In her ten
years at Lock Haven University,
Kelley Green has led the Lady Eagles
to national distinction, winning the
Division II National Championship in
2006 and posting an impressive
295-128 overall mark, making her the winningest coach in LHU softball
history.
In 2008 she was
named the PSAC Western Division
Coach of the Year. For the
third year in a row her team was
PSAC Western Division Champions,
PSAC Tournament Champs., and
Mid-Atlantic Region Champs.
The Lady Eagles also finished fourth
at the NCAA Championships in
Houston, Texas. She guided
three players to all-American
status, four to the all-Regions
list, and six players to the all-PSAC
West team. All of those
stand-out players will return for
Coach Green next season where they
will look to continue their
tradition of success.
She was honored
with the 2006 Pennsylvania State
Athletic Conference (PSAC) Coach of
the Year. Green and her assistant,
Kelly Shannon were named the
National Fastpitch Coaches
Association (NFCA) Division II
Coaching Staff of the Year. She has
had three 30-win seasons in her
tenure, including a record-breaking
2006 when Lock Haven posted a
program-best 56 wins. In 2007, the
Lady Eagles finished as Division II
National Runner-ups, NCAA Division
II Mid-Atlantic Champions, PSAC
Tournament champions, and PSAC West
Champions.
The Lady Eagles
overall record in 2007 was 52-5,
19-1 PSAC. Under her direction,
sophomore pitcher Kristin Erb was a
finalist for the Honda Collegiate
Women’s Sports Award and was a First
Team All-American for the second
consecutive season. The Lady Eagles
had eight first team All-PSAC
players and three NFCA Division II
All-Region First Team players.
In 2006, along
with being the Division II National
Champions, LHU was also the
Mid-Atlantic Regional Champions, the
Pennsylvania State Athletic
Conference (PSAC) Champions and the
PSAC West Champions. The overall
record in 2006 was 56-4, 20-0 PSAC.
Under her direction, freshman
pitcher Kristin Erb was honored with
NCAA/Honda Division II Female
Athlete of the Year and Green also
coached two All-American selections.
The 2005 Lady
Eagle squad boasted a 35-10 mark and
the first PSAC West title for LHU
since the 1988 season. The Haven was
17-1 in conference play and defended
home Lawrence Field to the tune of a
10-0 mark... LHU earned a berth in
both the PSAC and NCAA Mid-Atlantic
Regional tournaments. The Lady
Eagles hit .332 as a squad last
season, scoring 263 runs, both
school bests. The 2005 team also set
then school marks in hits (400),
doubles (84), home runs (28),
extra-base hits (127), RBI (244) and
sac bunts (85), making it one of the
most successful seasons in LHU
history.
In 2004, the
Lady Eagles had a 14-win turnaround
from the previous season, working
their way to a 27-17 mark, the
second 20-win season under Green.
The team also had a 16-4 PSAC West
ledger, good for second place in the
division. Four Lady Eagles earned
all-conference honors.
In 2002, Green
took the Lady Eagles to the NCAA
Division II Mid-Atlantic Region
finals, the PSAC tournament, and
wrapped up the year with a
school-record 37 wins. Six Lady
Eagles earned All-PSAC honors and
one went on to garner LHU's
first-ever All-America award. Coach
Green was named PSAC West Coach of
the Year, and both Green and then
assistant coach Leslie Moore earned
the NFCA Division II Regional
Coaching Staff of the Year award.
Prior to coming
to Lock Haven, Green spent two
seasons playing for the Virginia
Roadsters, a team in the Women's
Professional Softball League.
Green also
served two seasons as an assistant
coach for the women's softball team
at Penn State University from
1996-98, where she was an integral
part of the Lady Lions' success and
assisted in all facets of the
program. In addition to her coaching
and professional experience, Green's
collegiate career was spent at
Northwestern University (1992-1996),
where she was a three-time All-Big
Ten player, and also garnered
All-Mideast Region laurels, as well
as an A.S.A. third-team All-American
certificate in 1995.
Upon
graduation, Green was the
Northwestern single season and
career record holder in hits with 68
in 1994 and a four-year total of 215
safeties.
She also ranks
among the top four in several other
career and single season major
offensive categories, including
doubles, RBIs, and batting average.
In 1996, Green
received the Northwestern
Outstanding Senior Athlete Award,
and also earned her Bachelor's
Degree in Education and Social
Policy.