Chaley Brickey joined the Wingate University coaching staff as the Assistant Coach in the summer of 2019. She comes to Wingate after spending a year as the Graduate Assistant Coach at Baker University for current Wingate head coach Jamie Stanclift.
Brickey was a four-year letter-winner at Kansas University from 2012-2016. Following her playing career, she spent a season as a Student Assistant Coach and a year as the Volunteer Assistant Coach for the Jayhawks, serving as the Interim Assistant Coach in the summer of 2018 before taking the job at Baker. She also spent time serving as the Director of Operations at Kansas.
At Baker, Brickey helped guide the team to a regular season and conference tournament title in 2019. The Wildcats earned a bid to the NAIA Tournament and ranked fifth nationally in fielding percentage. Baker also led the league in batting average. Brickey had numerous responsibilities in her year at Baker, including organizing and implementing drills, field prep, cutting film for scouting and evaluations with players, running individual offense. She also started the Kiddie Cat Club, a mentoring program between athletes and the community.
During her playing career at Kansas, Brickey was a four-time all-conference selection, while earning NFCA All-Region accolades in each of her final three seasons. She earned first team All-Big 12 and All-Region honors as a sophomore and a senior at Kansas. Brickey was named the Big 12 Offensive Player of the Year in 2015 and 2016. She holds the school record for slugging percentage, runs scored, RBI and walks.
After her successful collegiate playing career, Brickey was the 16th overall pick in the National Professional Fastpitch draft in 2016. She played a season with the Pennsylvania Rebellion, helping the team register its winningest season in program history.
Brickey earned her Bachelor of Science from Kansas in May of 2017. She is currently pursuing her Master’s of Art in Sport Management from Wingate University.
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