BRIDGEWATER, Mass. -- Bridgewater State University three-time All-American softball student-athlete Jen Goodwin was officially inducted into the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC) on Saturday during halftime of the Homecoming football game against UMass Dartmouth.

President Fred Clark and Director of Athletics, Dr. Marybeth Lamb, were on hand to present Jen with her MASCAC Hall of Fame plaque.

Goodwin was announced as one of five inductees in the MASCAC Hall of Fame back in May along with Eddie Bynum and John Galaris of Salem State, Joe Zavattaro of MCLA and the 1985-1986 Salem State Women's Basketball Team,

Jen played softball at Bridgewater State from 1993 to 1996. A three-time NCAA All-American, including first team honors in 1996, she was also the ECAC Player of the Year in 1995 and 1996, and the MASCAC Player of the Year in 1996. In 1993, Goodwin was named the Bridgewater State Freshman Athlete of the Year and in 1995 was selected as the Female Athlete of the Year. She was also inducted into the BSU Athletics Hall of Fame in 2005.

Jen currently owns numerous batting records at Bridgewater State as she is the all-time leader in batting average (.462), home runs (38), extra base hits (103), runs batted in (200) doubles (48) and slugging percentage (.875). She also holds the single season marks for batting average (.504) and home runs (14) which were set in 1993 and 1995, respectively. Her 38 career home runs ranked fifth all-time in NCAA Division III softball history, and she is also ranked in the top ten in runs batted in and slugging percentage.

In 1994, Jen helped the Bears advance all the way to the championship game of the NCAA Division III Softball Finals (World Series). The Bears also competed in the NCAA Tournament in 1993 and 1996, and captured the MASCAC title three times (1993, 1994, 1996) during her career.

Goodwin graduated from Bridgewater State in 2000 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Physical Education. Following graduation, she played for the Stratford Brakettes, where she was a third-team ASA All-American at third base. Jen also played two years on the USA Women’s National Baseball team.

Jen just completed her seventh season as the head coach of the Yale University softball team. Prior to Yale, Goodwin spent two years as the Assistant Executive Director for the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA). Goodwin also spent two years as an assistant at Harvard University (2007-2008), and was interim head coach at Dartmouth College in 2004. Following her stint at Harvard, Goodwin returned to Dartmouth as the Director of Basketball Operations. Prior to Harvard, Goodwin spent two seasons as the associate head coach at San Jose State University (2005-2006). In addition, she was the head coach at Simmons College (2001-2002) and the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts (1999-2000). Jen also served as the assistant director of recreational sports at her alma mater Bridgewater State. She was an assistant coach on the Bears’ softball coaching staff in 2001.

Goodwin is the second member of the Bridgewater State softball program to be voted to the MASCAC Hall of Fame. Legendary BSU softball coach Dee Dee Enabenter, who was part of the inaugural induction class of 2018, spent 16 years guiding the Bears’ softball team from 1984 to 2000.