One of the greatest athletes to ever wear a Rider volleyball uniform, the former Michelle Peel returned to her alma mater as an assistant volleyball coach in 2001 and filled in during the spring of 2007 as the assistant softball coach. The 1999-2000 Rider Female Athlete of the Year, Walsh graduated second on the all-time list with 2,867 assists, including 684 as a senior. In softball, Walsh earned All-East honors as a junior shortstop, leading the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference with a .397 batting average while finishing in the top nine in the league in hits, doubles, triples, runs scored, home runs and stolen bases. Walsh graduated eighth in Rider career hits with 173, along with a new Rider record for career doubles with 45. A member of the MAAC All-Academic teams for both volleyball and softball, Walsh graduated with a degree in secondary education and mathematics. Michelle and her husband Rob, a former pitcher on the Rider Bronc baseball team, live in Howell, New Jersey with their son, Braden.
