Softball
Kate Nygaard
- Title:
- Assistant Coach
- EMail:
- kate.nygaard@shu.edu
- Phone:
- (973) 275-6432
- Alma Mater:
- Utah '05
Kate Nygaard joined the Seton Hall staff as an assistnat coach in September 2016. She comes to The Hall with more than a decade of collegiate coaching experience, including spending the last three seasons as the lead assistant at Weber State.
In her position with the Pirates, the former college catcher will work with the Pirates’ battery and as the team’s hitting coach.
During Nygaard’s three years on staff at Weber State, the Wildcats became a dominant force in the Big Sky conference. Weber State won the Big Sky Tournament in both 2015 and 2016, making NCAA Regionals appearances in each year. Under Nygaard’s tutelage 11 players received First or Second Team All-Big Sky honors and Aubrey Whitmer was named 2016 Big Sky Player of the Year.
Over her final two years at Weber State, the program went 75-38 for a .664 winning percentage and held team batting averages of .318 and .319. Nygaard helped the Wildcats go 28-11 in conference play over that span and win both the Big Sky regular season and tournament crowns in 2016.
Prior to her time at Weber State Nygaard spent eight seasons on the coaching staff at Salt Lake Community College. With the Bruins, she reached three NJCAA national championship games and helped SLCC win the Scenic West Athletic Conference seven-straight seasons. She also worked as the Sports Information Director and then Athletics Promotions Director at Salt Lake.
During her playing career she earned All-Region 18 and NJCAA All-American honors for SLCC before transferring to the University of Utah to finish out her softball eligibility. Nygaard still ranks in the top five in home runs and RBIs in school history at Salt Lake, and hit 13 round-trippers in her time at Utah.
Nygaard graduated from Utah in 2005 with a degree in sociology and completed her Master's degree from Lasell College in Sports Leadership in 2013.
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In her position with the Pirates, the former college catcher will work with the Pirates’ battery and as the team’s hitting coach.
During Nygaard’s three years on staff at Weber State, the Wildcats became a dominant force in the Big Sky conference. Weber State won the Big Sky Tournament in both 2015 and 2016, making NCAA Regionals appearances in each year. Under Nygaard’s tutelage 11 players received First or Second Team All-Big Sky honors and Aubrey Whitmer was named 2016 Big Sky Player of the Year.
Over her final two years at Weber State, the program went 75-38 for a .664 winning percentage and held team batting averages of .318 and .319. Nygaard helped the Wildcats go 28-11 in conference play over that span and win both the Big Sky regular season and tournament crowns in 2016.
Prior to her time at Weber State Nygaard spent eight seasons on the coaching staff at Salt Lake Community College. With the Bruins, she reached three NJCAA national championship games and helped SLCC win the Scenic West Athletic Conference seven-straight seasons. She also worked as the Sports Information Director and then Athletics Promotions Director at Salt Lake.
During her playing career she earned All-Region 18 and NJCAA All-American honors for SLCC before transferring to the University of Utah to finish out her softball eligibility. Nygaard still ranks in the top five in home runs and RBIs in school history at Salt Lake, and hit 13 round-trippers in her time at Utah.
Nygaard graduated from Utah in 2005 with a degree in sociology and completed her Master's degree from Lasell College in Sports Leadership in 2013.
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