Maryville University of Saint Louis Women's Softball

Chanin Billings enters her second season at the helm of the Maryville softball program. Billings was announced as the eighth head coach in Saints program history after spending her last season at Division-I South Dakota State.  Prior to the Jackrabbits, Billings had coaching stints at DIII Hardin-Simmons and DII Harding.   In her first season with the Saints, Billings lifted the Saints to a 28-26 season with a GLVC tournament berth. The Saints started their season with a historic 6-0 run, just the second time in program history they have accomplished such a feat. Billings helped coach the Saints to four All-GLVC honorees and one NFCA All-Midwest Region selection in Isabella Garcia.  Billings overhauled the Hardin-Simmons program during her tenure as Head Coach from 2017-23. The Cowgirls had a 20-win improvement during her second season in charge that saw Billings claim Co-Coaching Staff of the Year honors in the American Southwest Conference in 2019. Billings oversaw Hardin-Simmons' team batting average jumping from .215 to .324 by 2023, while her pitching staff's ERA decreased from 6.39 in 2017 to 3.28 during the 2023 season. The Cowgirls completed three consecutive top three conference finishes which was the program's best span since 2007. The 2023 campaign featured a national ranking as high as 19th, the highest ranking in Hardin-Simmons softball history.   Prior to her leading Hardin-Simmons, Billings assisted a DII Harding program that went 58-9 and saw the Bisons rank as high as second in the NFCA Division II Coaches' poll and No. 1 regional ranking during the season.   Before entering coaching, Billings was a standout four-year starter for the University of Kansas from 2011-15. Spending her time at the hot corner, she ended her Jayhawk career with her name all over the Kansas record book, still sitting top-10 in career doubles, home runs and RBI. She tallied an All-Big 12 Second Team distinction during her sophomore season and team captain honors during in her last year.

Kara Krawiecki enters her eighth season as head coach of the Maryville STUNT program and her first in the team’s NCAA era. Krawiecki helped launch the program in 2017 after moving to St. Louis from Michigan, where she attended Central Michigan University and graduated in 2010. She brings more than 10 years of cheer and gymnastics experience as an athlete, having cheered at Romeo High School and her alma mater, CMU. Outside of coaching, Krawiecki works as a certified personal trainer and group fitness coach.

Kayleigh Beymer-Swan enters her second year as assistant coach for Maryville softball.  Beymer-Swan oversees all pitching for the Saints. In her first season she coached the team to an ERA of 3.89 with a WHIP of 1.47. She mentored senior Chase Ramey and freshman Core Boyle to All-GLVC selections, with Ramey to career high numbers in ERA and batting average against. Behymer-Swan comes to the Saints after working as the Head Softball Coach at the University of Saint Mary out of Leavenworth, Kan. With the Spires, Behymer-Swan garnered a 30-21 record including a 18-8 conference mark, setting the school conference win record in the process. During her time the Spires collected multiple All-KCAC honorees.   Prior to the Spires, she spent time working on the coaching staff at Baker University, helping Baker to 16 All-Conference players and a NAIA All-American during her time.   As a player at Avila University, Behymer-Swan was named a Heart of America First Team All-Conference pitcher in 2017 and 2019. She holds 18 of the 23 different pitching records at the university. Behymer-Swan also helped her team to a Heart Conference tournament championship in 2017 and a regular season championship in 2019.