Amanda Locke
American softball player and coach
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Amanda Locke is an American, former collegiate All-American softball player and current coach at Birmingham–Southern College.[1]
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Birmingham–Southern |
| Conference | SAA |
| Record | 13-4 |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | Mesquite, Texas, U.S. |
| Alma mater | University of Alabama |
| Playing career | |
| 2009–2012 | Alabama |
| Position | First baseman / pitcher |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2013–2014 | Northwestern State (assistant) |
| 2015–2018 | Texas Tech (assistant) |
| 2019–2021 | Northwestern State (associate head coach) |
| 2022–present | Birmingham–Southern |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 28-4 |
Playing career
She attended North Mesquite High School, graduating in 2008. She later attended the University of Alabama, where she played first base and pitcher on the Alabama Crimson Tide softball team.[2][3][4][5] Following her freshman year, she was named SEC Freshman of the Year. During her senior season in 2012, Locke was named a second team All-American, as she led the Crimson Tide to the 2012 Women's College World Series final, where they defeated Oklahoma 2–1 in the champ series, to claim Alabama's and the Southeastern Conference's first NCAA softball title.[6][7]
Coaching career
After graduating from Alabama, Locke served as an assistant softball coach at Northwestern State from 2013 to 2014,[8] and an assistant softball coach at Texas Tech University from 2015 to 2018. On August 27, 2018, Locke returned to Northwestern State and was once again named an assistant softball coach for the Lady Demons.[9]
On July 28, 2021, Locke was named head softball coach at Birmingham–Southern College.[10]
Statistics
Alabama Crimson Tide
| YEAR | G | AB | R | H | BA | RBI | HR | 3B | 2B | TB | SLG | BB | SO | SB | SBA |
| 2009 | 59 | 131 | 26 | 38 | .290 | 30 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 71 | .542% | 15 | 42 | 2 | 2 |
| 2010 | 57 | 139 | 33 | 39 | .280 | 43 | 17 | 0 | 9 | 99 | .712% | 16 | 36 | 1 | 2 |
| 2011 | 51 | 114 | 22 | 35 | .307 | 32 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 69 | .605% | 16 | 22 | 0 | 2 |
| 2012 | 65 | 165 | 36 | 52 | .315 | 56 | 18 | 1 | 8 | 116 | .703% | 22 | 35 | 2 | 2 |
| TOTALS | 232 | 549 | 117 | 164 | .298 | 161 | 54 | 1 | 27 | 355 | .646% | 69 | 135 | 5 | 8 |
| YEAR | W | L | GP | GS | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | ERA | WHIP |
| 2009 | 8 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 49.1 | 41 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 42 | 1.57 | 1.14 |
| 2010 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38.1 | 38 | 23 | 16 | 7 | 39 | 2.94 | 1.18 |
| 2012 | 5 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 58.1 | 59 | 35 | 28 | 24 | 56 | 3.37 | 1.43 |
| TOTALS | 18 | 3 | 51 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 146.0 | 138 | 74 | 55 | 46 | 137 | 2.63 | 1.26 |
Head coaching record
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birmingham–Southern Panthers (Southern Athletic Association) (2022–present) | |||||||||
| 2022 | Birmingham–Southern | 0–0 | 0–0 | ||||||
| Birmingham–Southern: | 0–0 | 0–0 | |||||||
| Total: | 0–0 | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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