Women's Softball

Ronda Varnesdeel

Associate Director of Athletics

Davenport University

NCAA DII • Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | GLIAC

Unprofessional, Rude And Boarder Line Incompetent

Date: March 17, 2026

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"Treated me like garbage working at DU. She’s very odd. Has a gang of buddies that will team up against you. It’s like middle school bullies but in what is supposed to be a professional work setting. In most cases if you’re a male or a female graduate of DU she will treat you alright. Not sure why that should matter. "

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Women's Softball

Brad Koch

Head Coach Women's Softball

Davenport University

NCAA DII • Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | GLIAC

Not Recommended. A Little League Dad Would Be A Better Option

Date: March 17, 2026

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"Can’t tell you the last time I’ve seen a college coach not report a defensive change to the umpire. How embarrassing. Then our out gets taken away bc the opposing coach catches it. He should stick to taking pictures of his burrito. Can’t make this stuff up. & then to top it off why do we have all of our pitchers hoping of the ground. All the intentional walks and subs for our best hitters in key moments makes no sense. You are ruining the best players on the team. Bet you get a pay raise for kissing Ronda’s a*s. I thought it couldn’t get much worse when I watched her run every player out at home. Guess I was wrong. "

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Women's Softball

Brad Koch

Head Coach Women's Softball

Davenport University

NCAA DII • Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | GLIAC

Sad For This Conference. Game Over

Date: March 16, 2026

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"The GLIAC has its tables turned. Alliances by DU, FSU and SVSU. Jon Regunfuss of the GLIAC is in on it too. I wouldn’t trust these people. Major tampering happening already. Dana is in with this crew. STATS AND awards are compromised. It’s already taking place and happening. Look at the awards already given by the conference. This is WRONG. Be aware. Be on notice. This is unbelievable. No one will stop this corrupt system but be aware it’s happening. "

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Women's Softball

Brad Koch

Head Coach Women's Softball

Davenport University

NCAA DII • Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | GLIAC

Ronda’s Chosen Pet.

Date: March 16, 2026

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"Being a travel ball coach and watching this all unfold the past 3 years has been interesting. Everyone and their mom knew Ronda planned on hiring Brad. How it was done and how she did it was a little baffling to me. This has all been pre planned. I feel sorry for anyone who came to play for the previous coaching staff as they are night and day different than Brad and his staff. I’m not sure why Brad was the chosen one once he capped off his teaching career but he was. I guess the AQ ties. Ronda is good at playing people and I feel sorry for anyone who thought anything could be built before his arrival. It’s interesting that more resources have been added in the budget and I anticipate the he will add a jv program like baseball did. I personally find Brad to be arrogant and annoying. With a teaching pension and over a $60,000 salary I bet he is living large. Knowing his character from growing up here I bet he does not care at all of the lives Ronda ruined to get him here. AQ is scheduled to go under soon as they are struggling financially. He ran AQ like a travel ball organization and more playing time will go to the parents that kiss a*s or pay him. It’s no surprise to me reading comments of his character, softball IQ and priorities. Not the best of people at this school. Classless really. Just an added money money maker as he thinks more BLUECHIP money will come as a D2 coach. "

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Women's Softball

Brad Koch

Head Coach Women's Softball

Davenport University

NCAA DII • Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | GLIAC

Bad On Field Decisions, Weird Personality & Definite Favorites

Date: March 16, 2026

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"He intentionally walked 2 batters to load the bases for a .370 career hitter. Why would anyone do that? He consistently pinch hits for the team’s best hitters. He plays more people than my youth rec ball team. He is more interested in going to eat after the game than the actual game itself. Then the next game he forgot to report a defensive substitution so we didn’t even get the out. Just plain terrible. This is Division 2, high level softball. So far it’s been low IQ, participation trophy softball. Whining and complaining every game to the umpires isn’t a good look either. The team doesn’t match, people wear odd things on the field. I just don’t get it. High school has higher standards and structure. Not to mention we are an ADIDAS school and he wears Nike. Like what is actually happening? "

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Women's Softball

Brad Koch

Head Coach Women's Softball

Davenport University

NCAA DII • Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | GLIAC

I Don't Know How These People Get Jobs

Date: March 16, 2026

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"I'm not sure what's worse: the intentional walks or the lineup decisions. When I was in middle school, the coach played the best players every game. Apparently, college softball is just rec league. Play whoever the hell you want, surely we will win a game. Every 12 year old who plays MLB the Show could run a team better than this. Also this guy couldn't motivate me to make a sandwich. "

