University of Toledo Athletics

Paige McMenemy enters her fourth season as the pitching coach for the Toledo softball program in 2022 after joining the Rockets prior to the 2019 season.

Returning to the field for the first time since the 2020 season was abruptly shuttered due to COVID-19, 2021 saw Erin Hunt pitch her way in to the top-10 of several Rocket statistical categories, tying for third with 22 victories, tying for fifth with 213 innings pitched, and landing sixth with 187 strikeouts.

During her first year with the Rockets in 2019, McMenemy helped the team win its first Mid-American Conference Tournament title in program history. McMenemy coached Erin Hunt to a spot on the MAC All-Tournament Team and the tournament’s Most Valuable Player after pitching 37.1 innings with four complete games during the tournament. Hunt was also named to the All-MAC second team after putting together 187.1 total innings and 196 strikeouts throughout the season.

McMenemy is a 2018 graduate of Ashland University and split her collegiate playing career between Mid-American Conference member Akron and Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference member Ashland. 

McMenemy's coaching history includes a combined six years of private pitching and hitting instruction, along with five years as a head travel softball coach. Most recently (May 2018), McMenemy worked on the softball staff at Bo Jackson's Elite Sports in Hilliard, Ohio, where she was a camp instructor. 

As a player, McMenemy spent the 2015 and 2016 seasons with the Zips and the 2017 and 2018 seasons with the Eagles. In four years, McMenemy appeared in 91 games (46 starts), tossing 351.1 innings for a 3.99 ERA and 203 strikeouts. McMenemy collected second team All-GLIAC honors in her junior season, and her 39 mound appearances are tied for the third-most in Ashland history.  

A native of Westerville, Ohio, McMenemy earned a bachelor's degree in science education from Ashland, majoring in middle-grade education with minors in science and math.