Missy West - Professional Speaker

Engaging

Missy makes you feel like she is talking directly to you. It will feel more like a conversation than a presentation. Missy’s activities throughout her talk will keep you on the tips of your toes forcing you to take a deep dive within to discover the very thoughts that hold you back from being your very best.

Relatable

Her personal experiences of failure, adversity, injury, and serious health struggles have led her on a path to inspire, uplift and motivate people of all ages and walks of life.

Empowering

Missy enlightens you to feel and believe that you can do anything if you are willing to be courageous, lean into your fears, and show up and TRY. Those limited beliefs and fears will start to wash away as Missy lives out her truth right in front of you. Your heart strings might be rocking out to Journey - Don’t stop believing by the end.

Authentic

Missy does not shy away from her vulnerabilities. She shows up with her full self pulling back the curtain on her greatest challenges and toughest moments sharing that she continues to be a work in progress. Aren’t we all??

FUN!

No talk is worth attending if it’s not FUN! Missy will laugh, cry, clap, and dance with you for as long as you’ll let her! She LOVES to have a great time and she wants the same for you!

Missy West is a 7-Time Hall of Famer including the National High School Hall of Fame, the New York State High School Hall of Fame & the New York State Softball Hall of Fame.

Since her inductions she has been a sought-after keynote and motivational speaker for businesses, national organizations, high schools, youth organizations, colleges & leadership seminars around the country. Her personal experiences of failure, adversity, injury, sitting the bench and serious health struggles have led her on a path to inspire, uplift and motivate people of all ages and walks of life.

She is a former collegiate coach, coaching basketball at the Division III and II levels achieving multiple recognitions throughout her career including: earning three Conference Coach of the Year Awards, three Regular Season Titles, Eastern Region Coach of the year & one of eight nominees up for National Coach of the Year in 2013.

Prior to her coaching days, Missy earned a full athletic scholarship to play basketball at Duke University being an integral member of the Blue Devils’ 1999 NCAA Women’s Division I Basketball Runners-up Championship team. She also found herself a part of two ACC Conference Championships, five Time NCAA tournament Contenders, a team captain for the 2001 season, as well as being awarded the “Heart and Hustle” award for her work ethic, resilience, and perseverance. Missy followed her Duke career into a professional career where she played 3 years in Germany winning a German Championship both as a player & as a U12 youth team coach.

In her early years she was a three-sport standout athlete out of Franklin Academy High School in Malone, NY in the mid-1990s, setting numerous records in basketball, softball and soccer. In basketball, she was named Miss Basketball in New York as a senior scoring 2,605 points in her career. In softball, she pitched 15 no-hitters and two perfect games and led her team to the New York state championship. She was selected Miss New York State Softball Player of the Year and became a Louisville Slugger All- American.

Missy Co-founded ORCA leadership, LLC (speaking, coaching & consulting) and Co-Directs The Beyond the Game Academy (BTGA) with UCONN women’s basketball alumna Colleen Healy. BTGA is an academy where she works with athletes on jumpstarting the recruiting process, building confidence, and empowering young people to become self-assured, brave & courageous.

Along with motivational speaking and executing her academy, Missy is also a part of the non-profit organization The Positive Coaching Alliance, training character and leadership development to student athletes, coaches, parents, and administrators across the country.

Missy currently resides in Tampa, Florida where she lives with her wife, Colleen & dog, Oscar. She also competes in marathons & triathlons with two full ironman completions under her belt.