Emily Kaczmarek is in her 10th season as the head coach of the Stevens softball team while also serving as the Deputy Athletic Director and Senior Women's Administrator, a position she was elevated to in July 2026.
In her new role, Kaczmarek will be the Sport Administrator for Men and Women's Tennis, Men and Women's Swimming, Men and Women's Fencing, Men's Golf, and Women's Volleyball. She was named the Assistant Athletic Director for Administration in May 2015 and was promoted to Associate Director of Athletics for Finance and Administration in January 2024. Kaczmarek became the program-leader in victories during the sweep of Ramapo on April 8 with her 160th. She reached 100 career victories during the 2023 campaign, the same season Meg Halloran broke the program record for career hits with 199.
In her first five years as the head softball coach, Kaczmarek compiled 88 total victories and led the Ducks to their first-ever conference titles in 2021 and 2022 when they won the MAC Freedom Tournament and advanced to the NCAA Regionals for the first time in program history. She won the first NCAA Tournament game in program history after the Ducks took down SUNY Geneseo 4-0. She also guided Stevens to back-to-back Empire 8 Conference tournaments in 2018 and 2019.
In addition to her duties as the head softball coach, Kaczmarek oversees the Assistant Athletic Director for Finance, while also overseeing athletic camps and clinics and the Student Athlete Advisory Committee. She is responsible for the NCAA Financial Report and EADA reports, oversees hiring and onboarding of new employees while the managing the NCAA Travel and Expenses process for championships and NCAA Bid Process.
Kaczmarek has now been at Stevens for a total of 14 years after originally coming to Stevens as an intern for the athletic director since 2013.
- 2022: DIII Genseo Regional
- 2021: DIII Erie Regional*
*-First time in program history
- 2025: Allison Mitloff - Co-Rookie of the Year
- 2022: Tournament Champions
- 2021: Samantha Schattin – Player of the Year
- 2021: Jessie Masur – Pitcher of the Year
- 2021: Coach of the Year
- 2021: Tournament Champions
*-First time in program history
- 2019: Samantha Schattin – Player of the Year
- 2019: Marissa Cappello – Pitcher of the Year
- 2019: Meg Halloran – Rookie of the Year
- 2019: Regular Season Champions
- 2019: Coaching Staff of the Year
- 2026: Isabela Lipsky - Third Team All-Region IV
- 2025: Allison Mitloff - First Team All-Region IV
- 2025: Jessica Hsu - Third Team All-Region IV
- 2024: Madison Subbiondo - First Team All-Region IV
- 2023: Meg Halloran - First Team All-Metro Region
- 2023: Madison Subbiondo - Third Team All-Metro Region
- 2022: Meg Halloran - Third Team Region III
- 2021: Samantha Schattin – Third Team All-American* | First Team All-East Region
- 2021: Jessie Masur – First Team All-East Region
- 2021: Meg Halloran – Second Team All-East Region
- 2019: Marissa Cappello – Second Team All-Northeast Region
- 2019: Samantha Schattin – Third Team All-Northeast Region
- 2018: Marissa Cappello – Third Team All-Northeast Region
- 2026: Emma Quattrochi - CSC Academic All-District
- 2026: Kyra Fischer - CSC Academic All-District
- 2026: Jessica Hsu - CSC Academic All-District
- 2026: Allison Mitloff - CSC Academic All-District
- 2026: Carmelita Murphy-Brown - CSC Academic All-District
- 2025: Emma Quattrochi - CSC Academic All-District
- 2025: Kyra Fischer - CSC Academic All-District
- 2025: Megan Curtis - CSC Academic All-District
- 2025: Rachael Prescott - CSC Academic All-District
- 2025: Elizabeth Kirstein - CSC Academic All-District
- 2024: Madison Subbiondo - CSC Academic All-District
- 2024: Rachael Prescott - CSC Academic All-District
- 2024: Kyra Fischer - CSC Academic All-District
- 2024: Ella Tozduman - CSC Academic All-District
- 2023: NFCA/Easton DIII Top-10 Academic Team (5th Place)
- 2023: Meg Halloran – CSC Academic All-District
- 2023: Erin Kreis – CSC Academic All-District
- 2023: Olivia Warner – CSC Academic All-District
- 2023: Siobhan Cottell – CSC Academic All-District
- 2021: Samantha Schattin – CoSIDA First Team Academic All-American
- 2021: Samantha Schattin – MAC Senior Scholar-Athlete
- 2020: Samantha Schattin – CoSIDA Academic All-District
- 2019: Christine LaRochelle – CoSIDA First Team Academic All-American*
- 2019: NFCA/Easton DIII Top-10 Academic Team (8th Place)
- 2018: NFCA/Easton DIII Top-10 Academic Team (5th Place)
- Helped a total of 28 players become Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athletes in her first two seasons as head coach
- *-First in program history
- Became the program-leader in victories as she recorded her 160th career win in the victory over Ramapo on April 8, 2026.
- The Ducks set the school-record in consecutive seasons in stolen bases, registering 97 in 2026, led by a school-record 36 from Emma Quattrochi.
- Won the MAC Freedom Tournament for the second straight season in 2022. Also won the programs first ever NCAA Tournament game over SUNY Geneseo 4-0
- Took Stevens to their first-ever MAC Freedom Tournament title and NCAA Regional appearance in 2021 with a 22-10 overall record
- Led the Ducks to their first Empire 8 Regular Season title in 2019, going 12-2 in conference play
- Coached Samantha Schattin who was named the Stevens NCAA Woman of the Year in the 2020-21 academic year
- Had Stevens off to a perfect 4-0 start in the 2020 season before the COVID-19 pandemic cut the season short
- Earned E8 Coaching Staff of the Year accolade in 2019 and MAC Freedom Coach of the Year in 2021 for her stellar coaching performances
- Coached the Ducks to back-to-back Empire 8 Tournament appearances in 2018 and 2019
- Has produced a 39-8 record in conference play entering the 2020 season
- Also served as an assistant coach from 2013-16 and helped Stevens win a program-record 30 victories in 2014
- Played for the Warrior softball team for three seasons, but her career was derailed by a season-ending injury her freshman campaign
- Earned her Bachelor of Science degree in exercise physiology in 2011
- Originally, Kaczmarek came to Stevens as an intern for the athletic department before climbing her way up the ladder
- Kaczmarek achieved her master’s degree in sport management from St. John’s University in 2013
