Kim Maher

Kim Maher was an infielder who won gold medals with the US team at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, the 1995 Pan American Games, and 1998 World Championships. She also played in the Amateur Softball Association, winning national titles in 1993-95 with the Redding Rebels.

Maher played in college at Cal State Fresno where she led Fresno State to three appearances in the College World Series. After college she founded Extreme Hitting, a company that conducted softball clinics for youth of all ages. Maher also helped start the Women’s Professional Softball League (WPSL), playing in that league from 1994-99, with the Florida Wahoos, leading them to the league title in her last year.

Maher then served as an assistant coach at U Cal Berkeley from 2000-05, taking that team to the College World Series each year. In 2006 she became head coach at Purdue, serving there until 2013. She then was named head coach at Southwestern Oklahoma State University, and while there, obtained a masters’ degree in physical education in 2015.