Kim Voisard is GateWay's new Head Softball Coach. She played professionally in northern Italy and competed in the World Cup in Nice, France. Kim also played baseball with the Colorado Silver Bullets, the only women's professional baseball team to play against professional men's teams.
Where did you grow up? How did you get into softball?
I was born in Santa Ana, and grew up in the Costa Mesa/Newport Beach area. I think I was 4 or 5 when I started playing. My dad fudged my age to start me sooner!
What is your favorite thing about coaching?
My relationships with my players: giving them everything and every piece of advice I wish I had; building, encouraging, and training my players to reach their maximum potential; building a healthy culture of integrity, great work ethic, and unity.
What is your coaching philosophy?
Tenacity, Integrity, Work Ethic, and Unity... building champions on and off the field.
What’s the greatest lesson you’ve learned from being a coach?
Try to contain my intensity when possible. Sometimes I'm a little too much for others. I have intensity and tenacity that just doesn't quit. I am a fighter, it's who I am.
How will the GateWay softball program balance the busy schedules of student-athletes including academics, other sports, and club teams?
I am beginning to teach my players how to be young women of integrity. Balance comes with making sacrifices where it's needed and managing their time according to what they have committed to individually, to their team, and to me.