Softball
- Title:
- Volunteer Assistant Coach
- Email:
- krepole@athletics.tamu.edu
Former Louisiana-Lafayette player Katie Repole enters her third season as the volunteer assistant coach. Repole’s responsibilities include coaching the outfielders, assisting with hitters, video, camps and clinics and on-campus recruiting.
In 2021, Repole worked closely with freshman outfielder Bre Warren, who earned SEC Player and Freshman of the Week honors. Warren also garnered spots on the All-SEC Second Team and the SEC All-Freshman Team. Repole was vital in the Aggies’ offensive prowess with the team finishing 11th in the nation in walks and 29th in team slugging percentage.
During the 2020 shortened season due to COVID-19, Repole aided in the Aggies’ offensive success as the finished fourth in the nation in double and ninth in doubles per game.
Repole came to Aggieland after spending three seasons as an assistant at Virginia working with the outfielders and offense and was the Cavaliers’ recruiting coordinator. In Repole’s first season with the Cavaliers, she helped lead Virginia to the ACC Tournament for the first time in three seasons as the Cavaliers won nine ACC games, the second most in school history. The 2017 offense ranked in the top five in the ACC in multiple categories, as catcher Katie Park earned All-ACC honors and was the program’s first NFCA First Team All-Region selection since 2013.
In 2019, Repole assisted in the development of Lacy Smith, who became the fourth Cavalier to earn All-America honors as the senior was named to the Softball America First Team. Smith posted a career-best .414 batting average while slugging a school-record 15 home runs.
Prior to joining the coaching staff in Charlottesville, Repole worked at several instructional clinics across the country with multiple NCAA Division I programs, and served as an assistant coach with the Texas Bombers 18U softball team and the Texas Bombers 16U Gold team, a program that has consistently finished among the top teams in the nation with an ASA 16U Gold national championship.
She has also worked as a Director of Development with the Texas Bombers organization, working with athletes from all 52 teams and assisting members of the program in the recruiting process.
A native of San Antonio, Texas, Repole played collegiately for Illinois her freshman and sophomore seasons and transferred to Louisiana-Lafayette for the final two years of her career. She helped the Ragin’ Cajuns to a 46-9 record and a top-10 national ranking as a senior.
