Lakyn Wagoner is in her first season as the 22-23 assistant coach for the University of Evansville. She works with outfielders and assists with hitting.
She started her career at the University of Illinois at Springfield in 2017 where she helped the Prairie Stars win a GLVC Conference Title as well as a Regional Title.  Lakyn was a First-Team All-Region and First-Team All-GLVC selection in 2018. In 2020, she was a CoSIDA Academic All-District team selection as well.
During her time at UIS, she left as the program’s all-time leader in batting average (.375), slugging percentage (.619), doubles (35), triples (15), and total bases (279), while also collecting 169 hits, 99 runs, 15 homers, 102 RBI, 52 stolen bases, and a .414 on-base percentage.
In 2019, she received a redshirt-year due to a knee injury, and another redshirt-year in 2020 due to COVID-19. She finished her career (21-22) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Unfortunately, due to two more surgeries, she was not able to complete her last two years.
Lakyn completed her Master’s Degree at the University of Illinois in Recreation, Sports, and Tourism in 2022 and completed her Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science at the University of Illinois at Springfield in 2020.
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