Nicole Henninger enters her fourth season as a volunteer assistant coach for the Kutztown University softball team in 2019.
Henninger rejoined the Golden Bears after previously coaching at Alvernia University in the 2014 and 2015 seasons. She was responsible for the teams hitting, helping the Crusaders reach the Middle Atlantic Conference (MAC) Tournament twice, along with an East Coast Atlantic Conference (ECAC) Championship in 2014. Under Henninger's guidance, the Crusader hitters were one of the top hitting teams in the conference and set school records for home runs and batting average.
In addition to her time at Alvernia, Henninger served as a student-assistant coach for Kutztown in 2012 due to injury and coached and managed the Connecticut Hornets 14U team in Branford, Conn., in the summer of 2013.
Henninger has valuable experience with youth softball instruction, along with working numerous softball camps and clinics.
Henninger played collegiately for the Golden Bears from 2010-13. In a stellar career, Henninger had a career batting average of .312 and ranks fourth all-time in KU history with 34 career home runs and fifth with 139 RBI. She was the 2013 PSAC East Player of Year, 2013 Louisville/NFCA Division II Third Team All-America, a three-time All-PSAC selection (2010, 2011, 2013) and a three-time all-region selection (2010, 2011, 2013).
In her senior season, Henninger was a part of the team that won the 2013 PSAC Championship, back-to-back Atlantic Region Championships (2012 & 2013) and was the 2013 Division II National Runner-Up.
Henninger graduated from KU in 2013 with a Bachelor of Science in Leisure and Sport Studies.
