Oklahoma State University Athletics
Cowgirl Softball
- Title:
- Assistant Coach/Recruiting Coordinator
- Email:
- vshippy@okstate.edu
- Phone:
- (405) 744-7638
- Twitter:
- @Coach_Shippy
Vanessa Shippy-Fletcher serves as Oklahoma State’s hitting coach and recruiting coordinator, promotions she received prior to the 2024 season.
Prior to that, she was a volunteer assistant for the Cowgirls from 2021-23, focusing primarily on hitting and base running and working closely with the OSU outfielders.
In 2024, Shippy-Fletcher led the Cowgirl offense to a near-record breaking season while coaching Caroline Wang to third team NFCA All-America honors and five offensive Cowgirls to NFCA all-region accolades. That season, OSU’s offense finished inside the top three on nine different single-season lists, including hitting the second-most home runs (92) and scoring the second-most runs in program history (363).
Shippy-Fletcher’s work with the hitters helped the Cowgirls to a spot in the 2024 Women’s College World Series and she was a member of OSU’s 2024 NFCA Midwest Region Coaching Staff of the Year.
In three years as a volunteer assistant, Shippy-Fletcher helped the Cowgirls to three straight appearances in the NCAA Women’s College World Series and helped OSU outfielders to six All-Big 12 and six NFCA All-Region honors.
She was particularly effective in aiding younger players in their transition to the major college level, helping Tallen Edwards to NFCA Freshman All-America honors in 2023 just one year after helping sophomore Katelynn Carwile become the first OSU outfielder since Olympian Jaime Foutch in 1996 to earn All-America honors.
A star in her playing days, Shippy-Fletcher is one of only two three-time All-Americans in Oklahoma State history. She is OSU’s only three-time Academic All-American. The Big 12 Player of the Year in 2016 and 2018, Shippy-Fletcher finished her career with an impressive .404/.532/.585 slash line and her name remains atop the OSU career records list for runs, doubles, bases on balls and on-base percentage.
She played in the National Pro Fastpitch league for one season after graduating from Oklahoma State and served as an assistant coach at Syracuse for the 2019 and 2020 seasons.
She and her husband Matt have a son, Luke, and a daughter, Hallie.
