Nazareth College Athletics

Brittany Grage joins the Nazareth University coaching staff after a pair of coaching stints at the University of Rochester. Grage previously served as a volunteer assistant coach for the Yellowjackets for the 2016 season and returned in 2020 for two seasons with the program.

At Rochester from 2020-2023, she helped the team to 99 wins in three full seasons and three straight NCAA Tournament appearances.

Grage is a 2015 graduate of Rochester where she played four years of softball, helping the Yellowjackets reach the NCAA Division III playoffs in three of her four seasons, including making it to the NCAA Finals in 2014.

Grage was an NFCA 1st Team All-American in 2015, becoming only the second ever 1st team All-American in Rochester’s history.  She was a four-time All-Region selection, a four-time member of the All-Liberty League Team and was selected All-UAA three times.  Grage was named Liberty League Pitcher of the Year in 2014 and then earned the conference Player of the Year award in 2015.

She posted a 56-30 record as a pitcher with a 2.12 ERA in 116 appearances.  She threw a grand total of 579 innings, allowed only 175 earned runs and struck out 444 batters while tossing 59 complete games and 21 shutouts.

As a hitter, she hit .330 for her career (183-554), with 40 doubles and 37 home runs.  She added 110 runs scored, 150 RBI and had a slugging percentage of .610.  Overall, she appeared in 174 games for Rochester, not missing a single game during her four-year career.