Hendrix College Athletics

Brooke Kinley enters into her first season as Assistant Coach of the Hendrix Warriors softball program in 2025.

Kinley reunites with Head Coach Kara LeLeux after the two coached together at Covenant College in 2024.

The Lexington, N.C. native graduated from Greensboro College in May 2023, earning a B.S. in Exercise and Sport Study with a concentration in Sport Management. While enrolled at Greensboro, Kinley spent time on both the women's basketball team and softball team. 

During Kinley's senior year with the softball program, the Pride finished 33-10 and 14-4 in the USA South, which was good enough for second place in the conference standings. She had 26 hits and 12 RBIs for the year. In two seasons as a member of the women's basketball team, Kinley appeared in 25 games. 

In the winter of 2022, Kinley was the Head Middle School Girls Basketball Coach at Greensboro Day School. She worked specifically with the girls to drive individual skills, competitiveness, and team cohesion. 

Kinley has done mission trip work in her home state of North Carolina and abroad in Guatemala. In Morganton, N.C. she helped pack bags of non-perishable food items for those in need. While in Guatemala, she helped build a house for a family and volunteered at a local school to help with vacation bible school.