Softball

Jackie has been teaching and coaching varsity softball since 2006. In addition to a Division I collegiate career, she competed professionally in the United States as well as abroad. Prior to coming to Oak Hills, Jackie taught in the Three Rivers Local School District and coached at Mount Notre Dame High School.

Throughout her 22 year coaching career, Jackie has been named Coach of the Year multiple times in both the GMC and GGCL. Her honors also include Southwest Ohio Coach of the Year, Cincinnati Reds High School Softball Coach of the Year, and Cincinnati Enquirer Coach of the Year. In the spring of 2024, Jackie surpassed her 300th career win, and she is now closing in on an incredible milestone—her 400th career victory.

Jackie is the owner of D1 Catching Academy, where she trains catchers from across Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana. She also coaches for the Ohio Lasers organization throughout the summer.

Jackie is a Cleveland State University alumna, where she was a First Team All-Horizon League selection and earned All-Tournament Team honors during her collegiate softball career. She graduated from Cleveland State in 2005 with a Bachelor of Arts degree and later earned her master’s degree, along with 30 additional graduate hours, from the University of New England.

A 2012 Oak Hills Hall of Fame inductee, Jackie is a 2001 graduate of Oak Hills High School, where she was a three-sport GMC standout and varsity letter winner in volleyball, basketball, and softball.

Jackie has two children, Kameron and Kennedy, who are both active within the community. Jackie and her family reside in Bridgetown.

This will be my 4th year coaching softball at Oak Hills. I played competitive softball for many years and won 3 Metro City Championships. I have  coached basketball for 40 years, the last 8 years as the head coach at DePaul Cristo Rey High School. We won the OCSAA State Championship in 2020. I have 3 kids- two who graduated from Oak Hills (Sean & Brett) and 3 grandkids.

Rick Cornelius is in his 18th season as a varsity coach. He’s coached at Oak Hills and Mount Notre Dame during that time. He has coached youth football for almost two decades and was inducted into the Bridgetown Youth Football Hall of Fame in 2018.

Rick retired from Duke Energy after 36 years and helps coordinate/maintain the field for the Highlanders. Rick and his wife, Sue graduated from Oak Hills 1981 and still live in Bridgetown.

All 3 of his children were Oak Hills grads (01, 03, 04). Rick’s 6 grandchildren (Kam, Kennedy, Max, Eli, Beckett & Marley) who are all active around the Oak Hills community. 

This will be my 9th year coaching Softball at Oak Hills HS.  I played 8 years of Men's Fastpitch Softball for teams out of Orrville, Kidron, and Wooster Ohio - finishing ASA National Runner-Up once.  The West Side has been my home for 20+ years along with my wife Tiffany, son Bailey (Oak Hills grad), and daughter Ella.

This will be Mattison’s 1st year coaching softball for Oak Hills. She has given individual softball lessons for around seven years to girls from elementary school to high school. She’s a 2023 graduate from Thomas More University where she played softball and started in over 100 games. Mattison was awarded scholar athlete by the NAIA for three of her four years. Mattison was also a standout Centerfielder during her time at Oak Hills where she was a four year varsity player, two time first team gmc recipient, two time defensive player and captain her senior year. She has been playing softball since she was seven years old. She is now back in the district teaching at C.O. Harrison as an intervention specialist.