After wrapping up a decorated playing career in 2020, former Bradley letterwinner Kealia Wysocki joined the Braves as an assistant coach for the 2021 season and is her second year on the Bradley Softball coaching staff.
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A third-team all-region pick and First-Team All-MVC performer as a junior in 2019, Wysocki finished her career second in Bradley history with 29 career homers and her 99 career RBI is the eighth-best total in school history. She also closed out her time on the Hilltop with a .596 career slugging percentage, which is third all-time at Bradley.
In her first year as assistant coach, Bradley finished with 12 Valley wins to tie for the fourth most conference victories in school history. In addition, the Braves swept the season series from Missouri State for the first time since 2009 and claimed the series from Drake for the first time dating back to 2015. Bradley finished the year with a 13-6 home mark for the team’s most home victories going back to 2009 (16-9). Â
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The Thousand Oaks, Calif., native broke the Bradley season home record by belting 13 homers her junior season in addition to posting a school season record .775 slugging percentage. Wysocki is the only player in Bradley history to hit six or more homers in three different seasons and had one of the top single-game performance in school history, slugging three homers and driving in six runs in a victory against San Jose State.Â
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A sports communication major, Wysocki received a bachelor’s degree from Bradley in 2020 and earned a master’s degree in leadership studies from Austin Peay in 2021.
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