2018 served as the ninth season in charge of the Plattsburgh State Softball Program for Head Coach Stephanie Conroy.
in 2018 the Cardinals finished 19-19 overall and 10-8 in the SUNYAC with their third consecutive postseason appearance.
in 2017 the Cardinals were 25-19 overall and 11-7 in the SUNYAC and returned to the conference postseason for the second straight year.
In 2016 the Cardinals were led by a core of freshman and sophomores. Conroy’s squad finished the year with a 26-17 overall record and a 13-5 mark in the SUNYAC conference. The Cardinals returned to the conference postseason for the first time since 2012 and secured the second seed in the process.
The Cardinals saw four players earn All-SUNYAC accolades in 2016. Freshman Jennifer Groat was named Rookie of the Year while Conroy collected the SUNYAC Sandra Hollander Coach of the Year award.
For her career, Conroy owns an overall record of 204-151 (.575 winning percentage) and a record of 94-58 (.618) in the SUNYAC conference.
In 2015 the team featured nine freshmen as they improved from their 2014 marks. Conroy groomed senior, Brittany Marshall into one of the programs greatest players. She finished third in Cardinals’ history in hits (164), second in runs (123) and stolen bases (77) while ranking fourth in batting average with a .343. Marshall went on to be a three-time SUNYAC All-Conference player including first-team accolades in 2015. The Malone, N.Y., native was also NFCA Northeast All-Region third team and received the 2015 Plattsburgh State Female Senior Achievement Award for her outstanding four-year career.
The 2014 season saw the completion of one of the greatest Cardinal hitters of all-time. Under Conroy’s toolage, Brianna Clarke ended up the programs all-time leader in batting average with a .364, home runs (20), RBIs (127) and slugging percentage (.594). Clarke also finished second in hits (176) and third in doubles (41).
Brittany Marshall would take SUNYAC All-Conference second team honors along with being announced as a 2014 SUNYAC Chancellor's Scholar Athlete award for her effort both on the field and in the classroom.
The Cardinals went 24-16 including a 12-6 SUNYAC mark in 2013 under Conroy which was good enough for third in the conference. In the SUNYAC tournament Plattsburgh State gave the eventually conference winners all they could handle, losing both games of the conference tournament to Cortland by one run in extra innings including a 2-1 nine inning game in the SUNYAC Championship. Conroy guided three individuals to All-SUNYAC conference team honors including Ashley Marshall who got the first-team nod for the second-straight year. Ashley Marshall also garnered the 2013 Plattsburgh State Female Senior Achievement Award given to the best female athlete over their career at Plattsburgh State.
In 2012, Conroy led the Cardinals to the NCAA Division III Softball World Series in Salem, Va. It was the second time in program history that Plattsburgh State reached the NCAA Division III Softball World Series. The Cardinals went 35-11 (14-4 SUNYAC) and won the SUNYAC Tournament and the NCAA Northeast Regonial Tournament both for a second time. The Cardinals would end the season tied for seventh nationally. Conroy mentored Ashley Marshall into becoming an NFCA and Jewish Sports Review All-American. She is the first Cardinal pitcher to do so since Conroy accomplished that feat in 2006. Ashley Marshall went on to recieve NCAA Regional All-Tournament MVP honors along with being named SUNYAC Pitcher of the year and All-SUNYAC/ECAC Upstate first-team.
Just in her second season as head coach at Plattsburgh State, Conroy led the Cardinals to an impressive 32-8 record overall, 14-4 record in league play and No. 20 national ranking. Conroy also groomed players toward individual honors, with Ashley Marshall, Erin Jamieson and Erin Florkiewicz gaining All-Conference honors. Marshall, Jamieson and Brianna Clarke were also named to the NFCA Division III All-Northeast region list. Marshall also garnered ECAC All-Star recognition. Ashley Marshall and Florkiewicz would go on to excel outside the classroom as well behing announced as 2010-11 NFCA Division III All-American Scholar Athletes.
In her first season at the helm, Conroy guided the program to its seventh winning season. The Cardinals finished 25-16 overall and tied for second in the State University of New York Athletic Conference with a record of 11-7. Conroy 25 wins was the most by any first-year head coach in the history of the program.
Also under Conroy's watch, Amy Woo became Plattsburgh's all-time hit leader (185). Woo was also named to the 2010 ESPN the Magazine College Division District I All-Academic First Team, becoming the first Cardinal in the program's history to be named to the first team three times. Woo (third team) joined freshman pitcher Ashley Marshall (second team) on the Louisville Slugger/NFCA Division III All-Northeast Region list. It was Woo's fourth time making the list, while Marshall was the first Cardinal freshman to make the All-State University of New York Athletic Conference team since Jaclyn Leitze, also a pitcher, did in 2005.
Additionally, Marshall earned a spot on the ECAC Division III Upstate Softball All-Stars Second Team and joined Ashley Napear on the SUNYAC All-Conference team. Napear picked up the SUNYAC Chancellor's Scholar Athlete award for softball, as well, in 2010.
A former standout in the circle for the Cardinals, Conroy twice earned SUNYAC Pitcher of the Year and All-Northeast Region honors and was a three-time Jewish Sports Review All-American. Conroy also earned the SUNYAC Award of Valor and NFCA Third Team All-American status as a sophomore.
Conroy ranks ninth all-time in NCAA Division III with 12 saves during her tenure on the mound and dominates a number of categories in Plattsburgh’s record book as well. She owns school records for appearances in a season (38) and career (126), single-season earned run average (1.04), career saves (12), and career winning percentage (.757). Conroy is also tied for first for single-season shutouts with eight.
Having been afflicted with brachial plexus at a young age, Conroy has worked as a motivational speaker and ran the sports clinic for the United Brachial Plexus Network conferences in Lake George and Washington, D.C. She also spoke at a clinic for physically and mentally disabled people at the College of Staten Island. At these clinics, Conroy spoke to children with disabilities and their parents about perseverence in athletics and life.
Conroy graduated from Plattsburgh in 2008 with a bachelor’s degree in childhood education and a minor in coaching. She also owns a master’s degree in literacy in education.
