Kelly Inouye-Perez Explained
| Kelly Inouye-Perez |
| Current Title: | Head coach |
| Current Team: | UCLA |
| Current Conference: | Pac-12 |
| Birth Date: | 2 January 1970 |
| Birth Place: | Los Angeles, California |
| Player Years1: | 1989–1993 |
| Player Team1: | UCLA |
| Player Positions: | Catcher |
| Coach Years1: | 1994–2006 |
| Coach Team1: | UCLA (asst.) |
| Coach Years2: | 2007–present |
| Coach Team2: | UCLA |
| Overall Record: | [Web site: NCAA Statistics. ] |
| Tournament Record: | NCAA Division I |
| Championships: | As coach:
As player:
- 3× Women's College World Series (1989, 1990, 1992)
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| Awards: | - NFCA National Coaching Staff of the Year (2019)
- NFCA West Regional Coaching Staff of the Year (2019)
- 4× Pac-12 Coach of the Year (2009, 2021, 2023, 2024)
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Kelly Keiko Inouye-Perez (born January 2, 1970)[1]
Playing career
As a player, she was a catcher for UCLA and helped her team to three National Championships and a finish as National Runner-Up in her four playing seasons. She missed the 1991 season due to shoulder surgery.[3] [4] She is a member of the 2022 class of the UCLA Athletics Hall of Fame.
Head coaching record
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Notes and References
- Web site: Kelly Inouye-Perez. UCLA Bruins. September 30, 2018.
- Web site: Kelly Inouye Gallery | Trading Card Database. is an American softball player and coach, who is the current head coach at UCLA. She assumed that position prior to the 2007 season. She has led the Bruins to five appearances in the Women's College World Series, including the 2010 National Championship and 2019 National Championship and an appearance in the NCAA Division I softball tournament each year of her tenure.[1]
- Web site: Q&A with UCLA's Kelly Inouye-Perez. Flosoftball. 23 December 2013 . September 30, 2018.
- Web site: Kelly Inouye-Perez. Pitching Summit. September 30, 2018.
- Web site: 2018 Softball Schedule.
