Lacey Waldrop

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
Title	Assistant coach
Team	Houston
Conference	Big 12
Biographical details
Born	(1993-03-06) March 6, 1993 (age 32) Chester, Virginia, U.S.
Alma mater	Florida State University
Playing career
2012–2015	Florida State
2015–2016	Chicago Bandits
Position(s)	Pitcher
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2017	Oklahoma (Graduate asst.)
2018–2019	Duke (asst.)
2019–present	Houston (asst.)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
As a Player: 3× ACC regular-season champions (2013-2015) 2× ACC tournament champions (2014, 2015) As an Assistant: Women's College World Series Champions (2017) Big 12 regular-season champions (2017) Big 12 tournament champions (2017)
Awards
As a Player: USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year (2014) Senior CLASS Award (2015) First-team All-American (2014) 2× Third-team All-American (2013, 2015) 2× ACC Pitcher of the Year (2014, 2015) 2× ACC All-Tournament Team (2013, 2014) 3× All-ACC First Team (2013–2015) Second-team All-ACC (2012) 2× All-ACC Academic Team (2014, 2015)

Medal record
Women's softball
Representing  United States
National Pro Fastpitch
1st	2015 season	Chicago Bandits
1st	2016 season	Chicago Bandits

Playing career

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

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

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