Cabrini University Athletics

After three semesters at West Chester University, Rosanne Carfagno Corcoran decided against her intended major of health and physical education and entered the workforce. Six years later, she was ready to re-enroll in the school, this time with a new plan.
 
“I had decided to study English and Communications but at the time, West Chester didn’t offer the program,” Corcoran said. “I literally grabbed the phone book and started looking in the yellow pages for area colleges.”
 
Not knowing much about Cabrini, Corcoran got in her car and drove to see the college first-hand.
 
“I still remember driving up the entrance from Upper Gulph Road and realizing that this is where I wanted to be.”
 
At West Chester, the All-Catholic high school softball standout had made the team but soon realized that she needed to work to help support herself and decided not to play.
 
“On one of my first days at Cabrini, I walked right into Coach Hedtke’s office and told him that I was interested in playing softball. He said that I should come out for Tuesday’s practice and we’d see how it went.”
 
One practice was all it took to see that Corcoran would be a valuable player for the Cavaliers.
 
“I was 25 when I started at Cabrini so I was not your typical college student. At first, I didn’t know if I was going to be able to compete with all my teammates. I wasn’t sure I would be able to fit in.”
 
As it turns out, her younger teammates should have been worried about keeping up with her. Corcoran, who transferred to Cabrini as a junior, was a two-time All-PAC honoree and earned team MVP honors both seasons while playing the shortstop position. The former high school third baseman led the squad in every offensive category for two years and as a senior, took the Cavaliers to the finals of the PAC Championships in the league’s first year sponsoring the sport.
 
In addition to her softball career, Corcoran worked with the campus newspaper and television and radio stations for her communication major while holding down a parttime job.