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Ronda Varnesdeel
Associate Director of Athletics
at Davenport University
• Grand Rapids, MI
• NCAA DII

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Davenport University • 4-year or above, Private not-for-profit • Grand Rapids, MI
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Women's Softball
Ronda Varnesdeel
Associate Director of Athletics

Davenport University

NCAA DII • Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | GLIAC

Run Away People Run Away

Date: April 8, 2025

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"The only thing Ronda cares about is Ronda. Everyone knows this. "
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Associate Director of Athletics

Davenport University

NCAA DII • Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | GLIAC

Threatened To Take Scholarships Away

Date: April 8, 2025

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"Rhonda threatened to take our scholarships away what a class act. Yet lets kids who quit keep theirs. Wrong "
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Associate Director of Athletics

Davenport University

NCAA DII • Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | GLIAC

Threatened To Take Kids Scholarships Away

Date: April 8, 2025

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"Ronda has done so much. That’s hilarious - last my daughter told me she threatened to take their scholarships away so fear strikes again. "
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Ronda Varnesdeel
Associate Director of Athletics

Davenport University

NCAA DII • Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | GLIAC

Jv Strikes Again, Oh No Watch Out

Date: April 8, 2025

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"Ronda adding jv and having like 50 players in 4 years really isn’t a good argument for people leaving. No program in the conference has jv. That’s a clown world "
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Ronda Varnesdeel
Associate Director of Athletics

Davenport University

NCAA DII • Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | GLIAC

The Rhonda Show In Every Way

Date: April 8, 2025

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"Rhonda does nothing. Ask the kids how the fall went. My daughter was very upset with the lack of everything they did at “practice” 10U work "
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Ronda Varnesdeel
Associate Director of Athletics

Davenport University

NCAA DII • Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | GLIAC

Comical Coach In Every Way

Date: April 8, 2025

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"Not playing, tell Daddy to call and she will put you in. Comical coach. Take your throne it might help you look better. "
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Associate Director of Athletics

Davenport University

NCAA DII • Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | GLIAC

Terrible Coach And Person In General

Date: April 8, 2025

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"Ronda is a terrible person and I hope her team reads all of the comments of how she’s built them and instilled so much into them. An absolute joke. They all deserve a good laugh! "
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Associate Director of Athletics

Davenport University

NCAA DII • Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | GLIAC

Ronda Is A Toxic Person And Always Has Been

Date: April 8, 2025

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"Ronda wasn’t allowed to be in an investigation because she was unbiased and they found nothing so that’s literally hilarious she is coaching a team that was built on hard work and love for each other by other people. I will never send another kid from my organization to this school. "
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Associate Director of Athletics

Davenport University

NCAA DII • Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | GLIAC

Tries To Buy Love And Affection Works With Some

Date: April 8, 2025

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"Ronda wanted nothing to do with this team. Thats why they all hate her. Hilarious to claim she put the team together. Knowing Ronda she’s buying them all stuff to mend the hate gap because that’s who she is. Bagels didn’t do the trick for me "
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Associate Director of Athletics

Davenport University

NCAA DII • Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | GLIAC

It’s Important To Set The Record Straight

Date: April 8, 2025

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"Important to set the record straight the only one leading on this team is the shortstop so idk what lies Ronda is telling but she sure isn’t coaching anything. "
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Associate Director of Athletics

Davenport University

NCAA DII • Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | GLIAC

Ronda Is A Very Very Bad Leader

Date: April 8, 2025

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"Ronda told a player to smash the coaches key bro. What a great leader and we have to see her too now at all the games. Joke show at this school "
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Associate Director of Athletics

Davenport University

NCAA DII • Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | GLIAC

Truly Sad Person. Also Laughable As Always

Date: April 8, 2025

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"Me and my wife watched ronda come to Florida and not even cheer for this team she so called assembled. What a sick person to try and claim that she built something she had nothing to do with. Truly sad. "
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Associate Director of Athletics

Davenport University

NCAA DII • Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | GLIAC

Ronda Has Outdone Herself Lying Now

Date: April 8, 2025

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"As a parent of a freshman who Ronda openly doesn’t like I was unaware Ronda put together a team? That’s insane, people really think Ronda put this team together and has coached them. That’s laughable and a flat out LIE "
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Ronda Varnesdeel
Associate Director of Athletics

