Aaron Hammond is in his third season with Hornet softball in 2025.

Hammond spent the 2021 and 2022 as the Head Softball Coach at Emporia HS. Prior to his time leading the Lady Spartans Softball Program, he spent four years as an assistant with EHS Softball, three years as an assistant baseball coach at Northern Heights High School, along with a variety of head and assistant basketball coaching positions at area high schools.

Hammond maintains his position with the Emporia Recreation Commission as the Wellness Supervisor and also serves on the Board of Directors for the Emporia Energy Softball Association.

Hammond attended Butler CC and Bethel College as a part of the Men’s Basketball teams before eventually graduating from Emporia State in 2014.

Originally from Olpe, Kan., he now resides outside of Emporia with his wife, Stephanie, daughter, Zoey Lynn, and two sons, Emmitt and Archer.