KIM WILSON
Head Coach
Kim Wilson, one of the winningest all-time coaches in NCAA Division III softball with over 800 victories, completed her 24th season as the head coach of the Rowan University softball team in 2020. During her career, she has led the Profs to seven New Jersey Athletic Conference (NJAC) Championships and 17 NCAA Tournament appearances, including a third-place national finish.
Wilson’s 24-year record at Rowan is 774-266-2, while her overall record, accomplished in 30 years of coaching with six seasons at Washington & Jefferson College, is 838-323-2. Among Division III coaches, she ranks seventh all-time in wins for active coaches and 13th among all coaches, while her winning percentage of .722 is 18th among active coaches and 21st overall.
Rowan’s 17 NCAA Regional appearances under Wilson include four trips to the NCAA Super Regional, including back-to-back berths in 2018 and 2019, while the 2018 squad captured the title to advance to the NCAA Championship Tournament. The Profs also reached the Super Regional in 2014 and 2016.
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 National Fastpitch Coaches Association 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 64-57 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.
MARY MURRAY
Assistant Coach
After spending one season on staff as a volunteer assistant coach, Murray enters her first year as the assistant softball coach at Rowan. She serves as the primary pitching instructor on staff and assists in all facets of offensive and defensive instruction.Murray had a successful college career at Arcadia University, splitting time between pitching, third base, first base, and designated player. During her time as a Knight, she helped lead the program to its first MAC Commonwealth Championship and NCAA Tournament appearance in school history. In the Knights record books, she ranks second in season ERA (0.86), fourth in career ERA (1.83), fifth in career strikeouts thrown (236), and sixth in doubles hit in a season (15).
Despite losing her senior year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Murray was named a three-time All-MAC Commonwealth selection. In 2019, she was named MAC Commonwealth Pitcher of the Year and was an NFCA First Team All-Region selection; she held a 0.86 ERA, ranking Top 10 in Division III for that statistic. As a senior, she was named the Arcadia Athletics Female Senior Athlete of the Year.
She was a two-time CoSIDA Academic All-District First Team selection and a member of the Philadelphia Inquirer Academic All-Area Team. Murray was also named to the Academic All-MAC team and was an NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete. She was honored as the MAC Softball Senior Scholar-Athlete for 2020 and was a member of the Phi Beta Delta International Honor Society.
Murray has also competed on the international stage, representing Great Britain. She was named to the Great Britain Under-22 National Team in 2019 and 2020, competing in the Canada Cup International Softball Championship and Prague Softball Week in the Czech Republic (the former was suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic). Murray won silver with the British team competing at the Women’s European Championships in Dupnitsa, Bulgaria. She still stays involved on the international level, as she is currently the pitching coach and team manager for the Great Britain Under-15 National Team.
Murray graduated magna cum laude from Arcadia in 2020 with a degree in Global Media and will earn her master’s in communication from Johns Hopkins University in December of 2021. She currently resides in Bellmawr.
SHILAH MINERVA
Assistant Coach
Minerva enters her third year on the Profs coaching staff and her fifth year overall coaching on the collegiate level. She was a four-year starter at Rowan, and during her tenure as a student-athlete, the Profs won two NJAC Championships, made four NCAA Tournament appearances, won two NCAA Regional Championships, and made it to the NCAA National Championship Tournament. She holds the career records for games played (198), at bats (651), runs (222), and stolen bases (123). She also holds Rowan’s season records for at bats (179), hits (84), and total bases (134) in 2016.
Minerva was a four-time First-Team NJAC All-Conference selection; she was named NJAC Rookie of the Year in 2013 and garnered NJAC Player of the Year laurels in 2014, 2015, and 2016. Minerva received multiple NFCA All-Region nods, as well as numerous NCAA Regional, Super Regional, and Championship All-Tournament Team honors. She was named a First-Team All-American as a junior and senior.
Academically, Minerva was named the 2015 Philadelphia Inquirer Performer of the Year and earned an Academic All-Area nod. She was a two-time CoSIDA Academic All-America selection and a three-time CoSIDA Academic All-District team member. Minerva was a three-time NJAC All-Academic selection, a Rowan Scholar-Athlete, and a member of the Chi Alpha Sigma National College Athlete Honor Society.
Minerva served as an assistant softball coach at Rutgers-Camden for two seasons (2018-2020). In 2017, she graduated from Rowan University with a degree in Health and Physical Education. She graduated in 2021 from Coker University with a master’s in college athletic administration. She currently resides in Glassboro with her husband Bryan, their daughter Leilani, and their dog Chase.
MEGAN MURZELLO
Assistant Coach
Megan Murzello enters her first year on the Profs coaching staff as a volunteer assistant in the 2021-2022 season after a stellar career at Stockton University after transferring from Division I St. Francis University (PA).
During her year at St. Francis, the Red Flash won the 2017 NEC Conference Tournament, earning the conference automatic bid to the Division I NCAA Championship Tournament. They competed in the Tuscon Regional, hosted by the University of Arizona. After one year at St. Francis (PA), Murzello transferred to Division III Stockton University, where she competed for four years.
During her time as an Osprey, Murzello started every game of her career, splitting time between outfield, shortstop, and catching. She sits third in the Stockton record books for runs (94) and steals (60), and she led the NJAC in 2021 in stolen bases (19). She was a two-time All-NJAC selection and two-time NFCA All-Region honoree. In 2019, Murzello was one of 50 players named to the Schutt Sports/NFCA Division III National Player of the Year Watch List.
Academically, Murzello was a two-time NJAC All-Academic selection and twice named NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete. She was named a Stockton Scholar-Athlete all four years of her career. In 2019, Murzello was honored as the Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar National Sport winner for softball, making history as the first Stockton student-athlete to achieve this honor. In 2020, she was named an Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar. The same year, Murzello was selected as Stockton’s NJAIAW Woman of the Year. She was also a member of the Sigma Theta Tau International Nursing Honor Society, as well as the National Society of Leadership and Success at Stockton.
Murzello graduated magna cum laude with her BSN from Stockton in 2020. She earned her BS in Health Science in 2021. She is currently an RN in the emergency room at Jefferson Hospital in Washington Township.
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