Kristen Norberg (1986)

Norberg was the first female that was named to be a part of CCRI’s Athletic Hall of Fame.  She was MVP on all three sports she played and earned All-New England honors in each sport as well (basketball, volleyball, softball).  She holds the career record of 562 rebounds in basketball, she was the leading junior college hitter in the nation for softball in 1981 by hitting .630 and a school record of 4 home runs.  After graduating from CCRI, she continued her athletic career at Rhode Island College where she was an outstanding player for them as well in basketball, softball, and volleyball.  In 1982, she led her RIC volleyball team to qualify for the Eastern Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women championships and was named to the All-Championship Team in that year.  She was a part of RIC’s women’s basketball team that qualified NCAA Division III Women’s Basketball Tournament in 1983.  A captain for RIC’s softball team in 1983 and she had batted .306 with 17 runs, 22 hits, 15 RBI and five extra base hits in that season.  After graduating, she went on to coach at both high school and college level, having an 18-year career as RIC’s head women’s volleyball coach, accumulating 242 career victories and she is currently coaching as an assistant for RIC’s softball team.  She won RIC’s Physical Education Alumni Award in 2001 and was inducted into RIC’s Athletic Hall of Fame.