The University of Alabama at Birmingham Athletics
Softball
Courtnay Foster
- Title:
- Associate Head Coach
- Email:
- courtnay@uab.edu
- Phone:
- 975-7800
Foster was named Associate Head Coach on September 24, 2020. The 2022 season will mark her fifth season working with the UAB pitchers and second season as Associate Head Coach.Β
2021 Pitching Highlights:
Foster previously spent one season at Louisiana as a volunteer assistant coach and working with the Ragin' Cajuns pitchers. Before making the move to Louisiana, She was the head coach at Bucknell (2016-17) where she guided the Bison to a 50-43 record and saw four of her players earn five All-Patriot League awards.
She also had a five-year stint (2011-15) as an assistant coach at her alma mater, Northwestern. With the Wildcats, she coached Kristen Wood and Amy Letourneau as they both led the Big Ten in strikeouts and ranked in the top 20 nationally in strikeouts in 2013 and 2014, respectively.
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As a student-athlete for Northwestern, Foster was a three-time All-Big Ten and Academic All-Big Ten selection, a two-time NFCA All-Mideast Region award winner and a 2005 NFCA All-American. She racked up 80 wins, 1,014 career strikeouts and led Northwestern to a WCWS victory over Alabama in 2006.
2021 Pitching Highlights:
- Amy WoodhamΒ earnedΒ First-Team All-Conference and All C-USA All-Tournament TeamΒ selectionsΒ in 2021. Woodham was the first UABΒ pitcher to earnΒ first-team honors since 2014
- UAB heldΒ the third lowest ERA (2.61) and OBAΒ (.239)Β in the conference
- SarahΒ Cespedes had the second lowest ERA (.98)Β in C-USA play in the league
Foster previously spent one season at Louisiana as a volunteer assistant coach and working with the Ragin' Cajuns pitchers. Before making the move to Louisiana, She was the head coach at Bucknell (2016-17) where she guided the Bison to a 50-43 record and saw four of her players earn five All-Patriot League awards.
She also had a five-year stint (2011-15) as an assistant coach at her alma mater, Northwestern. With the Wildcats, she coached Kristen Wood and Amy Letourneau as they both led the Big Ten in strikeouts and ranked in the top 20 nationally in strikeouts in 2013 and 2014, respectively.
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As a student-athlete for Northwestern, Foster was a three-time All-Big Ten and Academic All-Big Ten selection, a two-time NFCA All-Mideast Region award winner and a 2005 NFCA All-American. She racked up 80 wins, 1,014 career strikeouts and led Northwestern to a WCWS victory over Alabama in 2006.
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