Amanda Locke


Amanda Sue Locke is an American softball coach and former player. She attended North Mesquite High School in Mesquite, Texas, graduating in 2008. She later attended the University of Alabama, where she played first base and pitcher on the Alabama Crimson Tide softball team. 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, to claim the University of Alabama's first NCAA softball championship. After graduating from Alabama, Locke served as an assistant softball coach at Northwestern State University from 2013 to 2014, 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.