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Jennifer Rocha

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Jennifer Rocha
Current position
TitleAssociate Head coach
TeamOklahoma
ConferenceSEC
Biographical details
Alma materOklahoma (Class of 1998)
Playing career
1995Long Beach City College
1996–1998Oklahoma
Position(s)Pitcher
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1999–2001Oklahoma (Graduate asst.)
2002Oregon (asst.)
2003–2005Wichita State (asst.)
2006–2017Florida (asst.)
2018Florida (Associate HC)
2019–presentOklahoma (Associate HC)
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
As an Assistant: NFCA Assistant Coach of the Year (2015, 2023)

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]

Coaching career

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Florida (asst.)

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Rocha 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.)

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On 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

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Rocha was married in 2006 to her husband Paul Rocha. They have one daughter named Eliana.[8]

Statistics

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Oklahoma Sooners
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

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  1. ^ "Jennifer Rocha". SoonerSports.com. University of Oklahoma Athletics. Retrieved March 7, 2019.
  2. ^ "Rocha Elevated To Associate Head Coach". FloridaGators.com. University Athletic Assoc., Inc., FOX Sports Sun & IMG College. Retrieved March 7, 2019.
  3. ^ "Jennifer Rocha". FloridaGators.com. University Athletic Assoc., Inc., FOX Sports Sun & IMG College. Retrieved March 7, 2019.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ "OU hires former Sooner pitcher Jennifer Rocha as new pitching coach". NormanTranscript.com. Norman Transcript. July 18, 2018. Retrieved March 7, 2019.
  6. ^ "Jennifer Rocha hired as OU associate head softball coach and pitching coach". NewsOK.com. Retrieved March 7, 2019.
  7. ^ "Oregon Ducks name Melyssa Lombardi new softball coach". OregonLive.com. Oregon Live LLC. July 9, 2018. Retrieved March 7, 2019.
  8. ^ "Jennifer Rocha". SoonerSports.com. University of Oklahoma Athletics. Retrieved March 7, 2019.