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Women's Softball

Ronda Varnesdeel

Associate Director of Athletics

Davenport University

NCAA DII • Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | GLIAC

Basketball Shouldn’t Be Like This

Date: March 15, 2026

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"Rec ball Ronda. Hip hip Ron fail. Hip hip Ron fail. You should be fired immediately. "

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Women's Softball

Ronda Varnesdeel

Associate Director of Athletics

Davenport University

NCAA DII • Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | GLIAC

Terrible Environment Built For Terrible People

Date: March 14, 2026

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"The entire athletic department should be on the news. Scandal after scandal at DU. Rhonda has abused her power for years. Think anything will happen? No. I urge you to not send your kid here. Looks nice and it’s cool to get the stuff but you will be trading all your morals and soul to keep it. Glad my daughter is done with this place. "

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Women's Softball

Ronda Varnesdeel

Associate Director of Athletics

Davenport University

NCAA DII • Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | GLIAC

Greed Eventually Ruins Everyone. This Is Used As A Weapon At Du

Date: March 14, 2026

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"I worked at Davenport for seven years. The athletic administration promotes employees who do very questionable things. If you follow the rules here you will be an outcast. If you are kind and genuinely a nice person you will either be targeted because of this or they will bully you to leave. I’ve watched this happen to so many good people. Why would an athletic administration want to get rid of good people that are good role models for their athletes. Ronda isn’t a good person and moves daily with her OWN agenda. Paul isn’t good either but he plays the dumb card pretty well. If you are a bully, a narcissist, a selfish and self serving person I would say DU would be a great fit for you. Working closely with athletics for 7 years it amazes me academic advisors do not say anything. Many athletes blatantly cheat or just don’t go to class. That’s a norm at Davenport. Then when they get a bad grade their mommy is allowed to call and change it. I always felt that Ronda should not be an athletic director and a teacher at this school. Again, athletes have taken her class for the grade and because they know they could get away with doing nothing. Why is that normal at a school? It is here. Ronda is known to cover up scandals and silence people. That’s her specialty. Someone really should study her. She is a master manipulator. She is known to step in a coach sports and she does this because she gets paid more money to do this. Again, she has her own agenda and does things out of greed of money. It isn’t bc she’s trying to help or make a transition better. I wasn’t going to write on her but I think it’s important people start learning the truth about Davenport University and Ronda. I’ve worked in athletics for 16 years and what is happening here isn’t normal. It’s WRONG. A basketball coach should not be allowed to continue to have a physical relationship with his athlete and have it all be covered up. Their are so many skeletons and stories in the closet at DU. I encourage more people to come forward and share. Nothing will happen and nothing will change but if one person reads this and decides maybe they don’t want their life to be turned upside down coming to DU that would be a win for humanity. "

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Women's Softball

Ronda Varnesdeel

Associate Director of Athletics

Davenport University

NCAA DII • Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | GLIAC

Rec Ball Ronda Will Destroy Your Kids Lives. You Are Warned

Date: March 13, 2026

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"Maybe before dropping a bomb on the softball team to add Jv when the program lost all the players that had started for 4-5 years you should have had a conversation. You and the executive AD ruined the lives of so many kids. So easy to sit on your throne and blame coaches and players but it starts at the top. What you did to the program is sickening. My family personally heard Ronda speak negatively about many players on both the jv and varsity teams. She called players names and said both teams SUCK. I’ve personally heard her speak negatively about former coaches and staff. Players that literally graduated from DU. Ronda and the executive AD are both TOXIC. Ronda being involved made everything 50x more TOXIC. And guess what- no blame for Ronda. She got to cash in and make more money. No accountability for Ronda. Nothing. DU IS AN EMBARRASSING SCHOOL. My kid does not SUCK Ronda, you suck. People like Ronda should not be around kids. They use their positions of power to manipulate and humiliate. Rec Ball Ronda needs to be removed. "

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Women's Softball

Ronda Varnesdeel

Associate Director of Athletics

Davenport University

NCAA DII • Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | GLIAC

Not A Good Place For Impressionable Kids

Date: March 12, 2026

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"Zero star person. Would not recommend this school or athletic administration. "

