Amanda Locke is an American, former collegiate All-American softball player and current coach at Birmingham–Southern College.
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. 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.
Coaching career After graduating from Alabama, Locke served as an assistant softball coach at Northwestern State from 2013 to 2014, 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.
On July 28, 2021, Locke was named head softball coach at Birmingham–Southern College.
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
References
External links
Northwestern State Lady Demons bio Texas Tech Red Raiders bio Alabama Crimson Tide bio