Kim Broking completed her third season as head coach of the Centenary College softball program. She has set program records in conference victories during each of her three seasons and has an overall record of 83-40 record, including a 54-12 mark in CSAC action. She has guided her team to three-consecutive Colonial States Athletic Conference (CSAC) Tournaments and has led the team to three postseason berths, including an NCAA Tournament appearance in 2011.

Sophomore Cara Montferrat added to her trophy list with 2011 CSAC Player of the Year honors. She also earned First Team All-CSAC Catcher and First Team National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) All-East-Region Catcher accolades. Montferrat was joined on the CSAC First Team by junior outfielder Caitlin Veverka and senior pitcher Kristin Durborow. Veverka also earned First Team NFCA All-East-Region accolades.

Senior Sarah Olsen and freshman Meagan Madsen earned Second Team All-CSAC Utility and Pitcher honors, respectively, and freshman Katie Ciecwisz, junior Jen Vasta and seniors Nicole Fleming and Ali Knapp earned All-CSAC Honorable Mention accolades. Vasta was named Third Team NFCA All-East-Region Outfield.

The Cyclones went 26-12 during the regular season, including a 19-3 mark in CSAC, setting a program-record in conference victories. CC placed second in the CSAC to earn a first-place bye in the conference tournament. The team went 2-0 on the first day of the event and needed just one win to reach the NCAA Tournament.

A loss to Neumann set up a one-game, winner-take-all contest with the Knights for the CSAC Championship. The Cyclones rallied from a six-run deficit and eventually won in the bottom of the seventh on a bases-loaded single by Olsen. Thanks to the first CSAC Championship in program history, Centenary earned its first-ever NCAA Tournament berth. Although Centenary dropped both of its games in the Ithaca Regional of the NCAA Tournament, the team returns most of its team in 2012.

Off the field, CC took home 11 CSAC All-Academic Team honors and Knapp and Vasta each earned CoSIDA/Capital One Academic All-District 2 Second Team accolades.

In 2010, Centenary went 30-14 and 18-4 in CSAC action, surpassing 2009’s totals of 27 and 17, respectively, while setting a program record in wins. The 2010 squad was eliminated in the CSAC Tournament on the second day of action by Cabrini but earned a berth to the ECAC South Tournament, where the Cyclones lost a heartbreaker to three-time defending champion Misericordia, 1-0.

Montferrat was named CSAC Rookie of the Year, First Team All-CSAC Catcher, National Fastball Coaches Association (NFCA) Third Team All-American and NFCA First Team All-Region. Durborow led the pitching staff with a 20-6 record and 207 strikeouts, both program single-season bests. She earned First Team All-CSAC Pitcher and NFCA Second Team All-Region honors. Veverka also received NFCA Second Team All-Region accolades, as well as All-CSAC Honorable Mention.

Fleming earned First Team Outfield and Olsen was named Second Team Utility. Sophomore Danielle Dundas, Knapp and freshmen Brianne McManus and Kelly O’Dell were all given Honorable Mention accolades.

The team had a banner year in Broking’s first season as head coach, setting then-program records for wins (27) and conference wins (17). The Lady Cyclones earned a berth to the Colonial States Athletic Conference (CSAC) Championship as the second-seed. After rain cut the tournament short, Centenary was named the second-place winner along with Immaculata.

But the Cyclones’ season was not over, as they earned the program’s first-ever berth to the ECAC Tournament. Centenary split on the first day of action, but then won two consecutive games the second day to force a one game, winner-take-all match with Misericordia for the championship. Although the Cougars prevailed in a close contest, 3-1, Broking had put Centenary on the map as a prominent softball program.

Broking returned to Centenary after a very successful six year coaching stint (2002-06, 2008) at Montclair State University.  Prior to that, she served as assistant coach at Centenary for one year (2007).  While on the staff at MSU, Broking was in charge of all aspects of the team’s pitching staff.  She also oversaw the strength and fitness components for the program while coordinating the team’s fundraising events for their annual spring trip. During her tenure the team compiled a record of 207-58.

In 2008 the program won the New Jersey Athletic Conference tournament after going undefeated in conference play, finishing with a record of 18-0. MSU then went on to the NCAA tournament as the No. 1 seed. Broking and her assistants were named the 2008 Regional Coaching Staff of the Year, one of the top honors awarded to a staff. In addition to her coaching experience at the college level, Broking has handled administrative duties such as coordinating student-athlete study halls, assisting with academic advisement and serving as a mentor to the Student Athlete Advisory Council (SAAC).   

During her playing career, Broking was a four-year starter and letterwinner for Montclair State from 1998-2001. In her final season, she batted a team-best .437 as the Red Hawks won 36 games and claimed the ECAC South Division III crown. Broking set a school record with 1,048 career putouts as an infielder, and tied the school standard with 145 career RBI. For her career, she batted .404 with 216 hits and 103 runs scored in 174 games, including 56 doubles, while assisting on 96 outs from her first base position. She went 17-2 as a pitcher, with a 2.91 ERA and 83 strikeouts in 173 innings. A two-time All-NJAC First Team All-Star, Broking was also selected as the 2001 MSU Outstanding Female Athlete, the 2001 ECAC South Region MVP and was named the Dioguardi Scholarship Award winner.

Broking holds a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Physical Education (2002) and a Master of Arts in Physical Education-Exercise Science (2008), both from Montclair State. She also holds a pair of Coaching Certificates, one from the National Strength and Conditioning Association (Certified Specialist) and the other from the NFCA.