Amy Kyler - Head Coach
1st Season (2008)

Kyler comes to College Road from Purdue University, where she served as an Assistant Coach for the Boilermakers the last two seasons (2006-07).

During her collegiate playing career, Kyler broke nearly every major pitching record at Cleveland State. She currently owns career records for ERA (1.35), innings pitched (728.1), wins (68), winning percentage (.624), appearances (121) and strikeouts (909). She also set single-season records in 1997 with 33 appearances, 24 wins, an 0.56 ERA, 210.2 inning pitched and 325 strikeouts.

A seven-time letter winner at CSU (four for softball, three for volleyball), Kyler was named the Midwestern Collegiate Conference’s (MCC) Pitcher of the Year (1997) while earning Second Team All-District honors as a senior. In 1997, she tied an NCAA record for single-game strikeouts, with 26 against Illinois-Chicago in the MCC semifinals as the Viking went on to win the conference championship and earn a bid to the NCAA Tournament. For her efforts in the MCC tournament, Kyler was named tournament MVP.

Kyler graduated cum laude from Cleveland State in 1997 with a bachelor of arts in both social work and psychology. A two-time recipient of CSU’s Athletic Academic Excellence Award for special academic achievement and a three-time NSCA Academic All-American Scholar Athlete (1995-1997), Kyler went on to earn her master’s degree in sport management from CSU in 2002.

In 2008, the Clinton, Ohio native was inducted into the Cleveland State Athletic Hall of Fame.

After college, Kyler pitched professionally in both the National Pro Fastpitch (NPF) league and the Women’s Professional Softball League (WPSL). She was a member of the Carolina Diamonds (WPSL) in 1997 and 1998. In 1999 and 2000, Kyler played for the Akron Racers, helping the team advance to the WPSL Championship semifinal in 1999. She posted a 7-7 record with a 1.97 ERA that season. While in the professional ranks, Kyler was named to WPSL or NPF All-Star team five times (1998-2001, 2003).

KC Young-Assistant Coach
1st Season (2007-08)

Young comes to Notre Dame from Highland High School in Medina. As Head Coach for the Hornets, she lead them to district finals in 2007 and a 17-11 overall record.

Prior to Highland, the Olmsted Falls native was an assistant coach at Olmsted Falls High School.

Young played softball at Balwdin-Wallace where she was a team captain her senior season (2004). Young finished her collegiate pitching career third in all-time strikeouts (261) for the Yellow Jackets.

She graduated with a Bachelor of Science defreen in Education and currently resided in Strongsville.