Parker Conrad returns for her fifth season as the Bobcats' pitching coach.
The Winter Park, Florida, native is a former NCAA Division I pitcher and took over pitching duties for longtime associate head coach Bob Herrington after the 2021 season.
Jones has boasted a Top 20 ERA in the country in each of her three seasons, including a 2.38 ERA in 2024 which is the best in her tenure. The 2025 pitching staff struck out 399 combined hitters, sixth-most in NJCAA Division II. JC has been in the Top 10 now in four straight seasons in punchouts.
She has tutored three NFCA First Team All-Americans and an NJCAA First Team All-American in the circle in Jayden Sawyer, Reanna Nieman, Nia Luckett and Holly Craft.
Luckett ended her illustrious career as a three-time all-american with a school-record 501 career strikeouts and 50 wins.
Conrad began her softball career at Missouri and appeared in 19 games as a freshman. She pitched in 22 games her sophomore and junior seasons at Oklahoma, helping the Sooners to back-to-back Women's College World Series appearances, before ending her career at UAB.
In 126.2 career innings in the circle, Conrad was 8-7 overall with two saves and punched out 130 batters. She had 80 strikeouts in her senior year at UAB, second-most on the team, and was named to the Conference USA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll and C-USA Pitcher of the Week.
Prior to her collegiate journey, Conrad played high school ball at Winter Park. Beginning varsity play as a freshman, she helped guide the Wildcats to a district title and earned team MVP honors as a sophomore. A year later, she averaged 15 strikeouts per game as a junior.
Conrad graduated with a bachelor of science in sociology from UAB in the spring of 2021.
