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Courtlynn Cooney joined the Ferrum athletic staff as Assistant Softball Coach in July 2024. Cooney came to Ferrum from the University of Mount Olive in North Carolina, where she was a four-year starter for the Trojan softball team and was a two-time All-American outfielder. A rare four-time All-Region first team selection, she was also a four-time All-Conference first team selection in Conference Carolinas.
 
Cooney holds 11 school records, including season batting average (.503), career batting average (.443), career hits (282), season hits (84), career runs (193), season runs (65), career stolen bases (136), season stolen bases (46), game stolen bases (6), career triples (11) and game hits (4).

Cooney was Mount Olive's Outstanding Student-Athlete of the Year as a junior in 2023, then earned Easton/National Fastpitch Coaches Association All-America Scholar-Athlete honors her senior year in 2024. 
 
Cooney has been a private softball instructor in Mount Olive and in her hometown of Mechanicsville, Maryland. She has also served as a Little League umpire in the Southern Maryland Youth Organization. She earned her bachelor's degree in Business Management, with a minor in Economics in May 2024.