Bio

Katie Rufo Hired as Wellesley Softball Assistant Coach (August 13, 2019)

Katie Rufo was named Assistant Softball Coach at Wellesley College for the 2019-20 season.

Rufo started her collegiate softball career at Division I Elon University in Elon, N.C. before transfering to Division III Johnson & Wales University (JWU) in Providence, R.I.. In just two years at JWU, Rufo helped lead the Wildcats to back-to-back Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) titles and NCAA tournament apperances, while earning GNAC First-Team All-Conference honors and National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) All-Region honors in back-to-back season. She capped her career with First-Team Google Cloud CoSIDA Academic All-America honors, recognizing her prowess on the field and in the classroom.

Off the field, Rufo was a member of the JWU Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) and earned the GNAC Sportsmanship Award in 2017. As a senior, she received the Tom Carmody Award for Character, Spirit, and Community Service which is presented to the outstanding male or female senior athlete who exemplifies outstanding academic success; significant athletic contribution; commitment to community service; and loyalty, effort, and enthusiasm.

Rufo has worked as a member of the coaching staff at Planet Fastpitch in Uxbridge, Mass. since 2014 and was the Assistant Coach of the Natick High School Varsity Softball team in 2019. A certifed Amateur Softball Association umpire, Rufo has also coached with the NE Quicksilver U16 and U18 Travel Teams and interned with the Boston University Women's Basketball Team.

A native of neighboring Natick, Mass., Rufo earned her B.S. in Sports, Events, and Entertainment Mangement from JWU in 2018.