The Trinity College softball team has announced the hiring of Kaitlin Paterson as an assistant coach in June on 2023. Paterson comes to Trinity from Smith College, where she served an assistant coach from 2021 to 2023 while earning her master's degree in exercise and sport studies. She is a graduate of Central Connecticut State University with a bachelor's degree in strategic communication.
Paterson was a four-year letterwinner and a team captain on the diamond for the Blue Devils, earning numerous CCSU Scholar-Athlete awards and making the Northeast Conference Academic Honor Roll in 2021. She also won a Northeast Conference Gold Glove and received all-conference honors in 2021. Paterson assisted in all aspects of the Smith softball program and has also coached with the Connecticut Eliminators club program since 2017. She helped Southington High School win three Connecticut State titles and was a basketball and softball captain.
