University of Indianapolis Women's Softball

Melissa Frost enters her 22nd year as the UIndy head softball coach in 2026. The all-time winningest coach in UIndy Athletics history—regardless of sport, Frost took over the the reins in 2004 and has built the Greyhound softball program into one of the best in the country. An eight-time GLVC Coach of the Year, Frost has amassed a 862-310-1 (.735) at UIndy, part of an overall NCAA coaching mark of 936-366-1 (.719) through 2025. Her Greyhounds have racked up a Midwest-best 17 consecutive NCAA Tournament berths, including seven Super Regional appearances and trips to the 2009, '15 and '24 NCAA DII Championship. Since 2006, Frost has produced a total of 19 student-athletes that have been named either the Player, Pitcher or Freshman of the Year by the Great Lakes Valley Conference. All told, Frost has mentored 13 different players to a combined 39 All-America nods (CSC and NFCA), including two Division II Pitchers of the Year in Morgan Foley (2014) and Kenzee Smith (2024). UIndy has five 50-win seasons under Frost's tutelage, with 2024 making it back-to-back 50-win campaigns. In '24, the Hounds earned the GLVC regular season crown and a Midwest Region title before finishing with a program-best 60 victories. That squad tacked on a pair of wins at the World Series—also a program record. The postseason run included Smith tossing an amazing 58 2/3 consecutive innings without allowing an earned run. Frost's 2015 club also advanced to the NCAA DII Championship. That squad sprinted to the World Series after sweeping through its half of the Midwest Regional and coming back from a 0-1 deficit in the best-of-three Super Regional. UIndy delivered back-to-back wins versus No. 1-ranked Missouri-St. Louis and their All-America pitcher Hannah Perryman to punch its championship ticket. The Hounds went on to take the opening game of the World Series behind a no-hit performance by Foley, besting eventual-national-champ North Georgia, 1-0. They later dropped the next two decisions and finished 48-15 on the year. From 2012-13, UIndy’s win percentage of .860 was the best in Division II, with its 104 wins over that span tied for first. Both seasons ended with Frost and her assistants garnering NFCA Midwest Region Coaching Staff of the Year laurels, an honor the UIndy coaches have captured twice more since, including in '21. Frost’s 2013 team earned the program’s first-ever No. 1 ranking from the NFCA, holding the top spot for the final six weeks of the regular season. On the way to a Super Regional appearance, the team broke program records for wins in a season (54), runs scored (401), team ERA (1.14) and longest winning streak (38), with the latter matching the third-longest total in Division II history. Overall, Frost-led teams have been ranked No. 1 in nine separate weeks, receiving first-place votes on 12 other occasions. On the final day of the ‘13 regular season, the Greyhounds defeated Wisconsin-Parkside in game one of a doubleheader, giving Frost win No. 328 at the school to surpass UIndy Athletics Hall of Famer and former UIndy V.P. for Intercollegiate Athletics Dr. Sue Willey as the softball program’s all-time winningest coach. Frost’s 2012 Greyhounds won 50 games, including 33 in a row during one lengthy stretch. UIndy hosted the program’s first-ever NCAA Regional in May of that year, after winning the program’s first-ever GLVC Tournament Championship. Prior to picking up her first GLVC Coach of the Year nod in 2010, Frost guided the Hounds to the program’s first-ever regional championship in 2009. After running off three straight postseason wins to advance to the Midwest Super Regional, UIndy rallied from a one-game deficit to beat host Saginaw Valley State in the best-of-three series to advance to the NCAA DII Championships in Salem, Va. The Greyhounds went 1-2 in the finals and earned a No. 10 ranking in the final NFCA poll. Before coming to the Circle City in 2004, Frost was the head coach at NCAA Division II Wheeling Jesuit (W.Va.) from 2002-04, compiling a 74-56 record with the Cardinals. During her first season at WJU, Frost was charged with rebuilding a softball program that had been discontinued for 10 years. Frost earned a bachelor’s degree in athletic training/health education from Marshall in May of 1998, and a master's degree in athletic administration (3.98 GPA) from MU in December of 1999. She began her collegiate coaching career as an assistant at her alma mater from 1997-99. As a student-athlete at Marshall, Frost earned ASA All-America and Academic All-America recognition, while receiving the Buck Harless “Student-Athlete of the Year” award. A finalist for Marshall’s “Female Athlete of the Year” award, Frost earned Southern Conference “Player of the Week” honors and she was named to all-tournament teams at Florida State, North Carolina and the Southern Conference Tournament. The Circleville, Ohio native went on to pitch professionally for the Akron Racers in the Women’s Professional Softball League in 1999. FROST'S CAREER RECORD YEAR SCHOOL W L T PCT.  OTHER 2002 Wheeling 17 16 .515 2003 Wheeling 28 18 .609 2004 Wheeling 29 22 .569 2005 UIndy 27 18 .600 2006 UIndy 31 19 .620 2007 UIndy 25 22 .532 2008 UIndy 39 28 .582 NCAA Regional appearance 2009 UIndy 37 21 .638 Midwest Region champs 2010 UIndy 36 17 .679 GLVC Coach of the Year, GLVC regular season champ, NCAA Regional appearance 2011 UIndy 36 14 1 .716 NCAA appearance 2012 UIndy 50 9 .847 GLVC Coach of the Year, Midwest Coaching Staff of the Year, GLVC regular season champ, GLVC Tournament champ, NCAA appearance 2013 UIndy 54 8 .871 GLVC Coach of the Year, Midwest Coaching Staff of the Year, GLVC East Division champ, NCAA Super Regional appearance 2014 UIndy 44 13 .772 GLVC Coach of the Year, GLVC East Division champ, NCAA Regional app. 2015 UIndy 48 15 .762 Midwest Coaching Staff of the Year, Midwest Region champ 2016 UIndy 51 5 .911 GLVC Coach of the Year, GLVC regular season champ,  GLVC Tournament champ, NCAA Regional appearance 2017 UIndy 33 21 .611 NCAA Regional appearance, NFCA Donna Newberry "Perseverance" Award winner 2018 UIndy 39 20 .608 NCAA Regional appearance 2019 UIndy 49 17 .742 GLVC regular season co-champ, NCAA Super Regional app. 2020 UIndy 14 5 .737 season shortened due to pandemic 2021 UIndy 46 8 .852 GLVC Coach of the Year, GLVC regular season champ, GLVC Tournament champ, Midwest Coaching Staff of the Year, NCAA Regional app. 2022 UIndy 48 10 .828 GLVC runner-up, NCAA Regional appearance 2023 UIndy 53 10 .841 GLVC Coach of the Year, GLVC regular season champ, Midwest Coaching Staff of the Year, NCAA Super Regional app. 2024 UIndy 60 7 .921 GLVC Coach of the Year, GLVC regular season champ,  Midwest Coaching Staff of the Year, Midwest Region champs 2025 UIndy 42 23 .646 GLVC Tournament champs, NCAA Super Regional app. 2026 UIndy 59 7 GLVC Coach of the Year, GLVC regular season champ, Midwest Coaching Staff of the Year, NCAA Super Regional app. TOTAL 25 years 995 373 1 .727 TOTALS THRU 2026 18 consecutive Midwest Regional appearances 9 GLVC Coach of the Year awards 7 NFCA Midwest Staff of the Year nods 10 GLVC regular season/division titles 4 GLVC Tournament championships 8 Super Regional appearances 3 Midwest Region titles 3 World Series appearances  

