in 2006. After catching for two seasons and earning All-Upstate, All-State, All-ECAC and NCAA All-Regional tournament team honors (1996), she decided to make a transition and became a pitcher as a junior. In her senior year she helped lead the Bengals to a State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) Championship and a trip to the NCAA Regionals. She hurled a school record eight shutouts and posted a 16-5 record with a 0.63 ERA, the second lowest in all of Division III. Ventura finished her collegiate career with a .359 batting average and ranks second in the school record books for single season and career RBI’s and single season ERA. In addition to earning Buffalo State’s Female Athlete of the Year honors (2000), she also grabbed the school’s award for outstanding career accomplishments (1996-2000). She earned First Team All-Northeast Region status and is the only Buffalo State player to be a part of two SUNYAC Championship teams.

Deanna Hunt
now available for lessons at New Era Depew on Sundays
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- Spent four seasons with Buffalo State Softball and led the Bengals to four-consecutive NCAA regional appearances.
- She helped the team to its second-ever SUNYAC Championship in her senior season.
- Deanna was a two-time All-American, three-time All-NYSWCAA, four-time All-Region, four-time All SUNYAC, three-time All-ECAC, including ECAC Player of the Year in 1996.
- Deanna won the Ruth Houston Award in 1997 and received the Lady Bengal Award in both 1994 and 1996.
- She set nearly every individual Buffalo State record, including career marks for batting average, RBIs, HRs, most wins, and most strikeouts.

- NYS, ASA, NSA Softball Umpire

- 4 Years Pitching Coach at Medaille College including 2008 when the Mavericks captured the regular season title.

- Former Graduate Assistant at Canisius College

- Over 20 experience instructing softball pitchers

- Inducted into Buffalo State Hall of Fame in 2001

- 8 time Gold Medalist at the Empire State Games

Erin Chapman
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Erin was an Assistant Softball Coach at Mercyhurst College (2007-2011), a four-year starting outfielder at Ohio University. While at OU, Chapman made the All-MAC (Mid American Conference) team three times and was twice named First Team Regional All-American.

Niki Rieman
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Buffalo State College
Lake Shore High School
WNY Sting Player

Niki pitched for Lakeshore High School where she won Most Valuable Player and led the Lady Eagles to the only appearance at the Section VI finals in its history. Niki then attended Tompkins-Cortland Community College where she served as a captain and also won most valuable player honors. She led TC³to its first ever appearance in the MSAC finals and still ranks in the top 3 at TC³ for most wins (Season and Career), best ERA (Season and Career), most strikeouts (Game, Season and Career), Shutouts (Season and Career) as well as most RBI’s. Niki finished up her career at Buffalo State where she posted career totals of batting average of .275, slugging percentage of .363, and an ERA of 2.61. Niki also served as an assistant varsity coach at Gowanda and has performed as an assistant coach and instructor for the WNY Sting.

Maria McFeely Sigeti
Full Bio Coming Soon!
Pitcher
Cortland '06
Mt. Mercy Academy '02
Diamond Girl player '97-'07

Caitlin Lever

A left handed hitter and right handed outfielder who spent her freshman season at Canisius College where she helped lead the team to a conference championship. She transferred into Georgia Tech her sophomore year and was a three-time All-ACC selection for the Yellow Jackets. She became only the second Tech player to garner first-team All-America honors (2007). She finished her career at Tech third all-time in batting average (.377), stolen bases (71), fourth in hits (226), runs scored (139) and total bases with 340.

She signed to play professional softball with the Chicago Bandits in 2007 and is currently still with the team playing centerfield. She has split her season in the summer being a part of the Canadian National Team. She finished 4th in the 2008 Beijing Olympics and has helped the program climb from a 5th world ranking in 2007 to a 3rd rank in 2010, the highest in Team Canada history.

