Over the past four seasons, Wohlbach has developed the Warriors into a PSAC, regional, and national power, guiding ESU to a combined 153-63 record and three of ESU's five NCAA Tournament berths in program history.
In 2023, ESU Softball reached new heights, breaking countless records, including the Warriors' single-season program record for wins with 44, on the way to the program's first NCAA Division II Atlantic Region Championship and NCAA Softball Championship appearance. Wohlbach previously directed ESU to a program record for wins in 2022 (34-11) and tied the record in 2021 (29-16).
In 2023 after taking down Charleston in a three-game series at Creekview Park, ESU advanced to the NCAA Softball Championships for the first time in program history and picked up a win on the biggest state in the sport in a 2-1 victory over Nova Southeastern. Paige Zigmund was the star for the Warriors in the circle in the postseason, posting an 0.93 ERA in 45 innings of work during the NCAA Tournament, allowing just six earned runs, while striking out 26 batters with a 5-1 record. She became the first Warrior pitcher to earn NFCA All-Region First Team honors. Despite 2023 being the most successful season in program history, Zigmund was the lone Warrior to represent ESU on the All-PSAC East First Team, with the team showing its depth with five members (Jada Smallwood, Reilly Vicendese, Molly Nies, Abigail Weirich and Kate Donaghue) landing on the All-PSAC East Second Team. ESU went from being predicted No. 6 in the PSAC East Preseason Poll to No. 5 in the final NFCA Coaches Poll, the best national ranking for the team in program history.
The Warriors have had 12 All-PSAC East selections in Wohlbach’s first six years years at ESU and in 2021 as Marah Range became the first player in program history to be named the PSAC East Pitcher of the Year. In 2017, Mary Wallick became the first ESU player in six years to earn NFCA First Team All-Atlantic Region accolades.
Wohlbach led the Warriors to one of the best season's in program history in 2021 as they ranked No. 24 in the final NFCA Division II Top 25 Poll after finishing as the runner-up in the Atlantic Region. ESU tied the school record for wins in a season (29) while setting records for home wins (20), conference wins (17), stolen bases (132, 2nd in DII) and fielding percentage (.971). ESU did not lose a single PSAC East series throughout the regular season and had 10 come-from-behind victories.
Along with being named the conference pitcher of the year, Range was selected to the All-PSAC First Team, First Team All-Region by D2CCA and earned Second Team All-Region accolades from the NFCA. Freshman Reilly Vicendese put together an impressive debut season as she was was named to the All-PSAC Second Team as well as Second-Team All-Region by both the D2CCA and the NFCA after batting .380 with a freshman record 60 hits and 30 RBIs. Morgan Walsh rounded out the postseason honors for the Warriors as she was selected to the All-PSAC Second Team after posting a .400 batting average with a .529 on-base percentage.
During the COVID-19 shortened 2020 season, the Warriors went 6-10.
During the 2019 campaign, Wohlbach led the Warriors to the most wins in a season (26) since the 2007 campaign, while the team's eight PSAC East wins were the most in program history since the conference deployed the three division format.
The Warriors have led the PSAC in stolen bases per game in four of Wohlbach's five seasons, with the lone exception being the 2020 campaign that was cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2019, the Warriors set the program's single-season record with 126 stolen bases.
In addition to her collegiate coaching, Wohlbach has maintained a strong presence internationally, serving as an assistant coach for Peru’s national team at the Women’s Softball World Championships and also leading a USA Northeast Region team at the U12 All-American Games in 2017 and 2018.
Wohlbach, formerly head coach at the University of Delaware for five years, arrived at ESU with eight years of collegiate head coaching experience, all at the Division I level.
Wohlbach was head coach at Delaware from 2011 through 2015, making three Colonial Athletic Association playoff appearances during that span. The Blue Hens won 35 games in 2013, second-most in program history, and made three straight postseason trips (2011-13) for the first time since 2002-04.
She was previously head coach at Iona from 2008-10, earning Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Coach of the Year honors in her final season after leading the Gaels to their first MAAC Championship title in 25 years. With the conference title, Iona advanced to the NCAA DI tournament for the first time in program history.
Wohlbach began her coaching career as a student assistant at Kutztown (2000-01), volunteer assistant at Muhlenberg (1999-01) and Lehigh (2001-02) and as an assistant at the University of Pennsylvania (2002-03).
She served on the NCAA rules committee in 2013, and has been selected as a conference representative for the head coaches committee at both of her previous positions.
Since 2002, Wohlbach has run a national and international softball clinic, J9 Fastpitch Performance. The camps and clinics have included instruction in the United Kingdom, Switzerland, New Zealand, the Netherlands, Italy, Greece, Czech Republic, Belgium and Australia.
As a player, Wohlbach earned All-PSAC East honors at catcher in her junior and senior seasons at Kutztown, and she added All-Region recognition as a senior in 2000. She was a three-time team captain and Kutztown’s team MVP in 1999.
Professionally, she signed with the Tampa Bay FireStix in the former Women’s Professional Softball League for the 2001 season. She was selected in the fourth round of the December 2003 draft in the National Pro Fastpitch League by the California Sunbirds in Sacramento. She additionally played for the independent league Nebraska Comets and the NPF’s Philadelphia Force in 2006.
Wohlbach participated in tours in the Czech Republic, Great Britain and Italy, and played professionally in New Zealand in 2004 and 2005. She also competed on a world all-star select team which included players from the U.S., New Zealand, Australia, Japan and South Africa.
In 2004, Wohlbach played for the Great Britain National Team in Athens, Greece as a test run for the 2004 Athens Olympics. From 2001-04, she coached an 18-under USA All-Star team in Australia following the 2000 Sydney Olympics. She also played professionally in the Netherlands, Czech Republic and Switzerland, and coached a youth all-star team in Italy.
She appeared as a catcher for the USA Team in the 2010 movie “How Do You Know”, directed by James L. Brooks and starring Reese Witherspoon, Paul Rudd, Owen Wilson and Jack Nicholson.
Wohlbach earned a bachelor’s degree with honors in Elementary Education and Special Education from Kutztown in 2000, and a Master’s degree in student affairs of higher education from Kutztown in 2002.
