The Mississippi College Athletics Department had photos taken on Tuesday, July 26, 2022, in the A.E. Wood Coliseum on the school’s campus in Clinton, Miss.

Brooke O'Hair

BROOKE O'HAIR SEASON-BY-SEASON RECORDS

Mississippi College head softball coach Brooke O’Hair enters her 18th season at the helm of the Lady Choctaws program in 2023-24. She is the winningest coach in school history with a record of 466-290 (.616). Led MC to a school record 42 wins overall and 24 wins in 2023.

 

COACHING MILESTONES
  - Gulf South Conference (GSC) Coach of the Year (2023)

  - National Christian College Athletic Association (NCCAA) National Coach of the Year (2016)
  - Win #1  ||  February 20, 2007 - at William Carey (4-1)
  - Win #100  ||  April 10, 2010 - at Ozarks (9-0)
  - Win #200  ||  April 18, 2014 - at LeTourneau (2-1)
  - Win #300  ||  April 1, 2017 - at Valdosta State (10-9)

  - Win #400  ||  February 22, 2021 - vs. Delta State (2-1)
 

POSTSEASON

  NCAA
  - Division II Tournament Appearances (2017, 2019, 2021, 2023)
  - Division III Tournament Appearances (2007, 2010, 2011)


  GULF SOUTH CONFERENCE (GSC)
  - GSC Tournament Champions (2017)
  - GSC Tournament Appearances (2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2023)

  AMERICAN SOUTHWEST CONFERENCE (ASC)

  - ASC Tournament Appearances (2007, 2011)

  NATIONAL CHRISTIAN COLLEGE ATHLETIC ASSCOCIATION (NCCAA)
  - NCCAA National Champions (2016)
  - NCCAA National Tournament Appearances (2014, 2015, 2016)
  - NCCAA MidEast Region Champions (2016)

 

PLAYER ACCOLADES

  NATIONAL FASTPITCH COACHES ASSCOCIATION (NFCA)
  - ALL-AMERICA (6): Jennifer Jones (2011), Brooke Smitherman (2011, 2014), McCall Lee (2023), Shelby Samples (2023), Kamyrn Eaton (2023)
  - ALL-REGION (136: Morgan Bradford (2019), Tylan Buckley (2017), Cori Cooper (2019), Carly Crawford (2017), Sarah Finch (2011), Jennifer Jones (2010), Katherine Lee (2017), Macey Lee (2014), Shay Mickens (2014), Kristen Qualls (2016), Sarah Smaltz (2012), Brooke Smitherman (2010, 2014), McCall Lee (2023), Shelby Samples (2023), Kamyrn Eaton (2023), Brooke Fagan (2023)
  - NFCA CATCHER OF THE YEAR (1): McCall Lee (2023)

  DIVISION II CONFERENCE COMMISSIONERS ASSOCIATION (D2CCA)
  - ALL-AMERICA (1): McCall Lee (2023)
  - ALL-REGION (9): Morgan Bradford (2019), Cori Cooper (2019), Carly Crawford (2017, 2019), Katherine Lee (2017), McCall Lee (2023), Shelby Samples (2023), Kamyrn Eaton (2023), Brooke Fagan (2023)
  - SOUTH REGION PLAYER OF THE YEAR (1): McCall Lee (2023)

  EASTON FASTPITCH
  - ALL-AMERICA (1): Brooke Smitherman (2011)

  GULF SOUTH CONFERENCE (GSC)
  - PLAYER OF THE YEAR (1): McCall Lee (2023)
  -
PITCHER OF THE YEAR (1): Cori Cooper (2019)
  - FIRST TEAM (14): Morgan Bradford (2019), Cori Cooper (2019), Tylan Buckley (2017), Carly Crawford (2017, 2018, 2019), Hannah Creel (2019), Katherine Lee (2017), McCall Lee (2021, 2023), Shelby Samples (2023), Kamyrn Eaton (2023), Jenna Ergle (2023), Jordan LaFosse (2023)
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SECOND TEAM (7): Cori Cooper (2018), Rayne Minor (2021), Annemarie Peavy (2019), Haley Thompson (2017), Brooke Fagan (2023), Jordan Moore (2023), Camryn Bailey (2023)

  AMERICAN SOUTHWEST CONFERENCE (ASC)
  -
PITCHER OF THE YEAR (1): Courtney Nunn (2012)
  - PLAYER OF THE YEAR (1): Brooke Smitherman (2014)
  - FIRST TEAM (11): Michelle Cochran (2008), Megan Colvin (2011), Sarah Finch (2011), Jennifer Jones (2011), Kim Mason (2011), Shay Mickens (2014), Courtney Nunn (2012) Sarah Smaltz (2012), Brooke Smitherman (2011, 2012, 2014)
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SECOND TEAM (14): Adrienne Ard (2008), Lauren Coleman (2008), Megan Colvin (2012), Bethany Fletcher (2014), Tiffany Fuller (2011, 2012), Morgan Harpole (2009), Rachel Hurley (2010), Reagan Jackson (2010), Erica Johns (2013), Jennifer Jones (2010), Macey Lee (2012), Lacie Patterson (2014), Katie Perry (2008)
  - THIRD TEAM (3): Tori Bankston (2014), Megan Everett (2014), Macey Lee (2014)
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HONORABLE MENTION (13): Tori Bankston (2013), Kasey Bomar (2010), Lauren Coleman (2009), Kimmie Conley (2013), Sarah Finch (2010), Morgan Gillenwater (2010), Lauren Goolsby (2009), Rachel Hurley (2009), Jennifer Jones (2009), Macey Lee (2013), Lauren Mulligan (2014), Kathleen Pulliam (2011), Whitney Warner (2009)


  NATIONAL CHRISTIAN COLLEGE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION (NCCAA)
  - GAMEPLAN 4 LIFE CHARACTER AWARD (1): Carlie Sargent (2016)
  -
ALL-AMERICA (5): Shay Mickens (2014, 2015), Kristen Qualls (2015), Carlie Sargent (2015), Brooke Smitherman (2014)
  - ALL-REGION (11): Tori Bankston (2014), Tylan Buckley (2016), Megan Everett (2015), Macey Lee (2014), Shay Mickens (2014, 2015), Kristen Qualls (2016), Carlie Sargent (2015, 2016), Brooke Smitherman (2014, 2015)

 

COACHING BEFORE MC

  - Spent one year as a student assistant (2004) at Mississippi State, helping lead the Bulldogs to the SEC Tournament and an NCAA Regional.
  - Spent two seasons as head coach at Pass Christian High School, taking over a team that was 2-20 in the previous season.
  - PCHS went 15-10 in 2006 and had two players earned all-conference honors.

 

PLAYING CAREER

  - Four-year starter at Mississippi State University, earning SEC All-Academic honors all four years.
  - Part of winningest class in MSU history, reaching SEC Tournament all four years.
  - MSU reached NCAA Regional in 3-of-4 seasons.

 

PERSONAL

  - Married to Tony O'Hair
  - Two Children: Sydney and Cooper
  - Earned her Bachelor of Science in Physical Education from Mississippi State in 2004.