Kim Griffin
Canisius College Assistant Coach
Mercyhurst College '07
EST Softball Instructor

http://twitter.com/GriffsSoftball

Kim Griffin is entering her fourth season as an assistant coach at Canisius College. The 2007 graduate of Mercyhurst College also played at Cleveland Hill High School. At Canisius she works directly with the team's catchers while also serving as the Blue and Gold's first base coach. In 2008, Griffin joined the Canisius staff and helped guide the Golden Griffins to a school-record 39 wins and an NCAA Tournament appearance. Griffin closed out her collegiate playing career at Mercyhurst having played in 130 career games. As a senior, she hit .264 with three homer and 18 RBIs, while ranking third on the team in on-base percentage (.346), fourth in runs batted in and fifth in total bases (46). She also served as on of the Lakers' pitchers, starting 16 games in 2007 where she posted a 6-8 record with a save and a 3.52 ERA. A three-time GLIAC All-Academic Team honoree, Griffin was also honored as a 2006 All-GLIAC Honorable Mention award winner after she hit .322 with six doubles and 22 runs batted in.

Chelsea Plimpton
Fordham University & St. John's
Williamsville South HS

2011:2011: Finished with a 17-10 mark...Started 32 games for the Rams in the circle...Opened the year with a season-best 11 strikeouts in a win over Florida Atlantic (2/12)...Tossed four innings in the circle to earn a win over then #25 DePaul (2/19)...Threw her first career no-hitter in a 15-0 victory over Princeton (3/12)...Followed that up with a victory over then #25 Syracuse (3/12).

2010: Finished 2nd on the squad in wins (11-2), ERA (1.57), games started (12), complete games (8), & innings pitched (93 1/3). Part of a staff that set the season ERA record (1.34), the complete game shutouts record (25), strikeout mark (636) and wins (49)...Won her 1st game of the year with an 8-strikeout, complete game against Georgia St. (3/13)...Tossed a complete-game, 3 hit shutout over Seton Hall (3/17)...Pitched 4 innings of one-run ball to earn her 3rd win versus Pitt (3/19)...Struck out six to beat St. Peter's 12-1 (3/24)...Struck out 11 and surrendered 1 hit in a 7-0 complete game win over Manhattan (4/6)...Threw a complete game, 2 hit shutout against George Washington (4/17).

2009: Became the Rams' #2 starter by season's end with a solid campaign... Posted a 12-4 record with a team-best 1.88 ERA to go with nine complete games and two shutouts... Struck out 73 batters in 141.2 innings pitched... Struck four batters in five innings of relief against #17 Cal (2/8)... Allowed two runs in seven innings of work against Arkansas (2/21)... Threw 4.1 scoreless innings versus Boston University (3/8)... Recorded her first win in relief with 3.2 innings of four-hit ball against St. Peter's (3/10)... Threw a complete game five-hit shutout with three strikeouts against Longwood (3/18)... Did not allow an earned run in 5.2 innings of relief at Charlotte (3/22)... Threw a complete game two-hit shutout versus Quinnipiac (3/25)... Allowed two runs on four hits in a win over St. John's (4/1), which started a string of six wins in seven appearances... Struck out four batters in a complete game win over Saint Joseph's (4/4)... Did not allow an earned run in a complete game win over Temple (4/5)... Threw a season-high eight innings in a win over Fairleigh Dickinson (4/7)... Allowed one run on four hits in a win at St. Bonaventure (4/9)... Threw four innings of scoreless relief in a doubleheader versus Dayton (4/19)... Struck out a season-high 10 batters in a three-hit win over Wagner (4/28)... Pitched 4.1 innings without allowing an earned run to register the upset win at #24 Massachusetts (5/3).

Before Fordham: Transfer from St. John's University... Played one season for the Red Storm, appearing in ten games... Posted a 1-4 record with a 3.78 ERA in 33.1 innings of work... Recorded 22 strikeouts, three complete games and one shutout.

High School: Two-sport star at Williamsville South High School... Three-year captain of the softball team... 2007 Gatorade New York State Player of the Year... Three-time NFCA/Louisville Slugger All-American, earning First Team honors as a senior... Four-time NFCA All-East Region and All-State selection... Named the All-Western New York "Pitcher of the Year" from 2004-07... Set the New York State single season record with 411 strikeouts, while setting career state records for strikeouts (1,427), shutouts (78), and perfect games (10)...Played summer ball for TC Tremors Gold... Member of the National Honor Society.

Kim Griffin Canisius College Assistant Coach Mercyhurst College '07 EST Softball Instructor

Kim Griffin
Canisius College Assistant Coach
Mercyhurst College '07
EST Softball Instructor