Nikki Parsley-Blocker

Biography

One year after joining Liberty’s staff as an assistant coach, Nikki Parsley-Blocker was named the program’s second head coach on January 16, 2017. Parsley-Blocker joined Liberty’s staff as an assistant coach on May 1, 2016 in time for Liberty’s first season as a part of the BIG EAST Conference. Parsley-Blocker is the second head coach in the history of the program, taking over for program founder Jodi Murphy, who left in December 2016. In her first eight seasons as head coach, Parsley-Blocker has guided Liberty to a 103-50 record, and she is the winningest coach in program history. Her .673 career winning percentage is currently seventh best among all active Division I field hockey head coaches. She has coached one NFHCA Division I Player of the Year, one Honda Sport Award winner for field hockey, 14 NFHCA Division I All-America recipients, one NCAA Elite 90 Award winner, two BIG EAST Championship MVPs, three NCAA Field Hockey Championship All-Tournament team selections, 39 All-BIG EAST selections, two BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Year honorees, two BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Year honorees, one BIG EAST Goalkeeper of the Year, one BIG EAST Co-Defensive Player of the Year, 32 NFHCA All-South Region team honorees, 33 VaSID Field Hockey All-State University Division team selections, three VaSID Offensive Player of the Year honorees, one VaSID Player of the Year honoree, two VaSID Defensive Player of the Year honorees, one VaSID Rookie of the Year and one VaSID Co-Rooki