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Victoria Rumph
Victoria Rumph
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Victoria Rumph, an international caliber catcher, who was among the invitees for Softball Canada's Olympic tryouts in 2020 and 2021, took over as head coach at The College of Wooster on June 13, 2016. During her tenure, Rumph's compiled an 133-136 record.
 
Rumph's arrival signaled a rapid upswing in momentum for the program as the Fighting Scots qualified for the North Coast Athletic Conference Tournament for the first time since 2012 and finished with a 20-23 record in her first year at the helm. Two years later, the program enjoyed its best season ever with a program-record 26 wins (26-13) and a 12-game winning streak. For her efforts in 2019, Rumph was selected as the NCAC Coach of the Year by her peers. In 2021, Wooster broke the NCAC and school record for batting average (.357), and established new single-season benchmarks for winning percentage, runs, home runs, RBI, total bases, stolen bases, on-base percentage, and slugging percentage. In 2023, third baseman Julia Jennings earned the National Fastpitch Coaches Association/Rawlings Gold Glove Award and the first-year broke the program's single-season batting average record at .450 (59-for-131).
 
Rumph spent the previous two years associated with Muskingum University’s softball program, and helped guide the Fighting Muskies to an appearance in the championship round of the 2016 Ohio Athletic Conference Softball Tournament. With her as an assistant coach, Muskingum’s batting average improved 61 percentage points to a .347 clip for the 2015 season.

Among her responsibilities, Rumph planned all of the hitting and offensive drills for Muskingum’s practices. Defensively, she worked closely with the Muskies’ catchers, outfielders, and corner infielders.  She also played a key role in recruiting and identifying student-athletes at tournaments, making phone calls, and scheduling on-campus visits.

Prior to her time with Muskingum, Rumph spent one season as a volunteer assistant coach at her alma mater, Youngstown State University. There, she helped develop defensive skills and pitch calling strategies for the catchers.

As a player, Rumph was part of Softball Canada’s Women’s National Team for nearly a decade. With the team, she competed at the Pan American Softball Championship, the World Cup of Softball, the Japan Cup, and was one of 21 athletes selected for the National Team's Olympic tryouts for the 2020 Olympics. Rumph played for the Canadian Wild in 2019, a team comprised of Softball Canada players, that competed in the National Pro Fastpitch League.

As a collegiate student-athlete, the Drayton, Ontario native was a four-year starter for the Penguins, spending most of her career as a catcher. The standout capped her career as the all-time leader in RBI (123), and was the first player in program history to have a career batting average above .300, over 20 home runs, and over 100 RBI. An exceptional student-athlete both on and off of the field, Rumph earned a pair of all-Horizon League second-team certificates, and was a third-team Capital One Academic All-America®, as selected by CoSIDA honoree as a junior.

Rumph, who earned her master’s degree in adult education from Muskingum, also holds a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from Youngstown State.

Rumph, and her husband, Dan Jech, reside in Wooster.