FDU Knights Athletics

Coaching Experiences
Assistant Coach, Fairleigh Dickinson University (2018-Present) - 3rd season
Assistant Coach, New York University (2017)

Bridget Rafter started her third season at Fairleigh Dickinson in 2020.

During the 2019 campaign, FDU posted 10 road victories and 14 total wins. The Burgundy and Blue's offense posted an average of 2.45 runs per contest. Reanna Cervantes led the Knights offense with four home runs and 15 rbi's. Three other Knights tallied double-digit RBI numbers. FDU's pitching staff had three members post sub-four ERA's led by Abby England's 3.34 ERA.

In her first season with the Knights in 2018, the team witnessed a 12-win improvement from the previous year. The Knights finished in a tie for fourth place in the NEC standings and a 8-8 conference record, the best for the Knights since 2015.

Rafter spent the 2017 season as an assistant coach of New York University. She assisted with recruiting and film breakdown, and worked with the Violets’ pitching staff.

In Rafter’s first season at NYU, the Violets posted a 19-19 overall record, including five University Athletic Association (UAA) victories. NYU received a bid to the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Division III Championship and advanced to the semifinals.
 
Sophomores Diana King and Claire Stefanelli were named First Team All-UAA, while junior Sage Schweiller received Second Team honors. The Violets excelled in the classroom as well, as 11 players earned UAA Spring Sport All-Academic honors and 12 were named to the Intercollegiate Athletics Advisory Committee (IAAC) Spring Honor Roll. 
 
A 2015 graduate of Susquehanna University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in broadcasting and media, Rafter was a four-year member of the Crusaders’ (now River Hawks) softball team. She earned First Team All-Landmark Conference honors and was a member of Susquehanna’s Landmark Conference Championship team in 2013.

Rafter, who has also accumulated coaching experience as an Amateur Softball Association (ASA) softball clinic instructor, has previously been recognized as a National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) Division III Scholar-Athlete.

Rafter is a native and resident in Highlands, New Jersey.