Softball

BSU Hall of Famer Angela Vecchione joined the softball coaching staff prior to the 2023 season. Angela is in her second stint with the Bears as she also served as an assistant coach in 2009 and 2010.

Vecchione became one of the most decorated athletes in the history of the Bridgewater State softball team. Angela earned All-Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC) accolades for four straight seasons from 1998 to 2001, including three first team honors, and was a two-time winner of the MASCAC Player of the Year award (1999, 2001). She was named a Third Team All-American in 1999, and was selected to the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) All-New England First Team in each of her four seasons.

Bridgewater State hosted four straight New England Regional Tournaments during Angela's career. She led the Bears to back-to-back regional titles in 1998 and 1999 as the team advanced to the eight-team World Series. For her performance, Angela was named to the New England Regional All-Tournament Team in both ’98 and ’99.

Angela finished her career at Bridgewater State with a stellar .428 batting average, holding school records for hits (253), runs (193), triples (41), at bats (591) and games played (182). She also either set or tied five school marks during her sophomore season in 1999, racking up 71 hits, 57 runs, 36 extra-base hits, 12 triples and 133 total bases.

All told, the Bears posted an impressive 143-42-2 (.770) record during Angela’s career, which saw her start at shortstop during the first three campaigns before transitioning to catcher for her senior year. The Bears also went 57-2 against MASCAC teams from 1998 to 2001 and captured four straight MASCAC regular season titles as well as the inaugural MASCAC Tournament championship in 2001.

Angela graduated in 2009 with a Bachelor of Science degree in physical education. Angela served as an assistant coach for Wheaton College in 2005 and 2006, and then returned to the Bears’ program in 2009 as an assistant. She has always had a passion for teaching our youth the fundamentals of softball, and has worked with local programs including Taunton High School, Middleboro Youth Softball and the Parkway Girls Softball Program. Angela also served as head coach for the Bay State Thunder, the Mass Pride and the Boston Bandits travel programs. Angela is a program director for a non-profit after school program in Quincy and resides in Mansfield with her wife, Kelli-Beth, and their son, Cole, and daughter, Eloise/