Mélissa Mayeux (born 2 November 1998) is a French softball and baseball player and coach. She is a coach for the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers and has been drafted into the Women's Pro Baseball League.
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Baseball career
editMayeux began playing baseball at the age of four, joining her older brother. As a youth, she played for Montigny Cougars and Barracudas de Montpellier.[1]
Mayeux received international attention in 2015 for being the first female player to be eligible to sign with a Major League Baseball team when she was added to the league's international registration list.[2][3][4] She played on France's national under-18 baseball team in 2015 and 2016 and the women's national baseball team in the 2019 European Championship, where she led the tournament with 13 runs scored and, as a pitcher, one save.[1][5]
In 2025, she was selected by New York in the 25th round of the inaugural Women's Pro Baseball League draft.[6][7][8]
Softball career
editMayeux played college softball for Miami Dade College in 2018 and 2019 before transferring to the Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns in 2020.[9][10] In 2022, she was the Sun Belt Conference Player of the Year. That summer, she played for the Smash It Sports Vipers of Women's Professional Fastpitch.[11]
Mayeux played for the French national softball team in European championships in 2015, 2019, 2024, and 2025.[1][12] In 2025, she played for Comanches de Saint-Raphaël, winning the club European cup.[13] She also played for the team in the French national softball league.[14]
In early 2023, Mayeux became the varsity softball coach of Lafayette Christian Academy.[15][16] That August, she became an assistant coach for the Northwestern State Lady Demons.[17] In 2025, she was an assistant coach for the Texas–Corpus Christi Islanders.[18] That October, she was named a coach for the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers.[19]
References
edit- 1 2 3 "Mélissa Mayeux". French Federation of Baseball and Softball (in French). Retrieved September 9, 2025.
- ↑ Koffler, Jacob (June 22, 2015). "MLB Female Player: Could France's Melissa Mayeux Be the One?". Time. Retrieved November 15, 2015.
- ↑ Berra, Lindsay (June 22, 2015). "Female French teen makes MLB history". Major League Baseball. Retrieved November 15, 2015.
- ↑ Bien, Louis. "Melissa Mayeux loves Derek Jeter, is a badass". SB Nation. Vox Media. Retrieved November 15, 2015.
- ↑ "European Championship Women - Individual Statistics". baseballstats.eu. Archived from the original on August 9, 2024. Retrieved December 15, 2025.
- ↑ "Prospect Ranking". Women's Pro Baseball League. Retrieved October 3, 2025.
- ↑ "Women's Pro Baseball League releases Draft list". World Baseball Softball Confederation. October 2, 2025. Retrieved October 3, 2025.
- ↑ Warren, Matt (November 21, 2025). "New York Secures Power, Pitching Depth, and Global Talent in 2025 WPBL Draft". Women's Pro Baseball League. Retrieved November 23, 2025.
- ↑ "French female baseball star Melissa Mayeux earns softball scholarship". World Baseball Softball Confederation. December 1, 2018. Retrieved September 9, 2025.
- ↑ "Melissa Mayeux - Softball". Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns. Retrieved September 9, 2025.
- ↑ "Trio of Softball Alums Participating in Women's Professional Fastpitch Inaugural Season". Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns. June 8, 2022. Retrieved September 9, 2025.
- ↑ "Melissa Mayeux - 2025 Womens Softball European Championship". WBSC Europe. Retrieved September 9, 2025.
- ↑ "Les Comanches Defeat the Zurich Barracudas to Win Gold at the Women's Softball European Cup". WBSC Europe. September 1, 2025. Retrieved September 9, 2025.
- ↑ "Melissa Mayeux". WBSC. Retrieved September 9, 2025.
- ↑ "Melissa Mayeux - Lady Demon Softball Coach". Northwestern State University Athletics. Retrieved September 9, 2025.
- ↑ "Former Louisiana Ragin' Cajun Softball Star Named New LCA Varsity Softball Coach". KPEL 96.5. February 3, 2023. Retrieved September 9, 2025.
- ↑ "Prejean adds Mayeux to softball coaching staff". Natchitoches Parish Journal. September 20, 2023. Retrieved September 9, 2025.
- ↑ "2025 Softball Coaching Staff". Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Athletics. Retrieved September 9, 2025.
- ↑ "WKU Softball Announces Addition of Melissa Mayeux to Coaching Staff". Western Kentucky University Athletics. Retrieved December 15, 2025.