Traci Conrad
American softball player and coach
Traci Lynn Conrad (born December 17, 1976) is an American softball coach and former player. She is a coach with Select Florida Softball and previously served as an assistant coach at Notre Dame. She played professional softball for the Akron Racers of the National Pro Fastpitch (NPF) league from 1999 to 2000.
Conrad also played college softball for the Michigan Wolverines softball team from 1996 to 1999. She was the first player to win two Big Ten Conference batting titles, accomplishing the feat in both 1998 and 1999. She also set and continues to hold the Big Ten record with 345 career hits. Conrad was also the first Michigan softball player to be selected twice as a first-team NFCA All-American and the first to win the Big Ten Player of the Year award twice. She was also selected three consecutive years (1997-1999) as the first-team All-Big Ten first baseman and four consecutive years (1996-1999) as the NFCA All-Great Lakes Region first baseman.
Early years
Conrad was born in approximately 1977 at Frankfort, Illinois. She was an All-State softball player at Lincoln-Way High School.
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