Wendy Marie Rowbotham was born in Belleville March 4, 1969. Wendy attended Loyalist College from 1987 to 1989 and again from 1997 to 1999.

During this time Wendy would become a dominant force in the OCAA Women's Fastball League. She was a double threat as one of the League's top pitchers and batters. In 1988 she won the League's batting title with a .563 average and the League's Top Pitchers award. To date Wendy is the only player to win both these awards in the same year.

That year she helped lead her team to a silver medal at the Ontario Championships. Wendy was named an OCAA All-Star all four years she played as well as being her teams MVP each year.

In 1988 she was named Loyalist College Female Athlete of the Year for her outstanding efforts with both her fastball and volleyball teams. In 1998 she won the prestigious Bob Young Award for combining academic and athletic excellence.

Wendy also spent eight years as the coach of the fastball program. Her commitment and importance to the Lancer fastball program is unparalleled. Wendy was named a member of the OCAA women's fastball All-Millennium Team.