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Women's Softball

Ronda Varnesdeel

Associate Director of Athletics

Davenport University

NCAA DII • Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | GLIAC

Davenport Is A School Of Narcissism, Favoritism, And Unethical Behavior

Date: March 11, 2026

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"They told my husband to move on and get over it when he was WRONGFULLY fired. Fired for giving his ALL, GIVING HIS HEART AND SOUL TO THIS SCHOOL. Move on was the mantra given and followed by all the sheep. Ronda and Paul Lowden both deserve to be sued into oblivion. I’ve heard from many coaches former and present and the real favorites start with Ronda and Paul. They favor their friends and protect their characters at all costs but everyone else is disposable. Sad thing is the ones being protected are the ones doing ALL THE BAD STUFF. I still can’t wrap my hand around how backwards and insane this school is and how quickly they can rally their troops to just move on bc hey it didn’t hurt their entire lives and reputation. It didn’t take food out of their kids mouths. They don’t have to worry about finding another job with a damaged reputation for doing NOTHING wrong. In some instances they have given players jobs to shut up and abide. I honestly can’t believe it’s 2026 and schools like Davenport exist being run by criminal masterminds. "

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Women's Softball

Ronda Varnesdeel

Associate Director of Athletics

Davenport University

NCAA DII • Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | GLIAC

My Experiences As A Davenport Parent

Date: March 11, 2026

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"Davenport is a terrible school. Do your research. Academic fraud committed by athletes daily. Athletes sleeping with their coaches. Athletes drinking with their coaches. All covered up by yours truly. This school silences athletes that speak out against their favorite coaches. Where’s all the investigations that should be done with the baseball, women’s and men’s basketball, wrestling, volleyball, football, stunt. The wrestling team has had multiple people die, the volleyball coach partied with her players and got promoted. The basketball programs are both terrible programs. So very unethical it’s disgusting. My daughter was silenced when she spoke of her basketball coach sleeping with her teammates. SILENCED. All Is fine and well though with Ronda and no show Paul. Both terrible people that cover up their friend’s activities. The NCAA should close this school down. The amount of fraud and violations occurring here is outrageous and yet all these terrible people keep their high paying jobs and do everything in their power for the school to pay them even more. Where’s the news team when you need them oh wait most of them went to AQ ronda and other corrupt coaches alma matter. A truly disturbing place. Biggest regret of my life is having my daughter go to this school and be fed lies about what is right and what is wrong. Stab people in the back to get ahead. Cover up wrongdoing for your own benefit. Want a higher scholarship? Keep your mouth shut. DU is a prison for the stupid, the heartless, the naive, criminals, the lazy and the not hard working. There’s no standards, ethics or morals at Davenport. The resources given to all these programs are insane. They should win in everything. Yet the people in charge of this hell hole corrupt good kids and make them think accountability is a bad thing, working hard is bad thing, adhering to rules is a bad thing. Sleeping with players is a good thing, drinking with players is a good thing, stealing money is a good things, not doing what is right is a good thing. Truthfully I can’t overly communicate this - DU is ran by TERRIBLE PEOPLE. I’d rather my kid have good values and morals then endless gear and a nice arena. Open your eyes. Don’t DUIT"

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Women's Softball

Ronda Varnesdeel

Associate Director of Athletics

Davenport University

NCAA DII • Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | GLIAC

Can’t Threaten People Forever. You Deserve To Be Gone

Date: March 10, 2026

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"A narcissist. A bully. Tried to silence all of my teammates when our coach was in a relationship with our teammate. I regret playing basketball at DU that’s for sure. "

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Men's Basketball

Burt Paddock

Men's Basketball Head Coach

Davenport University

NCAA DII • Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association | MIAA

Can’t Make This Stuff Up Folks

Date: March 8, 2026

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"Do you even feel bad for not helping us stop a predator? Probably not with your cushy salary that’s given regardless after losing season after losing season. Don’t worry everyone knows you have the golden ticket with Rhonda. "

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Women's Softball

Ronda Varnesdeel

Associate Director of Athletics

Davenport University

NCAA DII • Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | GLIAC

Ronda Is A Joke. It’s A Clown Show

Date: March 8, 2026

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"Knew my bball coach was sleeping with our teammate and did absolutely nothing but cover it up. Heard she did the same with the QB and the facilities worker. Joke school "

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Women's Softball

Ronda Varnesdeel

Associate Director of Athletics

Davenport University

NCAA DII • Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | GLIAC

Hr Covers Up What They Want To In The Athletic Department

Date: March 6, 2026

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"I’ve worked at DU for 8 years now. I’ve watched people come and go. I know numerous HR complaints have been filed against Ronda and they do nothing but punish the people who have filed them. HR is definitely in on covering up wrongdoing by the athletic administration. "

