Melissa Mayeux
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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.
Baseball career
Mayeux 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
Mayeux 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
- ^ a b c "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.