Softball
Cooley, Jessica
Jessica Cooley
- Title:
- Coordinator of Softball Operations
- Phone:
- 325-0560
Once an All-American and All-SEC standout, former Bulldog great Jessica Cooley is back in Starkville as MSU softball’s director of operations, head coach Vann Stuedeman announced in August 2016.
A Birmingham, Ala., native, Cooley will serve as the program’s primary liaison with adidas, coordinate all team travel and manage player relations. In addition, Cooley also oversees the MSU softball team managers.
Cooley starred on the diamond for the Bulldogs from 2010-13, finishing her time in the Maroon and White as one of the most prolific power hitters in program history. She still holds the school record for most career grand slams (3), while her 27 home runs stand sixth in the MSU record books. She tallied 15 homers in 2012, which is third in MSU single-season history, while her 10 bombs in her senior campaign tie Sam Lenahan’s 2014 campaign for most single-season home runs by an MSU senior.
She also still stands as the only player in SEC history to record four multi-home run games in a single season (2012).
On March 6, 2012, she was tabbed as the USA Softball Player of the Week. She joined former MSU All-American and SEC Player of the Year Iyhia McMichael as the only two in school history to receive the national honor. That same year, she earned CollegeSportsMadness Third-Team All-American laurels.
She was also a star in the classroom, as she was named Academic All-SEC all four years at State and earned a spot on the 2013 SEC Community Service Team.
The daughter of Mark and Candy Cooley, she was born Jessica Ashley Cooley on April 25, 1991, in Birmingham, Ala. She has two sisters, Lindsay Gornto and Katie Cooley Lock, an outfielder for the Bulldogs from 2004-07. Cooley graduated with her bachelor’s degree in marketing in 2014 and her master’s degree in sport administration in 2016.
A Birmingham, Ala., native, Cooley will serve as the program’s primary liaison with adidas, coordinate all team travel and manage player relations. In addition, Cooley also oversees the MSU softball team managers.
Cooley starred on the diamond for the Bulldogs from 2010-13, finishing her time in the Maroon and White as one of the most prolific power hitters in program history. She still holds the school record for most career grand slams (3), while her 27 home runs stand sixth in the MSU record books. She tallied 15 homers in 2012, which is third in MSU single-season history, while her 10 bombs in her senior campaign tie Sam Lenahan’s 2014 campaign for most single-season home runs by an MSU senior.
She also still stands as the only player in SEC history to record four multi-home run games in a single season (2012).
On March 6, 2012, she was tabbed as the USA Softball Player of the Week. She joined former MSU All-American and SEC Player of the Year Iyhia McMichael as the only two in school history to receive the national honor. That same year, she earned CollegeSportsMadness Third-Team All-American laurels.
She was also a star in the classroom, as she was named Academic All-SEC all four years at State and earned a spot on the 2013 SEC Community Service Team.
The daughter of Mark and Candy Cooley, she was born Jessica Ashley Cooley on April 25, 1991, in Birmingham, Ala. She has two sisters, Lindsay Gornto and Katie Cooley Lock, an outfielder for the Bulldogs from 2004-07. Cooley graduated with her bachelor’s degree in marketing in 2014 and her master’s degree in sport administration in 2016.
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