The East Cobb Bullets travel ball organization announced this morning that renowned pitching coach Lacey Ingram will be joining the program as Director of Pitching Development and Director of Athlete Wholeness.

She will also be coaching with the Bullets’ academy teams.

Lacey has imparted more than 20 years of knowledge through private instruction and team coaching. She has also been integral in the development of young athletes through her company Level Up Fastpitch Academy, which begins training young players as young as 8 years old and up through their high school and collegiate playing careers.

The So Cal native has coached and assisted numerous pitchers in transitioning to all collegiate levels of play, helping athletes secure softball athletic scholarships tp more than a dozen pitchers who attended schools in top conferences including the ACC, Big Ten, Pac-12 and SEC.

Among the honors Lacey’s pitching students who’ve trained with Lacey have received this year alone include:

• 2024 Women’s College World Series participants
• 2024 NCAA Div. I Super Regions players
• 2024 All Pac-12 First Team Selection
• 2024 National Pitcher of the Week selection (NFCA & D1 Softball)
• 2024 SEC and Pac-12 Pitcher of the Week selections

The accomplished coach doesn’t just focus on athletic skills, however.

“My mission has always been to use softball as a platform to teach valuable life lessons and skills that will lead a student-athlete to successful adult lives far beyond an athlete’s playing years,” she explains.

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Background

Lacey was born and raised in Southern California and graduated from Torrance High, where she was named the City of Torrance Female Athlete of the Year in 1996 as a junior before graduating in 1997 as a two-time All-Area selection and All-Southern Section (CIF) pick.

The three-sport athlete earned varsity letters in softball, track (high jump) and volleyball and, on the softball fields, she was taught by Premier Softball Pitching instructor Ernie Parker – the former coach of UCLA great Lisa Fernandez – and Diane Lewis-Flemming, the former coach of Stacey Nelson, University of Florida. 

Lacey received a scholarship to Georgia Southern and set the school’s save record as a freshman in 1998 and was a member of the school’s 1999 Southern Conference Championship Team before graduating in 2002.

— Brentt Eads/Line Drive Softball