Courtney Conley is in her second season as an assistant coach with the Lindenwood softball team in 2017.
In her first season at Lindenwood, Conley helped the Lions improve by six victories in the win column. The offense improved in nearly every category, including scoring 0.30 runs more a contest and ranking fifth in the MIAA in batting average.
Conley came to Lindenwood after coaching at Missouri State University for three seasons, first as a volunteer coach and then as a graduate assistant. The Bears won 80 games over those seasons, and she helped the team earn runner-up honors in the 2015 regular season and 2015 conference tournament. The 2015 team broke the program’s single-season home run record by 15 homers, and the 2016 squad was among the nation’s leaders in fielding average.
Conley was a standout player before getting into coaching, playing four seasons at the University of Alabama. She was a four-year starter at third base for a Crimson Tide program that won the 2012 NCAA Division I Women’s College World Series. She also capture three SEC regular season championships, two SEC tournament titles, and appeared in four NCAA Tournaments and two College World Series.
In her career, Conley had 91 RBI, 90 runs, 24 home runs, and 21 doubles. She had numerous big hits throughout her career, with the biggest being a RBI double and then scoring a run in the 2012 World Series title-clinching game.
Conley is a native of Robertsville, Mo. and was the 2007 St. Louis Post-Dispatch Player of the Year at Eureka High School. She also earned Missouri Gatorade Player of the Year honors in high school. Her final high school numbers included 127 runs, 155 hits, 19 home runs, 47 stolen bases, and 42 RBI.
Conley graduated from Alabama in 2013 with a degree in communicative disorders, and she earned her master’s from Missouri State in 2016 in business administration. She earned four NFCA academic awards during her playing career, and was a four-time member of the SEC Academic Honor Roll.
