Rebecca Stryker

Biography

Former RIT standout first baseman Rebecca Stryker (previously May) begins her 16th season as head coach of the Tigers softball program in 2025. The winningest coach in program history with 174 victories to date, Stryker surpassed Jack Carpenter for first place during the 2019 campaign as Olivia Doret and Erin Guinan earned All-Liberty League Plaudits and nine players were selected to the Liberty League All-Academic Team. The Tigers won 22 games in 2017 and advanced to the Liberty League Tournament for the second straight year. RIT won its first postseason game as a Liberty League member and finished second in the regular season standings. Freshman Erin Guinan was named the Liberty League Rookie of the Year and earned National Fastpitch Coaches Association All-Region First Team honors. Stryker was voted the 2016 Liberty League Coach of the Year after leading the Tigers to their first Liberty League Tournament appearance since first joining the conference in 2012. Eight players earned All-Liberty League accolades, including Sierra Valentine, who was named Pitcher of the Year, and Danielle Hotz, the Rookie of the Year. Stryker and her squad are great representatives of the university in the community, holding several fundraising initiatives for various causes. In 2015, Sarah Wolcott was RIT's Mark Ellingson Award Winner for Academic Excellence. Seven different players have earned CoSIDA Academic All-Region honors, including Amanda Cook, an Academic All-America selection in 2016.