Kelly Howard, a two-time All-American who participated in the College World Series four times for UCLA from 1993-96, is in her fourth season as an Aztec assistant coach. Howard previously served as an undergraduate assistant at UCLA when the Bruins were runners-up in the national title series in 1997. She also spent time in Wisconsin as an assistant coach at St. Norbert College in 1999.
Howard[apos]s duties are not limited to the field. Besides working with players, she is responsible for the Diamond Club, Aztec softball camps and clinics and coordinates all team travel arrangements.
Howard is one of the most decorated softball players in UCLA[apos]s rich tradition in the sport. She was a member of the 1995 NCAA championship team, earning all-World Series team honors. A four-time all-Pac-10 selection and a three-time all-regional selection, Howard earned the UCLA Bruin Boosters Women[apos]s Athletic Outstanding Athlete of the Year Award as a senior. Howard still owns Bruin career records for at-bats, runs scored, hits and doubles and was named an all-decade Pac-10 selection.
Howard[apos]s success as a Bruin extended far beyond the playing field, as she earned academic all-America honors while at UCLA.
Following her career at UCLA, Howard played professional softball for the Tampa Bay Firestix in the Women[apos]s Professional Softball League in 1998.
A native of San Diego, Howard is a 1992 graduate of Monte Vista High, where she competed in softball, soccer and tennis. She earned all-CIF accolades in all three of those sports. Howard[apos]s sister, Kristy, also an all-decade Pac-10 honoree, is the head coach at UC Santa Barbara. Kelly and Kristy won the [quote]Over the Line[quote] World Championship in the summer of 2002 in San Diego.