Coaching Staff

Batman is the fourth head women's soccer coach at Ohio Northern University after starting at ONU in the spring of 2004.

In 2008, Batman led Northern to the OAC Tournament Championship game and finished runner-up for the second consecutive season.

The OAC Tournament appearance was ONU's fourth in Batman's five years as head coach.

In 2007, Batman led the Polar Bears to an 8-0-1 mark in the OAC and their first OAC regular season title since 1998.

Batman was named OAC Coach of the Year in 2007.

He succeeded Annette Hunt-Shepherd, who coached the Polar Bears from 2001-03.

Batman also serves as assistant softball coach and is a lecturer in ONU’s Human Performance and Sport Studies department.

Batman comes to Ohio Northern after assistant coaching stints at Savannah (Ga.) Arts and Design, Dubuque (Iowa) and his alma mater, Wilmington.

The Yellow Springs, Ohio, native served as assistant men’s soccer coach and assistant sports information director at Savannah A&D in 2003.

From 2001-02, Batman was a graduate assistant for both the men’s and women’s soccer teams at Dubuque and served as assistant men’s soccer coach at Wilmington in 2000.

Education: Batman graduated from Wilmington with the BS degree in sports management from Wilmington in 2000 and earned the MA degree in physical education from Loras (Iowa) in 2003.

Batman also holds an NSCAA Premier Diploma and is a Region II Olympic Development Training Staff member.

Batman was a two-time All-Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference honoree at Wilmington, earning First Team All-HCAC kudos in his sophomore and junior seasons.

He was selected First Team All-Great Lakes Region and the team’s MVP as a senior in 1999.

Batman helped his team to two Sweet 16 appearances at the NCAA Division III Championships and a national ranking as high as No. 12.

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She came to ONU after an outstanding soccer career at Ashland University. She ended her career with 26 goals, which is sixth all-time in school history.

Caitlin was a three-time All-GLIAC and a three-time Academic All-GLIAC honoree. She also led her 2003 and 2004 teams to the NCAA Tournament including a Final Eight appearance in 2004.

Caitlin is in her third year at the Petit College of Law at ONU.

Kristin Reininger begins her first year as a student assistant coach for the ONU women's soccer team.

As a player for the Polar Bears, Reininger started all 78 games of her career as a defender.

In 2008, she helped anchor a defense that allowed just 1.31 goals per game.

She is currently in her fifth year of pharmacy at Ohio Northern.