| Amanda Locke | |
| Current Title: | Head coach |
| Current Team: | Birmingham–Southern |
| Current Conference: | SAA |
| Current Record: | 13-4 |
| Birth Place: | Mesquite, Texas |
| Alma Mater: | University of Alabama |
| Player Years1: | 2009–2012 |
| Player Team1: | Alabama |
| Player Positions: | First baseman / pitcher |
| Coach Years1: | 2013–2014 |
| Coach Team1: | Northwestern State (assistant) |
| Coach Years2: | 2015–2018 |
| Coach Team2: | Texas Tech (assistant) |
| Coach Years3: | 2019–2021 |
| Coach Team3: | Northwestern State (associate head coach) |
| Coach Years4: | 2022–present |
| Coach Team4: | Birmingham–Southern |
| Overall Record: | 28-4 |
Amanda Locke is an American, former collegiate All-American softball player and current coach at Birmingham–Southern College.[1]
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]
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]
| 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 |