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Kelly Inouye-Perez
American softball player and coach From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Kelly Keiko Inouye-Perez (born January 2, 1970)[2] is an American softball player and coach, who is the current head coach at UCLA. She assumed that position prior to the 2007 season. She has led the Bruins to five appearances in the Women's College World Series, including the 2010 National Championship and 2019 National Championship and an appearance in the NCAA Division I softball tournament each year of her tenure.[3]
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Playing career
As a player, she was a catcher for UCLA and helped her team to three National Championships (1989, 1990 and 1992) and a finish as National Runner-Up in her four playing seasons. She missed the 1991 season due to shoulder surgery.[3][4][5] She is a member of the 2022 class of the UCLA Athletics Hall of Fame.
Personal life
Inouye-Perez is of Japanese and Hawaiian descent.[6][7] She is married to Gerardo Perez, a current baseball coach who played at Cerritos College and Loyola Marymount University. The couple has two children, Mikey Perez, a former UCLA Bruins baseball player who was drafted by the Minnesota Twins in 2021, and Kylie Perez, a soccer player who played at Long Beach State and the University of San Diego.[3]
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