Jessica Merchant

Jessica Merchant
Current position
Title	Associate head coach
Team	Stanford
Conference	Pac-12
Record	21–4 (.840)
Playing career
1998–2001	Wayland Union
2002–2005	Michigan
2005	New England Riptide
2006	Connecticut Brakettes
2007-2008	New England Riptide
Position(s)	Shortstop
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2006	Michigan (volunteer asst.)
2007–2010	UMass (asst.)
2011-2017	Minnesota (asst.)
2018–2019	Stanford (asst.)
2020–present	Stanford (AHC)
Head coaching record
Overall	543–204–2 (.726)
Tournaments	NCAA: 23–21 (.523)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
	As coach: 4× Big Ten Tournament (2006, 2014, 2016, 2017); 4× Atlantic 10 Tournament (2007, 2008, 2009, 2010); Big Ten regular season (2017); 4× Atlantic 10 regular season (2007, 2008, 2009, 2010); As player: NCAA (Women's College World Series) Champion (2005); 3× NCAA Regional Champion (2002, 2004, 2005); 2× Big Ten Tournament (2002, 2005); 3×Big Ten regular season (2002, 2004, 2005);
Awards
	As player: Third-team NFCA All-American (2005); Second-team NFCA All-American (2004); 2× First-team NFCA Great Lakes All-Region (2003, 2004); Big Ten Player of the Year (2004); 5× Big Ten Player of the Week (2003-2005); First-team All-Big 10 (2004); Second-team All-Big 10 (2003, 2005); University of Michigan Athletic Academic Achievement Award (2004, 2005); Michigan Gatorade Player of the Year (2001);

Jessica Merchant (born 1983) is an American softball coach and former softball player. She is currently the associate head coach of the Stanford Cardinal softball team.^[1] She previously served as an assistant coach with the Minnesota Golden Gophers and UMass Minutewomen. She played professional softball in the National Pro Fastpitch (NPF) league for the New England Riptide for three seasons, and for the Connecticut Brakettes for one season. While playing for the Brakettes in 2006, she was named NPF Offensive Player of the Year.