Rick Bender is in his 16th year heading up Dartmouth’s varsity athletics communications office, earning a promotion from director to Senior Associate Athletics Director prior to the 2022-23 season. He oversees the communications efforts for the Big Green’s 35 Division I varsity sports, including the DartmouthSports.com web site, video streaming and media relations. The 2023-24 season will be his 27th year working in media relations at the Division I level.

Bender was hired as an assistant sports information director in the fall of 1996 at Davidson College, and after three years was promoted to the director’s position from which he oversaw the communications efforts for the Wildcats’ 21 Division I varsity sports. During his eight years as the director, he served as the Co-Media Coordinator for the 1999 and 2000 Men’s College Cup, as well as the Media Coordinator for the 2005 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament First- and Second-Round games in Charlotte, North Carolina.

A 1993 graduate of Davidson College with a degree in mathematics, Bender was a three-time all-conference shortstop for the Wildcats’ baseball team. He spent four summers playing independent professional baseball in the Frontier and Texas-Louisiana Leagues for the Portsmouth (Ohio) Explorers, Beaumont (Texas) Bullfrogs and Alexandria (Louisiana) Aces. Bender aso served as an assistant coach at his alma mater during the school year for three seasons before moving into the media relations department.

A veteran official scorer at baseball games, Bender presided over the Southern Conference Baseball Tournaments in 2005, ’07 and ’08, and has worked as an official scorer at the AA and AAA minor league levels for the Birmingham Barons and the Charlotte Knights.

Bender is a member of the College Sports Communicators (CSC, formerly CoSIDA), Football Writers Association of America (FWAA) and the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA). In 2019, his story on Big Green football player Phil Berton, “The Curious Son of Sidd Finch,” won the District I award for story with a video in the CoSIDA Fred Stabley Sr. Writing Contest. The following year, Bender, along with two of his staff members, received the national award for the best Special Event Program, University Division, for the Dartmouth football game program at Yankee Stadium. In 2023, he received the 25-Year Award from the CSC for a quarter century in the profession.

Bender is married to the former Mitze Roton, and the couple reside in North Sutton, New Hampshire, with their son, Jake (a sophomore at the University of New Hampshire), dog Gus, and two cats, Uhtred and Rosa.

#	Full Name	Pos.	B/T	Ht.	Yr.	High School	Hometown
1	Maria Angelino	IF	R/R	5' 5''	Jr.	Fort Myers	Fort Myers, Fla.
3	Alexis Camacho	OF	R/R	5' 3''	Fy.	Mount Pleasant	San Jose, Calif.
4	Billie McFadyen	IF	R/R	5' 0''	Sr.	Marcus High	Flower Mound, Texas
5	Kate Farren	IF	R/R	5' 7''	Jr.	Murrieta Valley	Murrieta, Calif.
6	Emily Lipsett	OF	L/R	5' 6''	Sr.	Culver Academies	La Porte, Ind.
7	Kelly Beaupre	UT	R/R	5' 8''	So.	Palos Verdes Peninsula	Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif.
9	Mary Beth Cahalan	C/IF	R/R	5' 5''	So.	Northside	Midland, Ga.
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10	Alaana Panu	OF	R/R	5' 4''	Fy.	Los Gatos High School	Los Gatos, Calif.
11	Maddie Katona	OF	L/R	5' 8''	Jr.	Trussville	Trussville, Ala.
12	Izzy Kam	OF	L/R	5' 8''	So.	John Burroughs	Burbank, Calif.
13	Jenna Brown	OF	R/R	5' 6''	Fy.	The Westminster Schools	Atlanta, Ga.
14	Megan Hagge	P	R/R	6' 1''	Fy.	Winter Springs	Sanford, Fla.
19	Leila Hennessy	IF	R/R	5' 5''	Fy.	St. Ignatius College Preparatory	San Francisco, Calif.
22	Brooke Plonka	P	L/L	5' 10''	Sr.	Iroquois High	Marilla, N.Y.
23	Rachel McCarroll	P	R/R	5' 8''	Fy.	Leigh High School	San Jose, Calif.
24	Kira La Scola	1B	L/R	5' 6''	Sr.	Lutheran High	Orange, Calif.
27	Madie Augusto	P	R/R	5' 9''	Sr.	Saint Ignatius College Preparatory	Novato, Calif.

Coaching Staff
Image	Name	Title	Email	Phone Number
	Jen Williams	Head Coach	Jennifer.L.Williams@dartmouth.edu	603-646-1471
	Tim Homan	Assistant Coach	timothy.r.homan@dartmouth.edu	646-3111
	Sydney Benz	Assistant Coach	sydney.p.benz@dartmouth.edu	contact via email
	Sarah Goodman	Volunteer Assistant Coach

Support Staff
Image	Name	Title	Email	Phone Number
	Lauren Brown	Strength Coach	Lauren.D.Brown@Dartmouth.edu	646-3285
	Bridget Walsh	Athletic Trainer	bridget.m.walsh@dartmouth.edu
	Rick Bender	Athletics Communications Contact	rick.bender@dartmouth.edu	603-646-1030
	Lori McBride	Sport Administrator	lori.mcbride@dartmouth.edu	603-646-9766
	Jenny Lynn	Faculty Advisor

Schedules

Completed Event: Softball at Harvard on March 29, 2026 , Win , 12, to, 11

Completed Event: Softball at Harvard on March 29, 2026 , Loss , 12, to, 13

Completed Event: Softball at UMass on March 31, 2026 , Loss , 1, to, 9

Upcoming Event: Softball versus Columbia on April 4, 2026 at 12:30 PM

Upcoming Event: Softball versus Columbia on April 4, 2026 at 2:30 PM

Upcoming Event: Softball versus Columbia on April 5, 2026 at 12:30PM

2022 Softball Roster

Maria Angelino

Alexis Camacho

Billie McFadyen

Kate Farren

Emily Lipsett

Kelly Beaupre

Mary Beth Cahalan

Alaana Panu

Maddie Katona

Izzy Kam

Jenna Brown

Megan Hagge

Leila Hennessy

Brooke Plonka

Rachel McCarroll

Kira La Scola

Madie Augusto

Jen Williams

Tim Homan

Sydney Benz

Sarah Goodman

Lauren Brown

Bridget Walsh

Rick Bender

Lori McBride

Jenny Lynn