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Lacey Waldrop

Summary

Lacey Waldrop (born March 6, 1993[1]) is an American, former collegiate All-American professional softball pitcher and current assistant coach at Houston.[2][3][4] Waldrop was a starting pitcher for Florida State, where she is the school career leader in wins and was named USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year in 2014.[5][6] Waldrop was drafted third overall in the 2015 NPF Draft by the Chicago Bandits, and won two consecutive Cowles Cup championships with the Bandits in 2015 and 2016.

Lacey Waldrop
Waldrop in 2014 as Florida State's Pitcher
Current position
TitleAssistant Coach
TeamHouston
ConferenceAAC
Biographical details
Born (1993-03-06) March 6, 1993 (age 31)
Chester, Virginia
Alma materFlorida State University
Playing career
2012–2015Florida State
2015–2016Chicago Bandits
Position(s)Pitcher
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2017Oklahoma (Graduate asst.)
2018–2019Duke (asst.)
2019–presentHouston (asst.)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
As a Player:
  • 3× ACC regular-season champions (2013-2015)
  • 2× ACC tournament champions (2014, 2015)

As an Assistant:

Awards
As a Player:
Medal record
Women's softball
Representing  United States
National Pro Fastpitch
1st 2015 season Chicago Bandits
1st 2016 season Chicago Bandits

Playing career edit

Born in Chester, Virginia,[1] she attended Thomas Dale High School, where she made the all-state softball team as a senior in 2011,[7] and was named Player of the Week by the Richmond Times-Dispatch.[8]

Waldrop studied at and played for Florida State University from 2012 to 2015,[1] earning significant recognition, including winning seven All-Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) honors,[1][9][10] three All-American honors,[1] and a tryout invitation for Team USA.[11][12] In 2014, the Amateur Softball Association and USA Softball named Waldrop the USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year.[13] She also won ACC Pitcher of the Year in both 2014 and 2015.[9][10]

Waldrop graduated with a bachelor's degree in Editing, Writing, and Media, with a minor in Communications.[14] During her time at Florida State, she was recognized for her academic achievements.[15][1][14]

After graduating, Waldrop was drafted third overall by the Chicago Bandits in the 2015 NPF Draft.[16] She went on to win consecutive Cowles Cup with the Bandits in 2015 and 2016.[17]

Coaching career edit

On July 6, 2017, Waldrop was named assistant coach at Duke.[18]

On July 17, 2020, Waldrop was named assistant coach at Houston.[19]

Career statistics edit

Florida State
YEAR W L GP GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB SO ERA WHIP
2012 19 5 34 26 10 6 2 162.2 107 44 31 36 139 1.34 0.88
2013 24 10 47 41 17 5 2 219.1 159 76 48 55 259 1.53 0.97
2014 38 7 48 42 27 8 1 266.1 190 70 43 80 287 1.13 1.01
2015 28 7 41 34 21 6 2 211.1 123 64 46 86 232 1.52 0.99
TOTALS 109 29 170 143 75 25 7 859.2 579 254 168 257 917 1.37 0.97

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Lacey Waldrop". Florida State Seminoles. Retrieved November 2, 2014.
  2. ^ "2013 Louisville Slugger/NFCA Division I All-America Teams". Nfca.org. 29 May 2013. Retrieved 2020-10-28.
  3. ^ "2014 Louisville Slugger/NFCA Division I All-America Teams". Nfca.org. Retrieved 2020-10-28.
  4. ^ "2015 Louisville Slugger/NFCA Division I All-America Teams". Nfca.org. Retrieved 2020-10-28.
  5. ^ "2020 ACC Softball Annual Champions & Composite Records" (PDF). Theacc.com. Retrieved 2020-10-29.
  6. ^ "2020 Florida State Softball" (PDF). Seminoles.com. Retrieved 2020-10-29.
  7. ^ Waldrop was named AAA pitcher of the year by the Virginia High School Coaches Association. "Waldrop, Hall Headline All-State Softball Team". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Richmond, Virginia. July 28, 2011. Archived from the original on August 11, 2016. Retrieved August 11, 2016.
  8. ^ "Girls Player of the Week: Lacey Waldrop". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Richmond, Virginia. April 24, 2008. Retrieved December 7, 2015.
  9. ^ a b "2014 ACC Softball Honors Announced". Atlantic Coast Conference. May 8, 2014. Archived from the original on April 30, 2016. Retrieved April 30, 2016.
  10. ^ a b "2015 All-ACC Softall Honors Announced". Atlantic Coast Conference. May 7, 2015. Archived from the original on September 30, 2015. Retrieved December 7, 2015.
  11. ^ Dalton, Brad (June 6, 2014). "FSU Pitcher Lacey Waldrop Earns Tryout with Team USA". WTXL. Retrieved December 8, 2015.
  12. ^ "Lacey Waldrop Wraps Up Team USA Camp". Florida State Seminoles (Press release). June 22, 2014. Archived from the original on December 8, 2015. Retrieved December 8, 2015.
  13. ^ Embree, Steven (May 27, 2014). "Florida States Waldrop Named 2014 USA Softball National Collegiate Player of the Year". Team USA. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved December 7, 2015.
  14. ^ a b "Lacey Waldrop". SeniorClassAward.com. Archived from the original on September 19, 2015. Retrieved March 16, 2016.
  15. ^ "Florida State's Lacey Waldrop Wins 2015 Senior Class Award in Softball". Atlantic Coast Conference. May 27, 2015. Archived from the original on August 12, 2016. Retrieved August 11, 2016.
  16. ^ "Team roster: Lacey Waldrop". Chicago Bandits. Archived from the original on December 8, 2015. Retrieved December 7, 2015.
  17. ^ "Previous Winners of the Cowles Cup". National Pro Fastpitch. Archived from the original on December 8, 2015. Retrieved December 7, 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  18. ^ "Waldrop Joins Duke Softball Staff". GoDuke.com. Duke Athletics. 6 July 2017. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  19. ^ "Lacey Waldrop". Uhcougars.com. Retrieved 2020-10-29.

Further reading edit

  • Soule, Sarabeth (March 19, 2014). "Meet Lacey Waldrop: FSU Softball Pitcher and All-Around Sweetheart". Her Campus. Archived from the original on March 16, 2016.
  • Waldrop, Lacey (November 5, 2015). "What the Game Has Taught Me". WSN247.com. Archived from the original on August 10, 2016.

External links edit

  • Lacey Waldrop on Twitter
  • Lacey Waldrop Bio

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