Kali Puppolo begins her first season with Saint Rose in 2024, where she will oversee the Golden Knights pitching staff. Puppolo graduated from UMass Amherst in 2022 with a master's degree in Public Policy while also playing her senior year of softball. Prior to UMass, Kali was a twice named first-team All-America and while helping Herkimer County Community College to two NJCAA World Series finals as a pitcher. After Herkimer, Puppolo would transfer to Manhattan College where she led the Jaspers to the 2021 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Championship.