Coach K Bayly Memorial Scholarship Fund
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Remembering Coach K
Coach Kaylyn Bayly, June 25, 1968–June 13, 2022
Coach Bayly graduated from Lakewood High School in 1986. She graduated from Lenoir-Rhyne University in Hickory, North Carolina, in 1991, lettering in softball, volleyball, and soccer. Coach Bayly is remembered as one of the best all-around athletes in school history. With the third-highest batting average in the nation (Division II). In 2014, she was inducted into the Lenoir-Rhyne University Athletic Hall of Fame.
A 26-year educator, Coach Bayly began her teaching career at 16th Street Middle School and then St. Petersburg Challenge Elementary. She began her coaching career at Lakewood High School in 1991 and finished her career at Countryside High School, where she taught and coached Volleyball, Flag Football, and Softball for 20 years.
A Coach Bayly vs. Mr. Coach Bayly game took place in 2016 at Lake Brantley, where Lake Brantley defeated Countryside 2-1 on what these two siblings joked was a "questionable" call. In 2017, Lake Brantley played Countryside at the Canterbury School of Florida, where Lake Brantley won 4-1 on a 3-run homer in the 10th inning. Coach K Bayly finally avenged the loss with a 5-4 Countryside win over Lake Brantley in the finals of the Doc for Life Tournament in Ocala. This victory came after Brantley had won the last nine games.
The Coach K Bayly Memorial Scholarship Fund
The Coach K Bayly Memorial Scholarship Fund continues Kaylyn's commitment to student-athletes by providing college scholarships to players who demonstrate the values she brought to the game.
The fund is supported through the annual Coach K Bayly Memorial Tournament and the generosity of businesses, families, schools, and friends who want to help carry Kaylyn's influence forward.
The Coach K Bayly Memorial Tournament
Coach Hannah Kolodziej of Pinellas Park, Coach Erin Jankiewicz of Indian Rocks Christian, Coach Jody Moore of Canterbury School of Florida, Coach Lisa Branchina of Tarpon Springs, Coach Leyenketa Blackmon of Lakewood, and Coach James Bayly (brother of Kaylyn) of Mount Dora Christian Academy have collaborated to honor a legend in the softball community, Kaylyn Bayly.
This event awards college scholarships to players with donations from local businesses, families, and school support. These six coaches are passionate about the values Kaylyn brought to the game and pledge to continue teaching them through their coaching techniques and philosophies. To continue honoring Kaylyn's legacy, they collaborate annually with this commitment to honor athletes who demonstrate these values at this memorial tournament.
Past Scholarship Recipients
The Values She Taught
Coach K Bayly emphasized the importance of student-athletes being people of good character, respecting the diversity of others, respecting the game, and demonstrating these behaviors on and off the field. She saw positive relationships as invaluable.
Kaylyn demonstrated and taught the definition of respect to the fullest.
Thank you for helping to keep her legacy alive.
Contact
James Bayly
Athletic Field Management, Head Softball Coach