TicketsAbby Owings completed her third season with the program in 2025-26 and her first as Director of Scouting and Analytics / Assistant Coach after being promoted to the role ahead of the season. She previously served two seasons as Director of Operations / Assistant Coach.
Owings is a two-time WBCA Thirty Under 30 selection (2025, 2022). The WBCA Thirty Under 30 program was created to recognize 30 up-and-coming women's basketball coaches aged 30 and under at all levels of the game.
In 2024-25, Owings helped lead the team to its best winning percentage since 2019-20, including UC's highest non-conference winning percentage (.800, 8-2) since 2005-06 and its most conference victories (7) since 2019-20. Among her many contributions, Owings' scout played a crucial role in one of UC's most notable conference wins — a victory over Colorado.
Owings most recently served as an assistant coach/recruiting coordinator at Eastern Kentucky from 2021-23. She assisted the Colonels to a 33-30 record, including a 22-8 home mark, and orchestrated recruiting efforts in their transition to the ASUN conference.
Prior to her latest stint, Owings served in the same role at Bellarmine for its transition to Division I basketball in the 2020-21 season. She spent the 2019-20 season at Shawnee State, where she assisted the Bears to a 29-4 record and a Mid-South Conference Tournament title. She was instrumental in the development of All-Conference Player of the Year Bailey Cummins and Brandie Snow, who were both named NAIA All-Americans.
Owings started her coaching career as a graduate assistant at Morehead State in 2018-19, helping lead the program to a 24-11 record, second-place regular season finish in the Ohio Valley conference and an appearance in the WNIT second round.
A three-time team captain, Owings concluded her collegiate career as one of the most accomplished players in Thomas More history. She currently ranks second in program history with 1,789 points, second with 264 three-point field goals made and fourth with 434 assists. Owings was named a three-time D3Hoops.com All-American and two-time WBCA All-American, while leading the team to two NCAA DIII National Championships and three DIII final four appearances. The Independence, Ky. native concluded her collegiate career with a 124-3 and 72-0 conference record.
Owings is a two-time WBCA Thirty Under 30 selection (2025, 2022). The WBCA Thirty Under 30 program was created to recognize 30 up-and-coming women's basketball coaches aged 30 and under at all levels of the game.
In 2024-25, Owings helped lead the team to its best winning percentage since 2019-20, including UC's highest non-conference winning percentage (.800, 8-2) since 2005-06 and its most conference victories (7) since 2019-20. Among her many contributions, Owings' scout played a crucial role in one of UC's most notable conference wins — a victory over Colorado.
Owings most recently served as an assistant coach/recruiting coordinator at Eastern Kentucky from 2021-23. She assisted the Colonels to a 33-30 record, including a 22-8 home mark, and orchestrated recruiting efforts in their transition to the ASUN conference.
Prior to her latest stint, Owings served in the same role at Bellarmine for its transition to Division I basketball in the 2020-21 season. She spent the 2019-20 season at Shawnee State, where she assisted the Bears to a 29-4 record and a Mid-South Conference Tournament title. She was instrumental in the development of All-Conference Player of the Year Bailey Cummins and Brandie Snow, who were both named NAIA All-Americans.
Owings started her coaching career as a graduate assistant at Morehead State in 2018-19, helping lead the program to a 24-11 record, second-place regular season finish in the Ohio Valley conference and an appearance in the WNIT second round.
A three-time team captain, Owings concluded her collegiate career as one of the most accomplished players in Thomas More history. She currently ranks second in program history with 1,789 points, second with 264 three-point field goals made and fourth with 434 assists. Owings was named a three-time D3Hoops.com All-American and two-time WBCA All-American, while leading the team to two NCAA DIII National Championships and three DIII final four appearances. The Independence, Ky. native concluded her collegiate career with a 124-3 and 72-0 conference record.