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Women's Softball

Ronda Varnesdeel

Associate Director of Athletics

Davenport University

NCAA DII • Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | GLIAC

You Can’t Silence Everyone

Date: March 6, 2026

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"Mentally and emotionally abusive to anyone who has a differing opinion than her. Should be looked into. Employees former and current are ready to reveal the hell she will put you through. "

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Women's Softball

Ronda Varnesdeel

Associate Director of Athletics

Davenport University

NCAA DII • Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | GLIAC

Du Academic Fraud For Athletes! Great Place

Date: March 4, 2026

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"If you want a way way below average education come to DU. If you want to be a member of a team that treats away trips as vacation go to DU. If you’re a serious athlete than cares about having a successful future I would look at other places to go. Loserville USA is located in Caledonia, MI. Rich, spoiled school that lets mommy and daddy fix everything. Shoot chances are mommy and daddy are working at this school. Terrible representation of division 2 athletics and the people in charge here have some major baggage. "

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Women's Softball

Brad Koch

Head Coach Women's Softball

Davenport University

NCAA DII • Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | GLIAC

Would Make A Better Club Coach. Not Even Cc Does This

Date: March 3, 2026

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"One of the only players with a hit in a game don’t worry he is going to pinch hit with a favorite. I’ve never seen anything like this before. Irritating that I’m watching such a talented team being crippled by coaching. This isn’t middle school. Don’t even get me started with the pitching decisions. It’s all so absurd why is he doing this. You aren’t playing our best team. Stop playing the AD's favorites that didn’t even play in high school. Our team is full of all state athletes. Let them play "

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Women's Softball

Brad Koch

Head Coach Women's Softball

Davenport University

NCAA DII • Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | GLIAC

We Should Be Atleast .500 But Dumbass Coaching Moves Have Been Our Downfall

Date: March 3, 2026

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"Being a big part of ruining livelihoods (you and the AD) then treating an NCAA division team like a rec ball league is insane. Fair playing time for all doesn’t even occur at the NAIA level. I can’t believe this is what we signed our kid up for. "

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Women's Softball

Ronda Varnesdeel

Associate Director of Athletics

Davenport University

NCAA DII • Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | GLIAC

Du Is A Cult Built On BA D Behavior

Date: March 2, 2026

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"She is protected. Davenport University is a cult like following for bad behavior morally and ethically. It’s promoted at this school to break NCAA, state and federal laws. If someone really took a deep dive into this school they would be horrified with what they find. "

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Women's Softball

Ronda Varnesdeel

Associate Director of Athletics

Davenport University

NCAA DII • Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | GLIAC

Biggest Loser In Gr

Date: March 1, 2026

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"Ronda is a loser. That’s all she will ever be. "

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Women's Softball

Brad Koch

Head Coach Women's Softball

Davenport University

NCAA DII • Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | GLIAC

Justice For Joe

Date: February 27, 2026

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"I watched one of my best softball buddies get crucified by a kid that lied and quit on her team after a week. She got a group together to go after him at Toledo. Then she went and did the same thing to the Davenport team. Then you promote this player. You’re a sad, pathetic excuse of a person and coach. You know all about this. You were a big part of the entire plan. Everyone knows it. You don’t deserve to be in this sport. Hope your extra vacations are worth it. You can play dumb with your team but everyone knows. "

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Women's Softball

Brad Koch

Head Coach Women's Softball

Davenport University

NCAA DII • Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | GLIAC

Not Going To Keep My Mouth Shut Anymore. Awesome Job Promoting Liars And Selfish Teammates

Date: February 27, 2026

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"Takes a cult of followers to want to be part of a special program that celebrates athletes that quit on their team and were undoubtedly terrible teammates. Selfish players are promoted at this school. Best thing we did was transfer. You really should be proud of athletes that get black out drunk and quit on their team! Awesome role models for younger girls. Lie and quit! Awesome job DU. He’s bffs with Ronda so he knows everything that was done and said. Sick people at DU"

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Davenport University

NCAA DII • Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association | MIAA

Corrupt College And A Disgrace To Education

Date: May 9, 2025

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"Paul is Joe Biden! Knowingly promoting employees that know of bad things happening like employees being in relationships with athletes and being rewarded for staying silent - raises and career advancement. Should be investigated but I bet if it is or was they are so corrupt they will cover it all up. The corruption runs deep"

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