Olympian Rubilena Rojas was an assistant coach for the Auburn softball program over the 2020 season. Rojas was charged with defense and handling fielding for the Tigers.
Rojas’ lone season on The Plains was shortened due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but she helped the Tigers to a 16-11 overall recorded with highlight wins over No. 25 Northwestern and No. 18 Minnesota. Auburn posted an 11-2 record at Jane B. Moore Field over the 2020 campaign. The Tigers closed the season with a team fielding percentage of .954 with seven Tigers finishing the season with zero errors. Auburn closed the season with six error-free games.
Rojas, a five-time Sun Coast Conference Coach of the Year, spent the previous seven years as the head softball coach at Mt. San Antonio College in Walnut, California prior to a two-year stint as an assistant coach at Mt. SAC. She guided her team to the last two California Community College Athletic Association softball state championships, while accumulating a 276-53 overall record as head coach at the school.
Additionally, Rojas and her coaching staff were a three-time NFCA California Junior College Coach Staff of the Year selection, which include the last two seasons.
A three-time recipient of SCC Women’s All Sports Coach of the Year, Rojas arrived at Mt. SAC after a nearly four-year stay on the coaching staff at Orange Coast College in Orange County, California.
Rojas reunited with head coach Mickey Dean, who coached the Venezuelan national team (2002-08) while she was a player on the team.
Internationally, Rojas participated in the 2008 Beijing Olympics — finishing seventh in the World — during a 15-year playing career with the Venezuelan national team. She won three gold medals in the ISF Central American Games (2002, 2006 and 2010) and silver medal in the ISF Pan American Games (2007). She was a member of the ISF Canada Cup All-Tournament team in 2012.
Rojas was a three-time first-team All-ACC selection (2001-2003) while at the University of Virginia, where she led the conference with a .401 batting average in 2001. She was the ACC’s Rookie of the Year in 2000 and a two-time first-team All-ACC Tournament team selection. She was also a member of the 50th Anniversary All-ACC team. She won Virginia’s M.V.P. Award in 2003.