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Dee Dee Enabenter-Omidiji
Dee Dee Enabenter-Omidiji

Dee Dee Enabenter-Omidiji was both an outstanding student-athlete and coach at her alma mater. From 1980-83 she played on the Bridgewater State basketball and softball teams, captaining both her senior year. In 1984, she became the Bears' head softball coach, a position she held for 16 years through 2000. She is presently Bridgewater State softball's all-time winningest coach with a 429-153-3 (.736) record.

During Dee Dee's tenure, the softball team made 13 postseason appearances (12 NCAA tournaments) with 1994 being the top season in program history as the Bears advanced to the NCAA Division III Championship finals after capturing the Ithaca Regional title. The Bears would fall to Trenton State in the national championship game, 6-5. Dee was named the NSCA Division III "Coach of the Year" for 1994.  Bridgewater would also capture back-to-back New England Regional championships in 1998 and 1999 and advance to the finals.

In 1995, Dee Dee was selected to coach the Nigerian national team in the 1995 African Games in Botswana, Africa. In addition to softball coaching duties, Dee Dee was a staff assistant in the Bridgewater State athletics department and a life-long resident of Plymouth, Massachusetts.

Dee Dee left her alma mater in 2000 to purse her lifelong dream of coaching at the Division I level at San Jose State University in California. She guided the Spartans to a school-record 36-win season in 2005 and was named the Western Athletic Confernece (WAC) Coach of the Year in 2006. After six seasons at San Jose, Dee Dee moved back to New England to become the head coach of the Brown University softball team. She coached the Bears for six seasons from 2007 to 2012.