Kasdyn Waldron
Head Coach
Kazdyn Waldron (Coach Coop) is in her fourth season with Randolph Softball. After being an assistant for three seasons, Coop was named Head Coach for the 2020 season.
Throughout the 2022 season, the WildCats led the country in hits as a team throughout the regular season under Waldron's watch while also placing in the top 10 for stolen bases and individual batting average. With 2022 being Waldron's first full season with the WildCats she was able to fully introduce and implement a new culture and approach. The team finished with a .309 BA and .364 OB% with 168 RBI. She had a program-record five players named to the ODAC All-Conference Team in 2022 with three named to the First Team. In addition, designated player Diane Mahiai was named Second Team All-Region by the NFCA becoming the first WildCat since 2014 to earn that distinction. Mahiai and Dominique Irving were both selected to the VaSID College Division All-State Team.
Despite being quarantined for over a month in the 2021 season, Waldron had a hand in placing Freshman Chloe Persinger to the All-Conference Second Team as a Utility Player.
Since coming on staff, Waldron has lifted several athletes within the top 10 leaderboards in the history of Randolph Softball.
Prior to joining Randolph, she played at the Division III and Division I level as well as worked with various college programs.
She resides in Monroe with her husband Justin Waldron (Head Women's Basketball Coach at Liberty High School), daughter Jayceleigh and dogs Lilo and Lila.
Waldron received her Undergraduate and Master's Degree from Liberty University.
Tony Campbell
Assistant Coach
Tony Campbell enters his 10th season as an assistant coach having joined the staff at Randolph College for the 2010 season. Campbell has over 25 years of experience coaching softball at various different levels of competition.
Campbell is no stranger to the Lynchburg area having served as the head coach at nearby Sweet Briar College for eight seasons. Campbell started the club program at Sweet Briar in 2001, turning it into an NCAA sport in 2003, and was the head coach there until 2008. Prior to his time at Sweet Briar, Campbell coached on the summer travel circuit for eight years with two different clubs. Campbell was the Scrappers, based out of Roanoke from 1999-2003.
Before his time with the Scrappers, Campbell was with the Blue Ridge Sudden Impact travel team, based out of Lynchburg, from 1996 to 1999. He also coached at Amherst County High School for seven seasons, and was a graduate of Amherst County where he was a standout on the baseball and football fields.
Krystal Kemp
Assistant Coach
Krystal Kemp enters her first season as a graduate assistant coach for Randolph’s softball program during the 2023-2024 term.
Prior to coaching at Randolph, Kemp played on a National Travel Softball organization competing in some of the top tournaments in the Nation. Her High School career included a 2018 State Championship earning her a 1st team all-state selection. Kemp played collegiately at Southern Virginia University 2018-2023 where she is the career leader in hits, RBIs, and home runs. She was named 1st team all conference in the USA South in 2023.