Coach Bailey Gaspar took over leadership of the Beaver softball program in the summer of 2022 after spending the previous season as an assistant coach at the University of Hawaii at Hilo, an NCAA Division II member of the PacWest Conference.
Gaspar, a 2018 graduate of Hawaii at Hilo, also served as a student assistant for the Vulcans, then spent time in Arizona where she worked as an elementary school teachers and coach high school and club softball before returning to Hawaii and rejoining the Vulcans staff for the 2021-22 academic year.
Gaspar earned her Bachelor's degree in Business Administration from Hawaii at Hilo where she was a standout on the field and a true leader off the diamond as she was the President of the Vulcans' Student Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) and of the Pac West Conference SAAC, while also earning PacWest All-Conference honors three times, All-Region honors three times, was a two-time All-American, and named UH-Hilo's Female Athlete of the Year. As a senior with the Vulcans, she hit .404 and led UH-Hilo with 15 home runs and 54 RBIs, both single-season records.
