Jessica Twaddle, a native of Franklin, Tenn., comes to the Wildcats after serving for one season as an assistant coach for the Hilltoppers of Western Kentucky University. While serving as the infield coach at WKU, she helped lead the team to a 37-13 record including an 18-6 record in Conference USA play.

Twaddle enters her fourth season with the Wildcats as the offensive coordinator for the team. In each of her seasons the team has continued to improve their success at the plate. The Wildcats hit .264 as a team in 2022 which was their best mark since 2017. The Wildcats continue to hit for power, improving the number of double, triples, or homeruns each season. 

Twaddle spent the 2018 season as a volunteer coach for Murray State after she played for the Racers from 2014-17, she earned her bachelors degree in Economics with a minor in Business Administration in December 2016 and completed her masters degree in Economics from Murray State in December 2018.

During her season on Murray State's staff, Twaddle assisted with hitters and infielders, coordinated alumni communication and events while handling site host duties for visiting teams.
 
During her playing career she was the only two-time Softball Player of the Year in Ohio Valley Conference history. Twaddle also collected CoSIDA Academic All-American and NFCA All-American status throughout her career. She was a three-time All-OVC selection and helped Murray State to the program's first-ever postseason berth in the 2017 National Invitational Softball Championship (NISC).

Twaddle received the OVC's prestigious Steve Hamilton Sportsmanship Award in 2017 and was also a member of Murray State's Student Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) during the 2016 and '17 campaigns.

After an impressive career as an infielder during her time in Murray, Twaddle is the owner of Murray State's program records in career batting averaging (.374), hits (234), RBI (143) and double plays turned (84).