HIGHLIGHTS  - Returned for a fifth year in 2024-25 - One of only seven active DII student-athletes to compete at the U.S. Olympic Trials in downtown Indy - 2024 national champion, 200 medley relay; helped set DII record with a time of 1:24.46 - 6x All-American, placed third at the 2024 NCAA DII Championships in the 100 breast - Own’s the second fastest time in school history in both the 100 and 200 breaststroke - Helped set school record in both the 200 and 400 medley relays - 3x GLVC champ in ’24 (100 breast, 200 MR, 400 MR) - GLVC Swimmer of the Week (1/31/24) - 2023 CSCAA Scholar All-America First Team - 2023 Academic All-GLVC

UIndy swimming alum Drew Reinke joined the Greyhound staff in 2025. In his first season on staff, he helped UIndy win men’s and women’s GLVC championships in the same year for the first time ever. At the 2026 NCAA DII Championships, the Hounds racked up seven event national championships and a both of top-six team finishes.   As a student-athlete, Reinke was a four-year letterwinner for the Hounds, helping the team to two GLVC championships and the 2023 NCAA Division II national title. The Indy native and Southport High School grad earned his Bachelor of Science from UIndy in 2023.   Immediately following graduation, Reinke spent two-and-a-half years as the Head Age Group Coach for Boilermaker Aquatics in West Lafayette, Ind., mentoring the state champion in the 50 fly. He also coached multiple state qualifiers as the assistant at West Lafayette High School.  

