Softball
- Title:
- Assistant Coach
- Email:
- renaesinkler@creighton.edu
- Phone:
- (402) 280-3286
Two-time Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Year Renae Sinkler-O’Gorman returns to the Bluejay dugout for her ninth season as an assistant coach in 2020-21. The 2010 NFCA All-America first baseman and MVC Softball 25-Year Team honoree works with hitters, pitchers, outfielders and infielders.
Sinkler-O’Gorman was a part of the 2013 MVC Coaching Staff of the Year as the Bluejays claim their first MVC regular season title since her playing days in 2009.
In 2018, Sinkler-O’Gorman helped guide three Bluejays to All-BIG EAST honors.
She assisted Creighton in 2018 to its first top-two finish in the league standings since joining the BIG EAST in 2014.
In 2017, she directed senior Aujanae McCoy and freshmen Ashley Cantu and Sam Dellinger to All-BIG EAST honors.
In 2016 Sinkler-O’Gorman helped senior Michelle Trulin and junior Allie Reinhart become the first pair of Bluejay outfielders to make the all-conference teams in the same season since 2004, as both made the All-BIG EAST Second Team and Creighton finished in fifth place in the league.
During the 2015 season, she guided senior Liz Dike to an All-BIG EAST First Team selection as well as junior Blake Ringle and Reinhart to the Second Team.
The Bluejays finished fourth in their inaugural season as a member of the BIG EAST Conference in 2014. Creighton finished with an overall record of 29-24 and a conference record of 10-10. The Bluejays finished league play strong by reeling off four straight victories to earn a bid to the BIG EAST Softball Championship before top-seeded DePaul ended their NCAA tournament hopes by defeating the Bluejays. Sinkler-O’Gorman helped develop seniors Alexis Cantu and Blair Lowe as well as Dike as they earned spots on All-BIG EAST teams.
The Bluejays surprised some in the MVC by winning the regular-season title in 2013 after being picked fourth in the preseason poll. Despite earning a No. 1 seed, Creighton fell 1-0 to UNI in the MVC tournament semifinals aftera game-opening leadoff home run that proved to be the difference. Senior Amy Baker’s record-setting year led the Bluejays to a 29-18 overall record and 15-7 conference mark.
Sinkler-O’Gorman’s impact paid off in 2012 as a potent Bluejay offense scored at least 10 runs in a game 11 times and scored a school record 294 runs. CU led the MVC with a .292 batting average, 56 homers, 275 RBIs and a .464 slugging percentage, and ended the year ranked in the NCAA top-30 in scoring (No. 20), home runs per game (No. 22) and slugging percentage (No. 27).
Sinkler-O’Gorman won a title in each of her four seasons with the Bluejays as a player, as Creighton won three straight regular-season titles from 2007 to 2009 and a Valley tournament championship in 2007 and 2010. She also helped lead the Bluejays to three NCAA Regional appearances in her career.
The Lincoln, Nebraska, native put together the greatest offensive season in school history as a senior in 2010, setting single-season school records for runs (59), RBI (58), total bases (147), slugging percentage (.880), on-base percentage (.514) and hit a Missouri Valley Conference-record 24 home runs. She ranked fourth in the NCAA in home runs per game and sixth in slugging percentage, earning NFCA Third Team All-America honors as a senior.
Sinkler-O’Gorman crushed a then-Creighton record and ranked third all-time in MVC history with 50 career home runs. She also owned school records of 146 RBI and 391 total bases at the end of her playing career. A member of three Bluejay NCAA Tournament teams, she earned MVC First Team honors three times, NFCA All-Region honors twice and is one of four players in league history to repeat as MVC Player of the Year.
Along the way Sinkler-O’Gorman earned USA Softball’s National Player of the Week recognition on April 14, 2008 as a sophomore after hitting .700 and driving in nine runs, including three RBIs during Creighton’s 13-1 defeat of Nebraska in her hometown.
Sinkler-O’Gorman graduated from Creighton in 2011 with a degree in graphic design and minors in computer science and web design. She completed her master’s in organizational leadership in 2020.
Renae, and her husband, Paul O’Gorman, have one daughter, Lillyana, and one son, Dominic.
