North Carolina Wesleyan University

Vanessa Batchelor is entering her first year as the Battling Bishop's strength & conditioning coordinator after serving as assistant women's soccer coach last season. 

Batchelor graduated from N.C. Wesleyan in 2016 with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Exercise Science and was named to the President's Honor List all four years. She also completed her Master of Science in Health and Human Sciences in Kinesiology with a concentration in Exercise Physiology in May of 2019 from UNC-Greensboro with a GPA of 3.5. 

Before coming back to Wesleyan, Vanessa was working at the Athletic Lab Sports Performance Training Center in Cary, NC as a Sports Performance Coach and helped train the NC Courage professional team.

She was also a Sport Science Analyst for the NC Courage Girls Developmental Academy in Raleigh for five months while also serving as the N.C. Wesleyan Soccer Summer Camp Director from 2019-2021.

Batchelor served as NCWU's volunteer women's soccer assistant coach during the 2016-17 season as well working with goalkeepers.

Vanessa is a Certified High-Performance Level 2 Coach as of 2021 and has her USA Weightlifting Level 1 license in 2019. She is also certified in CPR, First Aid, and NSCA CSCS. She also has her USSF E License and NSCAA Goalkeeping Level 1 license.