Kelsie Houchens joined the softball staff as a graduate assistant / pitching coach in October of 2025.
Houchens concluded her playing career last fall, leading the team in wins (4), innings pitched (114.0), ERA (4.11), WHIP (1.58) and appearances (26). In just one season with the Knights, she is third in career wins, starts and complete games (8), fourth in career innings pitched and fifth in career strikeouts (31).
Before her time with Bellarmine, Houchens played three seasons at Western Kentucky where she tallied 14 wins in 145.0 innings of work with a 3.48 ERA and 88 strikeouts to 39 walks.
Despite a change at head coach for the Knights, Houchens played under assistant coach Paige Murphy.
An immediate return to Bellarmine allows Houchens the opportunity to break into collegiate coaching with a program she is comfortable in and a group of players she is comfortable with.
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