California State University, Monterey Bay Women's Softball

Kenneys 2008 squad became the first CSUMB team to win a CCAA playoff game, defeating eventual NCAA National Champion Humboldt State, 5-0.  The Otters went to earn a bid to the NCAA Division II West Regional, becoming the first CSUMB team sport to accomplish that feat.  Four Otters Jessica Boyle, Homa Shaffi, Ashlee Trotter and Shea Olds earned Worth CCAA Player of the Week in 2008, helping CSUMB rise as high as No. 2 in the West Region polls, the highest ranking attained by a CSUMB team sport at the time. Kenneys 2009 team built on that success, bringing home the CSUMBs first CCAA Championship Banner by winning the conference tournament and earning the conferences automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. In 2010, the Otters reached an even higher level, winning the CCAA Championship behind CCAA Co-Pitcher of the Year and Newcomer of the year Diane Ortiz. Senior Jenny Montez, junior Shae Olds and sophomore Jamie Moon each earned AllCCAA recognition while Kenney brought home the first CCAA Coach of the Year award in school history. Moon, Olds and Ortiz became allregion honorees for a team that finished 3320 (.623) overall, marking the best winning percentage in school history.    After a slow start preempted a postseason run in 2011, the Otters returned to the winners circle in 2012, climbing as high as No. 6 nationally while winning a share of the second CCAA Championship. The Otters just missed out on becoming the first team ever to win the CCAA Tournament and regular season titles in the same season, falling in the tournament final, but did earn the No. 2 seed in the region and the right to host the first NCAA postseason event in school history.   Individually, the Otters enjoyed their bestever season in 2012, as Jamie Moon, Cori Reinhardt, Jackie Serna and Nina Villanueva became the first softball AllAmericans in school history. Moon went on to earn Capital One Academic AllAmerica laurels, becoming the first Otter in any sport to be so honored. Prior to her current stint in Monterey, Kenney was the head coach at New Mexico Highlands University. In three years, her players won 21 All-Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference awards, 10 RMAC AllAcademic certificates and five all-region nods. The Cowgirls finished as RMAC runnersup 1999 and 2000 with Kenney earning the RMAC Coach of the Year award in 1999. Kenney left Highlands for Southern California where she spent five seasons as the head coach at the ClaremontMuddScripps colleges. While there, she produced 11 first team allconference athletes and four NCAA Division III allregion selections. In 2004, CMS finished runnerup in the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference and set the school record for victories. A native of Santa Barbara, Kenney earned a bachelors degree in psychology from the University of San Diego.  She also holds a masters in physical education from Azusa Pacific University and a masters in instructional education from National University. With all this said she believes her daughter Kristin Kenney, a recent graduate of UC Santa Cruz, to be her greatest accomplishment. Kenney has one daughter, Kristen (KK), a former volleyball studentathlete and graduate of UC Santa Cruz. She resides in Marina.Andrea Kenney

Ashley Daugherty joined the staff of Head Coach Emily Montañez for the 2026 season after a collegiate playing career at Texas A&M and the University of San Diego. She will serve primarily as the Otters’ pitching coach. For Daugherty, the opportunity to coach at CSUMB was simply too good to pass up. A former teammate reached out to her about the open position, and after learning more about the program, Daugherty knew it was the perfect fit. “I became interested in the position at CSUMB because it aligns with both my coaching philosophy and my long-term goals in collegiate athletics,” said Daugherty. “What stood out to me right away was the program’s commitment to developing well-rounded student-athletes—both academically and athletically—which is something I deeply value. The Central Coast native also noted that returning home for this position was an added bonus. Daught spent the spring and summer of 2025 playing and coaching professionally in Italy. Daugherty earned her bachelor’s degree in communication studies from the University of San Diego in 2024.