B.A., Montclair State University
M.A., Bloomsburg University
4th year of coaching at Wellesley

Keri O’Meara became Wellesley’s first Head Softball Coach in the spring of 2003, and the team has seen nothing but success so far, posting an overall record of 69-39, winning 22 games or more each season.

In 2007, O’Meara’s Blue won their first ever NEWMAC Championship and also received a bid to the NCAA Tournament. The record-setting team also landed three regional All-Americans in Jenna Harvey, Kara Wong and Megan Wood. Harvey was later named a national All-America selection, the program’s first.

O’Meara comes to Wellesley from Dartmouth College where she was the Assistant Softball Coach. At Dartmouth, she was responsible for coordinating all aspects of recruiting. She also assisted with practice/game coaching, scouting, game preparation, team travel, strength and conditioning and fundraising.

Prior to Dartmouth, O’Meara was the Assistant Coach at Bloomsburg University. While obtaining her master’s degree in Curriculum and Instruction, she assisted with all aspects of the program including recruiting, practice preparation, travel and fundraising. While at Bloomsburg, the team finished as the number four ranked team in Division II, winning the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional Championship for the second consecutive season.

Before entering the college coaching ranks, O’Meara spent five years coaching and teaching at the high school level (West Essex Regional High School, Caldwell, N.J.; Long Branch High School, Long Branch, N.J.)

O’Meara also serves as an Assistant Professor of Physical Education at Wellesley and teaches in the required physical education program. She earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in Physical Education from Montclair State University in 1996. While at Montclair State, she was a NCAA Division III All-America softball selection, a four-year starter and standout on Montclair’s soccer team, and the college’s representative for NCAA Woman of the Year.