MEAC Title IX 50th Anniversary Celebration


A 2016 inductee into the Bethune-Cookman Athletics Hall of Fame, Lauren McCoy recorded three 20-win seasons in the circle as Bethune-Cookman softball became a MEAC dynasty and made NCAA history in 2005. That year, she led the Lady Wildcats to the NCAA Super Regional (the first time an HBCU advanced out of the regional round), winning the Gainesville Regional and going toe-to-toe with Cat Osterman in a 1-0 defeat to Texas after earning the MEAC’s first-ever at-large bid to the NCAA field.

A three-time First Team All-MEAC honoree (2003-05), McCoy threw five no-hitters in her career, including two perfect games, and she had an ERA of 1.70 or lower in each of her three seasons.

McCoy ended her Bethune-Cookman career with 456 strikeouts and 28 shutouts. She was inducted into the MEAC Hall of Fame in 2021.