Luers-Gillispie first attended Kirkwood Community College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, where she played for the softball team in 1981. After her freshman year, she transferred to West Texas A&M in Canyon, Texas, where she was a three-year starter. As a player, she set nine career pitching records including most wins, most strikeouts and most saves at West Texas A&M.[2]
In 2005, Luers-Gillispie was inducted into the West Texas A&M Athletics Hall of Fame.[2]
In 2000, Luers-Gillispie was hired by UCF to start the Knights softball program.[4] The UCF softball team began play in 2002.[5] The Knights played their first games on February 2, losing the first contest 2–3 to Bethune–Cookman, and winning their second game against Arkansas, 6–5.[6] In 2005 and 2008, Luers-Gillispie led the Knights to conference tournament championships, and the program has appeared in the NCAA Tournament five times, in 2005, 2008, 2010, 2012, and 2014.[6][7]
National champion
Postseason invitational champion
Conference regular season champion
Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
Division regular season champion
Division regular season and conference tournament champion
Conference tournament champion
References
^"Renee Gillispie". HawkeyesSports.com. The University of Iowa Athletics. Retrieved 22 February 2019.
