Wichita State women’s tennis head coach Jacob Eddins announced the addition of Michaela Kissell-Eddins to his staff as an assistant coach on Monday, Dec. 22, 2025.
In her first season at Wichita State, Kissell-Eddins helped the Shockers to one of the most successful seasons in program history. The Shockers went 21-5, going 19-3 in the regular season and 8-1 against American Conference teams when including the conference tournament. The Shockers were ranked as high as No. 24 in the nation during the season and were ranked in the top 40 12 times. Giorgia Roselli and Xin Tong Wang were ranked as high as No. 9 in doubles during the season, while Wang, Roselli, and Theodora Chantava all were ranked in singles at different points during the season. The Shockers earned an at-large bid to the 2026 NCAA Tournament, the 13th all-time appearance in program history, and first since 2018.
Kissell-Eddins helped the Shockers accomplish a tremendous feat, winning 19 consecutive matches and breaking the program record for the longest winning streak of 17 set back in 2016. The Shockers completed an undefeated home campaign, going 9-0, and earned six wins against Power Four opponents. Wichita State players won five American Conference Player of the Week awards, the most the Shockers have had in a single season since joining the American in 2018.
Kissell-Eddins helped coach three Shockers to all-conference honors in 2026, with Wang named the American Conference Player of the Year and a unanimous all-conference selection. Roselli and Chantava were also selected to the all-conference team, with Roselli also being a unanimous choice. The Shockers earned the No. 1 seed in the 2026 American Conference Championship but finished as runner-up. It was the first time Wichita State reached the American Conference championship match in history.
Kissell-Eddins was most recently a volunteer assistant at West Virginia University under head coach Miha Lisac in 2022-23, helping the Mountaineers to an 11-win season. In addition, she served as a junior tennis coach, privately coaching Lyla Byers, who has risen more than 400 spots in recruiting rankings and earned a tennis scholarship to West Virginia.
Before her time in Morgantown, Kissell-Eddins served as head coach at Western Carolina from 2013 to 2018. In her five seasons leading the Catamounts, she produced a remarkable turnaround, setting a program record with 12 wins in a single season in 2016. It also marked the program’s first winning season since 1997.
Kissell-Eddins also had coaching stops at Pittsburgh as both assistant coach and interim head coach in 2012-13 and began her career as an assistant at Cornell in 2011-12.
As a player, Kissell-Eddins was one of the nation’s top competitors from 2007-11, competing two years at Miami (Florida) and two at Marshall. She finished her playing career at Marshall with a combined singles and doubles record of 110-41, reaching rankings as high as No. 27 in singles and No. 15 in doubles. She went a perfect 19-0 in doubles her senior year and helped guide the Thundering Herd to the highest team ranking in program history at No. 28.
Kissell-Eddins graduated from Marshall in 2011 with a degree in business finance and a minor in management.
She is married to Shocker head coach Jacob Eddins and is the sister of assistant coach Chad Kissell.
