B.A., Montclair State University
M.A., Bloomsburg University
6th year of coaching at Wellesley

Keri O’Meara became Wellesley’s first head softball coach in the spring of 2003 and has built the team from a first-year program into a nationally-ranked threat. Under her reign the Blue have seen nothing but success, posting an overall record of 120-64-2 and winning 20 or more games each season.

O’Meara won the 100th game of her career on March 21, 2009 in an 8-0 victory over NEWMAC-rival Clark University.

The 2008 Blue won a record 30 games and also clinched the NEWMAC regular season championship with a 13-3 conference mark. Wellesley also qualified for its second straight NCAA Tournament and finished the season ranked 22nd in the nation. Capping a brilliant career for the Blue, pitcher Jenna Harvey was named a national All-American for the second straight season.

In 2007, O’Meara’s Blue won their first-ever NEWMAC Championship and also earned a bid to the NCAA Tournament.

O’Meara comes to Wellesley from Dartmouth College where she was the Assistant Softball Coach. At Dartmouth, she was responsible for coordinating all aspects of recruiting. She also assisted with practice/game coaching, scouting, game preparation, team travel, strength and conditioning and fundraising.

Prior to Dartmouth, O’Meara was the Assistant Coach at Bloomsburg University. While obtaining her master’s degree in Curriculum and Instruction, she assisted with all aspects of the program including recruiting, practice preparation, travel and fundraising. At Bloomsburg, the team finished as the fourth-ranked team in Division II, winning the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional Championship for the second consecutive season.

Before entering the college coaching ranks, O’Meara spent five years coaching and teaching at the high school level (West Essex Regional High School, Caldwell, N.J.; Long Branch High School, Long Branch, N.J.)

O’Meara also serves as an Assistant Professor of Physical Education at Wellesley and teaches in the required physical education program. She earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in Physical Education from Montclair State University in 1996. While at Montclair State, she was a NCAA Division III All-America softball selection, a four-year starter and standout on Montclair’s soccer team, and the college’s representative for NCAA Woman of the Year.