Softball

Alyssa Hancock was named the Interim Head Coach for the Mitchell College softball program in March of 2024.

Most recently, Hancock had served as an assistant coach with Mitchell softball for the past three seasons. Prior to her time in New London, she was the assistant coach at Muhlenberg College in 2016 and a graduate assistant at Springfield College from 2017-2019.

A decorated shortstop in her playing days, Hancock was a three-year All-Region selection at shortstop for Eastern Connecticut State University, and was only the fourth player in the 20-year history of the Little East Conference to be named player of the year in consecutive seasons. She was named a third-team All-American in 2015.

In her career, Hancock started all possible 158 games, concluding as the program’s all-time leader in assists (487) and doubles (48) and ranked second all-time in runs (155), stolen bases (75) and total bases (335), third in hits (202) and fourth in batting average (.394) and home runs (19).

A native of Waterford, Conn., Hancock graduated from Eastern Connecticut in 2016 with a degree in psychology. She then graduated from Springfield College in 2020 where she received her Master’s in Social Work.