Coaching Staff

Brea Dickey | Assistant Coach

Kennesaw State softball head coach Tripp MacKay has added former decorated outfielder Brea Dickey as an assistant coach, he announced on Sept. 6, 2022.

The Lawrenceville, Ga. native returns to Kennesaw State after producing one of the most successful careers at the plate in Owl softball history.

"I'm super excited for this opportunity to come back to Kennesaw as a coach," Dickey said. "I'm looking forward to working with the girls and our staff. As a player, I learned a lot from Coach MacKay and I am excited to work with him."

During her three seasons at KSU, she accrued 135 hits with a .363 batting average in 132 games played. Dickey's .438 batting average in 2020 is the Kennesaw State softball Division I single-season record.

As a Player

AS A REDSHIRT SENIOR (2021)
» NFCA All-Region Second Team
» ASUN First Team All-Conference
» ASUN All-Tournament Team
» ASUN All-Academic Team
» ASUN Player of the Week (4/26)
» ASUN Preseason All-Conference Team

Appeared in all 54 games in left field … Leads the team with a .374 batting average and a .626 slugging percentage ... In her 171 at-bats she scored 39 runs on 64 hits … Logged 15 doubles, two triples, eight home runs and 25 RBIs … Recorded 74 putouts and two assists to finish the year with a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage … The redshirt senior was named ASUN Player of the Week after her performance in three games against Georgia Tech and Georgia State.

AS A SENIOR (2020)
» 2020 CoSIDA Academic All-District

Led the team in average (.448), at-bats (88), runs (23), hits (39), triples (4), total bags (52), and sacrifice hits (3) ... struck out just three times as the typical two-hole batter ... nationally, she ranked sixth in hits, 48th in average, 8th in triples, 78th in total bases, and was the 33rd toughest batter to strike out ... led the Owls to an opening-weekend sweep of Purdue Fort Wayne and Jacksonville State ...  notched seven runs on eight hits over the weekend ... also knocked in five RBIs, batting average of .667 and OPS of 1.61 on the first weekend ... notched two hits, an RBI, and scored in a win at ranked Auburn ... tallied consecutive two-hit, two RBI games on Feb. 15 against PFW and Eastern Illinois ... recorded six hits, two RBI, and five runs scored over the Dr. Bobbie Bailey Memorial Tournament ... went 3-3 wth a 2B against Rider (2/28) ... had consecutive two-hit games against Iowa State and Penn State, including a triple against the Nittany Lions ... had two stellar offense games at the Colorado State Classic, 3-4 at CSU (3/6), and 4-4 vs. Idaho State (3/8).

AS A REDSHIRT-JUNIOR AT KENNESAW STATE (2019)
» 2019 Google Cloud Academic All-District

Played in 53 games, making 41 starts in left field ... posted a .286 batting average with 32 hits, 16 RBIs and 20 runs scored ... logged six multi-hit games ... tallied four doubles and two triples ... recorded a season-high three RBIs against Northern Illinois (2/22), Saint Louis (3/10) and North Alabama (5/8) ... went 2-for-3 with three RBIs, one run scored and a triple against NIU (2/22) ... hit her second triple of the year against North Florida (4/6) to secure a 3-1 victory over the Ospreys ... led the team with 22 stolen bases, finishing 22-of-24 ... swiped a season-high two bags against Tennessee Tech (2/15) and Saint Louis (3/9) ... recorded a .987 fielding percentage with 71 putouts and seven assists.

AS A JUNIOR AT GEORGIA (2018)
Did not play softball.

AS A SOPHOMORE AT GEORGIA (2017)
Played in 42 games with 29 starts, including 16 in left field and 13 as designated player … finished the year with a .295 average, posting 22 runs on 28 hits with two doubles, a triple and nine RBI … walked eight times while posting three sacrifice hits and four stolen bases … posted two hits in four games against Kentucky, Auburn, South Carolina and Florida State … scored twice in wins over Georgia Southern and Arkansas … tallied two-RBI triple against Mercer … named to J. Reid Parker Director of Athletics Honor Roll and Dean’s List.

AS A FRESHMAN AT GEORGIA (2016)
Played in 36 games this season, starting 12 of them as designated player or in the outfield ... totaled 13 hits with 17 runs scored ... Posted two extra-base hits with two doubles this season ... earned her first career start vs. Austin Peay, going 2-for-3 with two runs scored ... went 3-for-3 against Kennesaw State ... p osted a double and a run in win over Ole Miss ... posted two hits and a run in win over No. 4 Alabama.

HIGH SCHOOL
Had four-year career at Collins Hill High School where she helped her team to a pair of state championships and a trio of region championships ... earned First-Team All-County, All-Region and All-State honors in each of her final three seasons ... owns the school records in stolen bases and triples and led her team in batting average, RBI, hits, triples and stolen bases in three seasons ... played travel ball for the GA Impact, CH Eagles, Worth Cobras and GA ICE ... in travel ball career, had a fifth-place finish at the 2011-12 ASA Eastern Nationals and ESPN USSSA World Series Champion while being voted tournament MVP ... also had a fifth and 14th-place finish at the USFA World Series in 2011 and 2009, respectively ... was a member of the Torch Scholarship Program and also played soccer and ran track.

PERSONAL
Daughter of Fred and Amy Dickey...Has one sister, Mariah, who was a member of the UGA soccer team from 2012-13 ... born on February 7 ... major is integrative studies.