Western Kentucky University Softball

For media inquiries, please contact Caty Llamas at cathleen.llamas@wku.edu. Former Hilltopper Amy Tudor concluded her 10th season as head coach of the WKU softball team with the 2023 campaign. Tudor was named head coach at her alma mater in August 2013, returning to The Hill with nine years of head coaching experience, including stops at IPFW, Belmont and Ohio Wesleyan. At WKU, Tudor holds a 302-195-1 mark, moving her Division I coaching record to 474-368-2 in 17 years and career record to 519-401-2 in 19 seasons. Tudor has five championship titles under her belt since returning to The Hill, including a regular-season and tournament crown in WKU’s first year in Conference USA. In 2019, she led the Hilltoppers to the C-USA East Division title with an 18-6 record in league play. WKU won the 2021 Conference USA Tournament it hosted - becoming the first team in C-USA to host and win the event since 2011. Most recently, Tudor led the Tops to another C-USA East Division crown with a 17-7 mark in league play. Student-athletes excel under Tudor’s tutelage, as she has coached an NFCA All-American, 14 NFCA All-Region selections, three conference tournament MVPs, two conference Pitchers of the Year, a league Freshman of the Year and 48 Division I All-Conference selections, including 28 in her 10 seasons on The Hill. She has also helped two Hilltoppers to professional softball careers with Miranda Kramer and Olivia Watkins playing in the National Pro Fastpitch league while Larissa Frankl

Josh Vortherms joined the WKU staff in the summer of 2023 to serve as the athletic trainer for the Hilltopper softball team. While obtaining his Master's degree at New Mexico State University, Vortherms also served as the Graduate Assistant athletic Trainer for the NMSU softball and cheer teams. After the 2022 school year, he was promoted to full-time assistant, working with the NMSU softball and swim teams. The Sioux Falls, South Dakota native graduated from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 2020 with a Bachelor's Degree in Athletic Training.

WKU Softball head coach Amy Tudor announced the promotion of Kayla Bixel from the Hilltoppers’ Director of Operations into an assistant coach for the program...

Lindsey Warick comes to The Hill after spending a season at Rockford University from 2023-2024. Prior to her time at RU, Warick played at Missouri from 2019-2021 and at Indiana from 2022-2024. At Indiana, she started 78 of the 95 games she appeared in and posted a .200 batting average.

Melissa Mayeux joined the WKU Softball staff ahead of the 2026 season after being hired in October of 2025, Mayeux, a native of Le Barcares, France, joins WK...

Parker Cheuvront started at WKU in May of 2025 as an Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach. Cheuvront's primary sports are Women's Basketball and Softball. Prior to WKU, Cheuvront served as a Sports Performance Graduate Fellow at Cincinnati. He was responsible for Cheer and Dance and assisted with the Women's Basketball team. Before Cincinnati, Cheuvront was an Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coordinator at American International College (DII), where he was responsible for Women's Soccer, Women's Lacrosse, Women's Rugby, Men's Rugby and assisted with additional varsity sports. Cheuvront graduated with a master's degree in health and wellness management from Cincinnati and is certified through the National Strength and Conditioning Association as a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS).