Khadija Kneely is in her second year as an assistant coach in Coach Cat Tarvin’s staff. Keenly joined as an inaugural member of Tarvin’s staff, starting her tenure with the program in the 2024 offseason. Prior to her becoming an assistant coach at Hampton, she spent two seasons as an assistant coach at Alabama State.

She came to Alabama State after serving as the head coach of the Charles Henderson High School softball program from August 2020 until May 2022. She was responsible for every aspect of the program, from field maintenance and special events.

Prior to her time at Charles Henderson, Neely was the General Manager/Owner of Scrap Yard Academy from May 2017 to 2020. She facilitated individual and group sessions with athletes ranging from 12 years old to 35 in various sports. She collaborated with professional softball players from the Scrap Yard Dawgs professional team and facilitated their workouts. She also coached the Scrap Yard Dawgs/Internationals Club Team from May 2016 to 2020.

Before her time at Scrap Yard, Neely served as a Student Assistant at Troy from August 2016 to May 2017 with the softball program and was also an intern in the Strength and Conditioning program for the Trojans from January 2017 to May 2017.

She earned her Associate of Behavioral Science degree in Exercise Science from Chattanooga State in 2014 before earning her Bachelor of Science in Exercise Science degree from Troy in 2017. Neely went on to earn her Master's in Sport and Fitness Management from Troy in 2020.

Name	Title	Email Address	Twitter	Phone
Cat Tarvin	Head Coach	catherine.tarvin@hamptonu.edu
Khadija Neely	Assistant Coach	khadija.neely@hamptonu.edu

Name	Title	Email Address	Phone
Jaden Wimberly	Softball Manager
Kennedy Wilder	Softball Manager
Briana Pham	Assistant Athletic Trainer (Softball/Track & Field)	briana.gratz@hamptonu.edu	757-727-5723

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Results

Completed Event: Softball at Campbell on April 25, 2026 , Loss , 0, to, 8

Completed Event: Softball at Campbell on April 25, 2026 , Loss , 2, to, 10

Completed Event: Softball at Campbell on April 24, 2026 , Loss , 3, to, 14

Completed Event: Softball at George Mason on April 21, 2026 , Loss , 4, to, 6

Completed Event: Softball versus Charleston on April 19, 2026 , Loss , 0, to, 8

Completed Event: Softball versus Charleston on April 18, 2026 , Win , 2, to, 1

Completed Event: Softball versus Charleston on April 17, 2026 , Loss , 4, to, 15

Completed Event: Softball at Elon on April 12, 2026 , Loss , 0, to, 8

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