The head basketball coach at Converse College has resigned after she was charged with shoplifting, according to Spartanburg County deputies.Director of Media Relations Beth Lancaster sent out a release Wednesday afternoon saying, “Converse College accepted the resignation of head basketball coach Kaye Waldrep this afternoon. The resignation is effective immediately.”Deputies were called to Kohls on Franklin Avenue in Spartanburg on Tuesday.A member of the loss prevention team at Kohls told deputies Kaye Elizabeth Waldrep and Ricky Dean Ponder were seen on surveillance video concealing merchandise and trying to leave the store without paying.Both are charged with shoplifting, according to the Spartanburg County Detention Center website.WYFF News 4's Mike McCormick spoke to Waldrep who said she had no comment..Deputies were told Waldrep was first seen taking perfume and concealing it.An incident report said Waldrep then went to the shoe department where Ponder handed her a pair of shoes.It said Ponder then tried to conceal the shoes in Waldrep’s purse.The report said the two then went toward the exit without paying for the merchandise.Waldrep and Ponder were then held until deputies arrived, the report said.Deputies said they found four containers of women’s and men’s fragrances, two pairs of tennis shoes and a watch.The incident report said Waldrep and Ponder admitted taking the merchandise.A member of the loss prevention team told deputies that Ponder had shoplifted from the store earlier in the evening and was wearing stolen shoes.The report said the total amount of the stolen items was $515.95.It said that the shoplifting was caught on camera.

The head basketball coach at Converse College has resigned after she was charged with shoplifting, according to Spartanburg County deputies.

Director of Media Relations Beth Lancaster sent out a release Wednesday afternoon saying, “Converse College accepted the resignation of head basketball coach Kaye Waldrep this afternoon. The resignation is effective immediately.”


Deputies were called to Kohls on Franklin Avenue in Spartanburg on Tuesday.

A member of the loss prevention team at Kohls told deputies Kaye Elizabeth Waldrep and Ricky Dean Ponder were seen on surveillance video concealing merchandise and trying to leave the store without paying.

Both are charged with shoplifting, according to the Spartanburg County Detention Center website.

WYFF News 4's Mike McCormick spoke to Waldrep who said she had no comment..

Deputies were told Waldrep was first seen taking perfume and concealing it.

An incident report said Waldrep then went to the shoe department where Ponder handed her a pair of shoes.

It said Ponder then tried to conceal the shoes in Waldrep’s purse.

The report said the two then went toward the exit without paying for the merchandise.

Waldrep and Ponder were then held until deputies arrived, the report said.

Deputies said they found four containers of women’s and men’s fragrances, two pairs of tennis shoes and a watch.

The incident report said Waldrep and Ponder admitted taking the merchandise.

A member of the loss prevention team told deputies that Ponder had shoplifted from the store earlier in the evening and was wearing stolen shoes.

The report said the total amount of the stolen items was $515.95.

It said that the shoplifting was caught on camera.