Melissa Trainor

Head Coach

Girls Varsity Softball

Coach Mel is originally from Wisconsin and was a three-sport athlete at Barneveld High School and Salutatorian of her graduating class. She then attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison and was a Big Ten student-athlete walk-on playing collegiate softball and three year Academic All-Big Ten athlete for the Badgers. She graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Business Administration and Human Resources and is now the Administrative Director for a financial advisory firm based in Wisconsin.

Coach Mel has been coaching softball at the MHSSA level since 2012.  She coached JV in Sparta and then served as East Grand Rapids Varsity Softball Coach rebuilding an almost non-existent school program the last three years. She was also involved with the Aquinas College Softball team as a volunteer coach from 2016-2018.

Coach Mel lives in the Lowell community with her children attending Murray Lake Elementary School. She reports choosing the Lowell community for the same small-town community vibe that she loved in her hometown in Wisconsin. In her free time, Coach Mel enjoys anything involving her kids or Bucky Badger.

“I am beyond honored to be given this coaching opportunity in Lowell. Lowell’s small-town feel, and close-knit community has always given me a sense of ‘home’ in Michigan and I can’t wait to be a part of continuing the growth of our already thriving program. I am eager to give back to the community and school system that my children will call home. I was blessed to have high school and college coaches (along with parents, teachers and friends) who helped me believe in my potential daily and aside from being a mother, I love nothing more than helping other young women see just how capable and fierce they are and how successful they can be both on and off the field.” -Coach Mel