Hailey Diestelkamp was introduced as the Director of Basketball Operations for Missouri State women’s basketball in May 2022.
Diestelkamp arrived back to the city of Springfield from Saint Louis University where she served as a graduate assistant for the Billikens. While at SLU, Diestelkamp assisted with game-day preparation, player development, setting up community service activities, and coordinating post game and travel meals.
Before entering into the coaching realm, Diestelkamp had a decorated playing career at Drury University in Springfield. In her career at Drury, the Lady Panthers owned a 128-8 record and her jersey is now retired after she ended her career as the team’s all-time leading scorer (2,321) and rebounder (1,101).
Diestelkamp was a two-time NCAA Division II Player of the Year, a two-time First Team All-American, a two-time GLVC Player of the Year and was named the GLVC Freshman of the Year in 2016-17.
The Owensville, Mo., native averaged 21.6 points, 7.4 rebounds and 2.8 steals, while shooting .522 from the field for an undefeated (32-0) Great Lakes Valley Conference champion team as a senior in 2019-20. Drury finished its season as the number one team in NCAA-II.
Diestelkamp graduated from Drury with her bachelor’s degree in Psychology with a minor in Criminology in 2020, and graduated from SLU with a master’s in Student Personnel Administration in May 2022.
