Kaylee Pond was hired on July, 2026 as the Santa Clara University assistant softball coach.
Pond works primarily on defense and assists with the offense.
The Lafayette, California native joined the Broncos having completed her six-year collegiate playing career across three Power 4 Conference schools overcoming two seasons that were missed due to injuries. Over the years, she has provided individualized hitting, infield, and outfield lessons locally as well as in Tempe, Arizona utilizing her experience from playing under three Division I coaching staffs.
In 2026, Pond played her lone season at Arizona State where she garnered All-Big 12 and NFCA All-West Region Second Team recognitions. The outfielder started in all 63 games and slashed .337/.489/.686. Thirty-nine of her 59 hits went for extra bases including 15 home runs.
She played at Cal from 2023-25, starting in all 114 games across two seasons after sitting out the 2023 season due to an injury. The left-handed hitting Pond batted .300 going 87-for-290 with a .438 on-base and a .490 slugging percentage in two years. She was the team captain in 2025.
Prior to Cal, Pond spent the 2021 and 2022 seasons at Iowa State. Following a redshirt year in 2021, she started in 52 of 55 games the next season playing primarily at third base and was named to the All-Big 12 Freshman Team.
In her last three seasons on the field, Pond committed just two errors in 235 chances.
Pond was a three-time CSC Academic All-District, two-time Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll, a Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll and Academic All-Big 12 First Team honoree as she earned both her bachelor's and master's degrees from Cal. Her bachelor's was in American studies with a concentration in media and popular culture while the master's was in cultural studies of sport and education. She also earned a certificate in sports media while at Arizona State.
