Pacific Athletics welcomes a number of new additions to the Athletic Department roster in advance of
the 2023-24 school year. One staff member and five assistant coaches join Boxer Athletics as announced
by Director of Athletics Keith Buckley
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"We had three assistant coaches depart Pacific this spring to become head coaches at other four-year
institutions which is a testament to the work our head coaches put in developing and mentoring their
staffs to advance in the profession," Buckley said. "I am excited for this group of new coaches and staff
to make their mark in our department and on the student-athletes we serve."
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Sports Information
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Derek Wiley joins the department as the Sports Information Director after serving as the Sports Editor
for the Leavenworth Times in Kansas. This marks a return to Oregon for Wiley, who served in roles as
the Sports Editor for Pamplin Media locally, the High School Sports Coordinator for The Bulletin in Bend,
and stops at the Keizer Times and The Dalles Chronicle. His duties included writing, photography, social
media, and graphic design. He is a 2008 graduate with a degree in Journalism from Georgia Southern
University.
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"We are excited to welcome Derek back to Oregon and we look forward to the role he will play in
representing Boxer Athletics," said Keith Buckley. "He is passionate about sports and has a drive to tell
the stories of our teams and student-athletes through all of our media channels."
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Baseball
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No stranger to Boxer fans,
Ryan Krout has been elevated to the full-time baseball assistant position by
Head Coach
Brian Billings, replacing Kyle Treadway who departed to become the Head Baseball Coach at
Eastern Oregon University. Krout was a first-team All-NWC first baseman for the Boxers and graduated
as the all-time leader in doubles and is second all-time in RBI. He was a significant contributor on back-
to-back conference championship teams as a player and joined the coaching staff immediately after
graduation. Krout graduated from Pacific with a degree in Exercise Science with a minor in Biology, and
was a Dean's List honoree all four years.
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"Ryan has done a really nice job for us as both a student-athlete and young coach and we're excited to
promote him to the full-time position," said Coach Billings. "Keeping Coach Krout here at Pacific for the
foreseeable is a win for Boxer Baseball."
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Women's Basketball
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Head Coach
Alecia Parker announced the hiring of Kylie Frizell as assistant coach to replace Kyle
Erickson, who left Pacific to become the head women's basketball coach at the College of Idaho. Frizell
joins the Boxers after three years as an assistant at Division II Ursuline College in Ohio. Her coaching
experience also included serving as a graduate assistant coach at Ashland University, where she
completed her MBA. As a player, Kylie made two NCAA tournament appearances as a guard with
Wheeling Jesuit University while completing degrees in Communication and Spanish.
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"We are excited to add Kylie and her husband Micah to the boxer family," Coach Parker said. "Kylie is
competitive, intelligent, and hardworking plus she comes from a basketball coaching family. She has
been part of some really successful programs and we are excited for her to add to the momentum of our
program."
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Football
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announced the promotion of
Braeden Meyer to full time status within the program. Coach Meyer's
duties will include coordinating the special teams and coaching the inside linebackers. Meyer, who
prepped at St. Louis School in Hawaii, played collegiately at Adams State University and earned both his
undergraduate and masters degrees during his time Alamosa.
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Meyer served as the Running Backs Coach in his first year with the Boxers mentoring 2nd Team All-NWC
"Promoting Braeden was a no-brainer," Coach Falconer said. "His effort and attitude have been
everything we could ask for since he arrived here and I know our special teams will benefit. I am excited
to watch him continue to develop as a coach and now as a coordinator."
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Volleyball
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Lacey Bell Mazouz will join the Boxer Volleyball program, replacing Savannah Cox who was named the
Head Volleyball Coach at the University of Redlands. Bell Mazouz is no stranger to Head Coach Kip
Yoshimura as she played collegiately for him at Gonzaga University. She graduated with degrees in
philosophy and political science, and subsequently earned her Masters of Philosophy from the
University of Poitiers in France.
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After her collegiate career she played 15 years of professional and semi-professional volleyball in
France, where she also coached elite level (National 2 Division/ Pre-National Division/ Youth
Development) clubs and taught high school and middle school English.
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"I am so excited to be able to work with Lacey again," Coach Yoshimura said. "She brings an
immense amount of unique and diverse knowledge and experience to our program. Â She has
accomplished so much as a player and coach, and I know our student-athletes will benefit from her
expertise from day one."
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Softball
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A former All-Pac-10 and Easton All-American catcher at Oregon State, Shelly Prochaska joins the softball
program as the lead assistant coach. The 2004 graduate has served in roles at the Division I (OSU, Boise
State, CSU Bakersfield, University of North Dakota, Idaho State, II (Sonoma State) and III (Kenyon
College) levels in the last two decades and will lead the pitching staff for the Boxers. Her most recent
roles were at her alma mater where the Beavers earned a berth in the 2022 Women's Softball College
World Series and the coaching staff was named Pacific Region Coaching Staff of the Year.
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Playing in 260 games and making 254 starts from 2000-03, the majority coming at catcher, Prochaska
particpated in more games than any Beaver in school history. She became the first OSU softball player to
record 200 hits, 100 RBIs and 100 runs scored in her career. Prochaska is still in the top-10 for: single
season (209) and career (746) at bats, single-season (48) and career (121) RBI, career singles (159),
career doubles (35), career hits (210) and career base on balls (87).
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"We are really excited to add Shelly to our coaching staff. She brings a wealth of experience as both a
successful player and coach at Oregon State," Head Softball Coach
Katie Duroe said. "Our pitching staff
will be in great hands with Shelly's addition to our staff and program."
