Northwestern State Softball
AMANDA LOCKE
Associate Head Coach Second Season, Second Stint at NSU (2013-14) University of Alabama, 2012
Hometown..................................................... Mesquite, Texas High School............................................... North Mesquite HS College............................................................ Alabama, 2012
Amanda Locke will begin her second season as the associate head coach on the Northwestern State softball staff this season. Locke is in her second tenure with the Lady Demons, also having assisted head coach Donald Pickett from 2013-14. She guided an NSU offense that touted All-Southland Conference performers Cayla Jones and Elise Vincent along with utility E.C. Delafield. The Lady Demons hit 35 home runs and averaged nearly four runs per game. Before NSU, Locke spent four seasons at Texas Tech (2015-18), serving as the primary pitching coach. The Mesquite, Texas, native will return to her offensive roots at NSU as she’ll be involved in coaching hitting on Pickett’s staff. Locke worked primarily with pitchers in her last stint at NSU. including tutoring Kylie Roos and Kaylee Guidry in 2013, who combined for a sub-2.00 ERA with 29 combined wins and a pair of All-Southland Conference selections. Guidry boasts NSU’s highest career winning percentage (.727, 24-9) while Roos ranks in the top four of four different NSU career pitching categories.
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Year 2012 2012 2012 Locke helped slice NSU’s team 2011 ERA from 3.88 in 2012 to 2.15 in 2013. 2009-12 She also assisted with hitting in 2009
PLAYER ACCOLADES Honor NFCA All-American WCWS All-Tournament All-SEC First Team NFCA All-Region 4x SEC All-Academic All-SEC Freshman of the Year
seasons that built the foundation for NCAA TOURNAMENT EXPERIENCE NSU’s most prominent power numRound bers with hitters like Cassandra Bare- Year 2014 NCAA Regionals field and Kellye Kincannon. NCAA Regionals Locke helped the Lady Demons 2013 2012 NCAA National Champions to Southland Conference Tournament 2011 Women’s College World Series titles and NCAA Tournament appear- 2010 NCAA Super Regionals ances in her two seasons in Natchi- 2009 Women’s College World Series toches, the first time that’s been accomplished in program history. At Texas Tech, young pitchers that Locke recruited morphed into the Red Raiders’ leading arms. Freshman Erin Edmundson posted a team-high 17 wins with a 2.97 ERA en route to All-Big 12 Freshman Team honors in 2018. Freshman Kassidy Scott was selected to the All-Big 12 Freshman team in 2017 with 10 wins. Locke lowered the team ERA to 3.78 for a 31-28 squad, improving from 4.72 in 2017 and 5.77 in 2016. But Locke is no stranger to the bat. As a utility player at Alabama, she took home NFCA All-American honors (second team) and an All-Southeastern Conference selection as the Crimson Tide won the national title in 2012. The All-SEC selection helped the Tide to their first-ever national title and first title for an SEC member. The SEC Freshman of the Year in 2009 earned two NFCA All-Region selections and was a four-time member of the SEC All-Academic Team. Locke ranks third in Alabama history with 54 career home runs and eighth with 161 RBIs. She helped the Tide to three WCWS appearances and one more Super Regional appearance, Locke joins pitching coach Brooke Boening on Pickett’s staff. Boening was a senior pitcher under Locke’s tutelage in 2013.
CHAMPIONS ‘91 ‘98 ‘99 ‘00 ‘15