HIGHLIGHTS  - 11x All-American, including a national runner-up finish in the 400 IM in 2024 - UIndy record older in the 1000 free and 800 free relay - Posted UIndy top-10 times across a number of other disciplines, including the 200 back, 200 fly, both IMs and the 500 free - 2x GLVC Swimmer of the Week - 2x CSCAA Scholar All-America First Team - 2x Academic All-GLVC

Ben Ferrell joined the UIndy softball staff in the fall of 2019. During his first six seasons in the Circle City, Ferrell helped the Greyhounds to a 263-63 (.807) mark, including a stellar 111-22 (.835) record in GLVC play. UIndy has won three conference regular season titles in his time, earning conference tournament crowns in both '21 and '25. The Hounds added a Midwest Region championship and World Series appearance in 2024, capping a program-record 60-win campaign. UIndy garnered Midwest Coaching Staff of the Year accolades from the NFCA in 2021 and '24 and tacked on an NCAA DII Super Regional appearances in '23 and '25. Prior to UIndy, Ferrell spent three years as the Graduate Assistant and Director of Baseball Operations at Indiana State University. In his time at ISU, he helped the Sycamores capture their first-ever outright Missouri Valley Conference championship as well as their first NCAA Tournament berth since 1995. He coached some of the biggest names to come out of Indiana State, including Major League starting pitcher Sean Manaea (drafted in the 1st round), Jeff Degano (2nd round), Dakota Bacus (9th round), Jeremy Lucas (9th round) and Colin Rea (12th round), among others. As a student-athlete, Ferrell played two seasons at Hutchinson Community College before transferring to ISU. He was a two-time all-conference shortstop -- one at HCC and one at ISU. After finishing his collegiate career, Ferrell played one season of professional baseball with the Joilet Slammers of the Frontier League. Ferrell and his wife, Kacy, reside in Greenwood.

UIndy alum Kelly Wynns returned to the Circle City to join the Greyhound staff in the spring of 2025. He made an immediate impact of the team, helping guide the Hounds to 67 All-America performances, including seven event titles, at the 2025 NCAA DII Championships. Wynns earned a wealth of coaching experience prior to her return to campus, most recently in Wisconsin. She spent nine years as the Head Swim Coach at Fondry Swim Club in Fond du Lac, Wis., before serving as a coach and administrator at the Oshkosh YMCA. Wynns also spend time in the Sunshine State, wearing various coaching and administrative hats. She worked as an assistant coach with the Sarasota YMCA Sharks in Venice, Fla., and also as the Aquatics Director at the South County Family YMCA in Englewood, Fla. She was a three-time Florida Swimming All-Star Coach and a four-time Florida Swimming Zone Team Coach.

Corey Cole took over as the UIndy Diving Head Coach in 2022-23 and helped the Hounds orchestrate an historic season. Cole coached the Greyhounds to one of their most-successful performances at Nationals. Five UIndy divers combined for 10 All-America honors, including a pair of event national championships by Julio Osuna. Osuna won both diving events, including the program's first-ever title on the 3-meter board. along with Jason Lenzo and Cade Hammond, the Hounds went 1-2-3 on the men's 1-meter, springboarding Cole himself to 2023 CSCAA Division II Men's Diving Coach of the Year accolades. On the women's side, Mikaela Starr finished in the top eight on both boards, while Alexis Lumaj earned a pair of All-America Second Team nods. Meanwhile, the Greyhound men went on to capture their first-ever team national title, while the UIndy women secured their second straight runner-up finish at Nationals. At the conference meet, UIndy swept the GLVC Diver of the Year awards, with Starr taking the women's top honor and Hammond and Osuna sharing the men's award. The Greyhound women hoisted the team trophy while the men took runner-up.