Katey Hendershott is an assistant softball coach at the University of Maryland in College Park, Maryland, and is entering her third season with the program in 2026. A native of Ortonville, Michigan, she previously coached at Oakland, where she directed the defense and was part of teams that won consecutive Horizon League regular-season titles, followed by a conference tournament championship and an NCAA tournament berth in 2022.
Before joining Oakland, Hendershott served as a graduate assistant at Purdue Fort Wayne, where her work included defensive coordination, hitting support, opponent scouting, and practice planning. She played collegiately at Michigan State, earning Academic All-Big Ten honors three times and graduating in 2020 after appearing in 41 games with 12 starts. She began her college career in 2015 at Lake Superior State as a dual-sport athlete in softball and basketball.
