Alicia Burnett enters her second year as assistant coach under head coach Brook Capello. In her first season as pitching coach, the staff has seen immense improvement on the rubber. Last spring, they averaged nearly one strikeout per inning (6.34) as they cruised to 176 strikeouts - 48 of them looking, a new single-season high.

Under Burnett's guidance, the pitchers helped the Nighthawks to their first appearance in the New England Collegiate Conference (NECC) semifinals with a 9-7 conference record - their best since the conference was founded in 2008.

Prior to coming to Newbury, she served as an assistant softball coach at Arlington High School (MA) and before then was an assistan t head coach for the West Florida Elite Under-18 travel softball team in Pensacola, Fl. In addition, she served as a camp counselor for the Pensacola Junior College Softball Camp and Lisa Fernandez Softball Camp in Milton, FL from 2005-2008.  

Burnett graduated from Lesley University in May, 2009 with a Bachelor of Science in Counseling Psychology after transferring from Pensacola Junior College (FL). While at Lesley, she was a two-year member of the softball team and captain of the team during her senior season. Burnett also earned New England Collegiate Conference (NECC) Pitcher of the Year honors in 2009 as well as NECC Tournament MVP.