Xiao Gin joined the Harvard Softball staff in the summer of 2024, as she begins her second season in Cambridge.
During her collegiate career, Gin kickstarted her coaching career, serving as an assistant travel ball coach for the Aspire Softball Academy and California Cruisers in her hometown of San Luis Obispo, California from 2021 to 2023. Gin also interned with Oregon State’s strength and conditioning program in 2022, assisting in the program’s training schedules and learned key principles in strength training, conditioning, and injury prevention. She also served as a DAM Analytics intern for Oregon State baseball for the 2022 season, utilizing detailed data to craft scouting reports of opposing teams.
A former division I student-athlete, Gin played with three seasons with Oregon State from 2019 to 2022, a member of a Beaver squad that advanced to the NCAA Women’s College World Series in 2022. In her three-year tenure with Oregon State, Gin tallied 55 hits, 33 runs, 12 doubles, four triples and 18 RBIs in 91 appearances and was a three-time Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll honoree. She also appeared in the circle seven times for Oregon State, striking out 12 batters over 14.1 innings of work.
Following the 2022 season, Gin graduated from Oregon State with Summa Cum Laude honors and a degree in Kinesiology, as she continued her softball and academic career at Hawaii in 2023 and 2024. Over the course of two seasons, Gin appeared in 100 games for the Rainbow Warriors, logging 83 hits, 50 runs and 22 RBIs. She graduated from Hawaii in 2024 with a master’s degree in kinesiology and rehabilitation science.
