Kayla Bryant was named Head Coach in December of 2021. The Martin, Tennessee native comes to Mount Marty after working with the University of Memphis in Memphis, Tennessee as a volunteer assistant coach. While with the Tigers, she worked closely with the outfield and assited with hitting. She worked with Team Impact & assisted in administrative duties.
Prior to working with Memphis, she served as the graduate assistant for two year with the Lancers. She assisted in guiding Mount Marty to the best record in program history in 2019. The records the Lancers broke were batting average, slugging percentage, on-base percentage, home runs, runs batted in, hits, runs, doubles, triples, fielding percentage, and stolen bases. On top of the record breaking year, the Lancers had one 2nd Team NAIA All American, 5 GPAC All-Conference players, and 11 NAIA All-Scholars.
While coaching Lancer softball, she has coached one 2nd Team NAIA All American, 1 NAIA Honorable Mention, 9 GPAC All-Conference, and 3 NAIA All Scholar Team.
Bryant holds a master's degree from Mount Marty University. Her bachelor's degree comes from Cincinnati Christain University after earning her associate's degree from Southwest Tennessee Community College. While playing at Southwest, she ended her sophomore season leading the team with a .379 batting average, .461 on-base average, .603 slugging average, 10 home runs, 66 hits, 105 total bases and 48 runs batted. On the defense side, Bryant ended her career with 651 put-outs and .980 fielding average. During her two years, she was NJCAA Region 7 all conference and all academic.
Continuing her career at Cincinnati Christian University, she started both years at first base while being a team captian for two years. Finishing her career with a .979 overall fielding percentage and 437 putouts. During her senior season, she helped lead the team to winning the NCCAA Midwest Region and earned a spot in the NCCAA World Series.
Kayla resides in Yankton with her dog Nash.