Davenport University

NCAA DII • Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | GLIAC

Terrible Athletic Administration At Du

Date: April 8, 2025

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"The only players I’ve watched Ronda try and connect with are ones she wants to manipulate. Calling freshman to “get them” on the side of jv players is insane. Horrible athletic administration at DU"
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Associate Director of Athletics

Davenport University

NCAA DII • Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | GLIAC

Openly Chose To Stand Up For Lazy, Entitled, Selfish Kids

Date: April 8, 2025

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"Ronda chose to mentor kids that weren’t team first teammates, that were selfish and NOT hardworking. That’s on her. Everyone knows this. "
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Associate Director of Athletics

Davenport University

NCAA DII • Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | GLIAC

Sits At The End Of The Dugout And Doesn’t Coach

Date: April 8, 2025

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"So much great coaching happening here haha Get off your chair every now and then. Literally watch her in the dugout. Comical. "
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Associate Director of Athletics

Davenport University

NCAA DII • Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | GLIAC

Laughable To Say She Is Coaching This Team

Date: April 8, 2025

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"Ronda doesn’t push anyone to do anything. She doesn’t even coach us. "
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Associate Director of Athletics

Davenport University

NCAA DII • Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | GLIAC

I Would Be Miserable If I Was Her Too

Date: April 8, 2025

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"Spending 5 years at a school where your athletic director maybe came to 2 games is comical. We all watched Amber recruit loser kids and bring them in and sadly thats who Ronda feels for the most because of her son. Soft minded, entitled kids that aren’t good at softball. I didn’t play enough. Ok, my daddy will write something in. Pathetic and should be no part of d2 sports. "
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Associate Director of Athletics

Davenport University

NCAA DII • Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | GLIAC

Strange Behavior From An Athletic Administrator

Date: April 8, 2025

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"Has been a bully for years and Davenport lets her get away with it. Treats female athletes like little girls, not adults. Theres a clear difference in the operations between male and female sports at DU. This is evident in all areas of the athletic department. It never fails how she tries to push her son being single on female athletes. How many times can you she do this? It’s weird and wrong. "
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Davenport University

NCAA DII • Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | GLIAC

Master Manipulator, Knows How To Play The Game.

Date: April 8, 2025

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"In competitive athletics if you have less talent you are placed on the jv team. Incredibly small thinking by anyone that thinks Ronda didn’t have a hand in placing the JV players on JV. Watching this all unfold, that has been the most laughable thing. Yes, she really likes you….as behind closed doors she’s bashing your personality and playing abilities. The hero isn’t such a hero if you actually pay attention. Using you to get what she wants is her biggest flex. "
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Associate Director of Athletics

Davenport University

NCAA DII • Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | GLIAC

Cool? Do You Mean Cold Hearted.

Date: April 8, 2025

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"Cool? Do you mean COLD HEARTED. Classic Ronda wanting credit and appreciation for doing nothing. She did the same thing to the men’s golf coach who was a woman. She’s not a fan of hard work, teamwork or anyone that shares a different opinion. Low self esteem in a leadership position is a bad recipe. Ego driven against any woman that stands up to her. Most likely will need to hire a male in the position or a friend or both. Sad. "
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Davenport University

NCAA DII • Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | GLIAC

Doesn’t Know How To Work On The Field

Date: April 8, 2025

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"Goes out of her way to cancel games and not play. Doesn’t work on the field at all, lazy and is “cold” all the time. DU is crazy for letting this person coach any team as she is a walking nightmare. "
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Davenport University

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Son Played Football With My Son. Hot Head Parent!!!!

Date: April 8, 2025

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"When your son transfers to three high schools because he can’t play it’s telling what type of athletic administrator you will be. EVIDENT JV players knew this and took advantage of you. That is the exact opposite of cool. "
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Davenport University

NCAA DII • Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | GLIAC

Should Not Be In A Leadership Position

Date: April 8, 2025

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"No alumni like you. That’s telling in itself. Never were there for us as players and we were actually good! Should not be in a leadership position. "
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Ronda Varnesdeel
Associate Director of Athletics

Davenport University

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Rec Ball Administration And Leadership

Date: April 8, 2025

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"You cater to players that treat softball like a hobby. That have no love for the game and put no extra work in. The same players you didn’t win any games with in JV. You shouldn’t be a D2 athletic director. Rec ball is your true calling! You’ve made fun of varsity players you’re coaching now - you’re shameful! "
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