Washington University in St. Louis

SCHOOL	W	L	T	%	CONFERENCE	NCAA
Fontbonne
2018	13	23	0	.361	3rd	-
2019	10	25	0	.286	6th	-
2020	5	7	0	.417	-	-
2021	19	18	0	.514	1st	Regional
2022	22	19	0	.537	1st	Regional
TOTAL	69	92	0	.429	2 SLIAC	2 NCAAs
WashU
2023	20	18	0	.526	3rd	-
2024	28	12	0	.700	2nd	Regional
2025	34	7	0	.829	1st	Regional
TOTAL	82	37	0	.689	1 UAA	2 NCAAs
CAREER TOTAL	151	129	0	.539	3 Conference	4 NCAAs

Casey Cromwell was announced as the fourth head coach in WashU softball history on September 15, 2022.

in 2025, WashU won the program's first UAA title since 2017, defeating Emory 4-2 to win the crown and earn the automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. WashU earned hosting rights to the regional for the second-straight year.

Seven Bears were named to the All-Assocation Team. Seniors Maggie Baumstar, Taylor Geluck, Natalia Pilpil and Erin Reardon and sophomore Maria Brooks were named to the first team while seniors Jamie Burgasser and Jordan Rossi were named to the second team. The coaching staff of Cromwell, Melissa "Skeeter" Gentile, Natasha Ramakrishnan and Cora Bassett were named UAA Coaching Staff of the Year for the second year in a row.

Pilpil, Reardon and Burgasser went on to earn NFCA All-Region honors with Pilpil and Reardon on the first team and Burgasser on the second team. Erin Reardon was named a NFCA Second Team All-American, the program's first All-American since 2016.

In 2024, the Bears finished as the runner-up in the UAA and hosted an NCAA Regional for the first time in program history. Six players earned All-UAA honors, headlined by first-year Maria Brooks who was named UAA Rookie of the Year. Junior Natalia Pilpil and sophomore Sydney Schneider were named to the first team while juniors Jamie Burgasser and Taylor Geluck and first-year Kennedy Grippo were named to the second team. The coaching staff of Cromwell, Melissa "Skeeter" Gentile, Natasha Ramakrishnan and Holly Stoner earned UAA Coaching Staff of the Year. Pilpil went on to earn NFCA All-Region VIII first team honors.

In her first year at the helm, Cromwell's Bears finished with a 20-18 record which included a sweep of UAA opponent Emory. Katie Gould was named the UAA Position Player of the Year, which marked the second-straight year the Bears received this honor. Gould also received a first team nod after finishing the season with a .406 batting average, 52 hits, five triples, two doubles, 12 RBi, 64 bases and 11 stolen bases in 14 attempts. She went on to earn National Fastpitch Coaches Association Region VIII Second Team honors. 

Additionally, Holly Stoner was named All-UAA first team while Erin Reardon and Jordan Rossi both picked up All-UAA Second Team honors. Academically, five Bears - Maggie Baumstark, Katie Gould, Payton Irwin, Natalia Pilpil, Tami Wong - were named to the College Sports Communicators All-District team. A total of 17 softball players picked up Academic All-UAA honors.

Prior to WashU, Cromwell spent five seasons as the head coach at nearby Fontbonne University where she has steadily increased the success of the Griffins' program, culminating in a 2022 SLIAC title and the program's first appearance in the NCAA Tournament since 2015. Additionally, in 2022, the Griffins led all of Division III in double plays per game with .61.
 
During Cromwell's tenure at Fontbonne, she coached 21 SLIAC all-conference selections and 47 NFCA all-academic honorees. The Griffins participated in over 300 hours of community engagement per year and held a grade-point average above 3.5.
 
Off the field, Cromwell was the SAAC leader for the University, taught classes in sports management, and served as a member of the Diversity and Inclusion and Mental Health Committees, the Fontbonne Diversity and Inclusion representative in the SLIAC, the SLIAC Chair Representative and the Regional Advisory Committee representative for the SLIAC.
 
Prior to her time at Fontbonne, Cromwell began her coaching career at Indiana-Purdue Fort Wayne (IPFW) where she served as a graduate assistant for two years, focusing on the team's defense, assisting with strength and conditioning workouts, practice plans, mental training, statistics, winter workouts, team travel and hitting clinics. Cromwell also handled the team's equipment and uniform orders, field maintenance and team retreats. During her time there, she helped improve fielding percentage from .916 in 2015 to .943 in 2017.
 
Cromwell began her playing career at Weatherford College in Texas where she played third base and was an all-conference and all-region selection with a .378 average, 13 doubles, 13 home runs and 45 RBI. She went on to play her final three years at Lamar University in Texas, where she played second and third base, earning all-conference honors. Cromwell finished her career as the leader in home runs (19), RBI (69), doubles (21), and hit by pitch (29).
 
Cromwell holds a bachelor's degree in exercise science with a minor in kinesiology from Lamar and obtained her master's degree in organizational leadership and supervision from IPFW in 2017.