Rutgers-Camden Athletics

The team that set the gold standard for all others to follow, the 2006 Scarlet Raptors became the only national champions in Rutgers-Camden history.

Led by senior pitcher Michelle Schlichtig, who earned her second straight NFCA First Team All-America honor, Rutgers-Camden set program marks with a 47-5 record and a 29-game winning streak. Coach Carl Taylor and his assistants were named the NFCA Div. III National Coaching Staff of the Year among countless honors, which included four New Jersey Athletic Conference First Team players – Schlichtig, Mo Baney, Kathleen Dreitlein and Autumn Millett – and a pair of NJAC Honorable Mention stars in Jayme Feriod and Amber Parker. Taylor also was named the NJAC Coach of the Year. The numerous season highlights included four no-hitters – two of them perfect games – by Schlichtig, a perfect 18-0 regular-season NJAC record, championships of the NJAC and NCAA Eastern Regionals and a 3-2 victory over top-ranked and two-time defending champion St. Thomas (MN) to win the NCAA Division III Softball Championship.

In addition to Schlichtig, the team also included the only other First Team All-American in Rutgers-Camden softball history. Millett captured that honor a year later, during her senior season in 2007.

Members of the team included Baney, Dreitlein, Feriod, Millett, Parker, Schlichtig, Valeri Bohn, Megan Farrell, Alaina Giles, Julie Grochowski, Pam Kienzlen, Mandi Moore, Nancy Nkumsah, Heather Pohorely, Natalie Powell, Brittany Sports, Therese Taraschi, Heather Taylor and Marissa Van Cleef. In addition to Head Coach Carl Taylor, the coaching staff included Celeste Chinappi, Megan Johnston, Tom Tobin and Brian Wolverton.