Softball

Kristin Vesely
Kristin Vesely

Hometown:
Phoenix, Ariz.
Position:
Assistant Coach
Experience:
Second Season

02/28/2013

Houston Heads to Oklahoma For Four Game Set

Cougars take on OU and OSU in Norman and Stillwater this weekend

06/01/2012

Softball Announces Coaching Changes

Jessica Valis promoted to assistant coach

12/05/2011

Softball Announces Two More Winter Camps

10/06/2011

Softball Hosts Clinics This Sunday

Screwball, inside hitting focus of this week's camps

Kristin Vesely enters her third year as an assistant coach to start the 2012-13 season. Vesely coaches the Houston hitters, outfielders and also serves the program as the recruiting coordinator.

"Coming from the program that she came from, playing in the College World Series, being a semifinalist for the USA Player of the Year and an All-American, I just think that's a history and an experience that is needed for this group," head coach Kyla Holas said.

The Phoenix, Ariz., native shares plenty of elite softball experience with the team. A USA Player of the Year semifinalist during her junior season and a quarterfinalist during her senior campaign at the University of Oklahoma, Vesely has a wide selection of stories to draw from.

The Sooners all-time hits leader (293) started all but four games in the outfield, and chipped in a couple of spot starts behind the plate, during her freshman year in Norman, Okla., and took off from there. She was named to the All-Big 12 team in each of her four years and an NFCA All-American for her last two seasons.

Her role with the Cougars as the hitting and outfield coach will be backed by her strong resume in both aspects of the game. Vesely held a 73-game errorless streak that stretched from her junior to senior seasons, and the 97 hits she recorded as a junior still stands as the most in a single season by any Big 12 player.

Vesely imparted some of her wisdom in helping Haley Outon record 22 home runs and 64 RBIs en route to being an NFCA All-American in 2012, setting both school records in the process.

Outon, Holly Anderson and Melissa Gregson were all First Team C-USA honorees following their strong performances at the place in 2012.

Aside from being one of the most decorated players in Oklahoma's storied softball program, Vesely competed all four years on the Sooners' soccer team, as well. She helped guide the Sooners to its best start in program history, as they posted an 11-1 record to open her senior season en route to earning a Big 12 Tournament berth.

Following the completion of her collegiate career, the New England Riptide took Vesely in the first round of the National Pro Fastpitch (NPF) 2006 College Player Draft. The fourth-overall selection played professionally for the organization for one season.

Following her playing days, Vesely got her start in coaching. She returned to Oklahoma to coach the Oklahoma Twisters, an under-14 traveling softball team. After three years of working with younger players, Vesely coached the Blanchard High School squad to a 24-3 record in 2010.

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