Stacy May-Johnson

Stacy May-Johnson (born Stacy Margarita May; May 15, 1984) is an American, former collegiate, three-time professional All-Star softball player and current head coach at Fresno State. She played college softball for Iowa, being named a three-time all-conference third baseman and shortstop.^[1][2] May-Johnson was selected twelfth overall in the National Pro Fastpitch, eventually playing for the Chicago Bandits. She was named the inaugural Rookie of the Year in 2006 and a two-time Player of the Year in 2008 and 2010 for the league. She also helped the Bandits to win two championships and ranks in the top-10 in career hits (267) and home runs (38).^{[3][4][5][6][7]}

Stacy May-Johnson

Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	Iowa Hawkeyes
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	43–67 (.391)
Biographical details
Born	(1984-05-15) May 15, 1984 (age 41) Reno, Nevada
Alma mater	Iowa Hawkeyes
Playing career
2003–2006	Iowa
2006–2011	Chicago Bandits
2017–present	Chicago Bandits
Position(s)	Shortstop, third base
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2007	Iowa (undergrad. asst.)
2008–2010	Louisville (volunteer asst.)
2011–2014	Iowa (asst.)
2015–2016	Louisville (asst.)
2017	Purdue (asst.)
2018–2019	Eastern Kentucky (asst.)
2020–2021	Utah Valley
2022–2025	Fresno State
Head coaching record
Overall	79–102 (.436)
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
Big Ten All-Tournament (2005) 2× second-team All-Big Ten (2004, 2006) Big Ten Freshman of the Year (2003) First-team All-Big Ten (2003)
Medal record Women's softball Representing  United States Pan American Games 2011 Guadalajara Team

Career

College

At the University of Iowa, May-Johnson played on the Iowa Hawkeyes softball team from 2003 to 2006 at third base and shortstop.^[8] May-Johnson graduated from Iowa in May 2007 as a double major with a B.S. in physics and B.B.A. in accounting.^[9] In 2009, May-Johnson completed an M.S. in physics at the University of Louisville.^[10]

Professional

She received the MVP 2008 Professional Women's Softball League. May was drafted by the Chicago Bandits of the National Pro Fastpitch as the fourth pick in the second round. She earned the 2006 Nokona Rookie of the Year award and was also named to the all-National Pro fastpitch team.

She played for the Chicago Bandits from 2006 to 2010 and 2017 to 2018 and for the USA Softball National Team from 2011 to 2012. She was named 2011 USA Softball Female Athlete of the Year for "leading the team to gold medals at the World Cup of Softball VII in Oklahoma City and the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico".^[6] Her position as an assistant coach for the University of Louisville softball team was announced on July 14, 2014.^[6]

Coaching career

In 2007, May-Johnson was an undergraduate assistant coach at Iowa. From 2008 to 2010, May-Johnson was a volunteer assistant softball coach at Louisville while a graduate student there.^[10] May-Johnson then came back to Iowa as an assistant coach from 2011 to 2014 before returning to Louisville as an assistant coach from 2015 to 2016.^[10]

May-Johnson was an assistant coach at Purdue in 2017 and at Eastern Kentucky in 2018 and 2019.^[11]

On December 30, 2019, May-Johnson was named the head coach at Utah Valley.^[12]

On July 6, 2021, May-Johnson was named the head coach at Fresno State.^[13]

International career

May-Johnson represented the United States women's national softball team at the 2011 Pan American Games and won a gold medal.

Personal life

She is married to Nate Johnson and has three children.^[10]

Head coaching record

College

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Utah Valley Wolverines (Western Athletic Conference) (2020–2021)
2020	Utah Valley	12–7	0–0		Season canceled due to COVID-19
2021	Utah Valley	24–28	8–10	T–4th
Utah Valley:		36–35 (.507)	8–10 (.444)
Fresno State Bulldogs (Mountain West Conference) (2022–present)
2022	Fresno State	19–36	10–14	5th
2023	Fresno State	24–31	10–12	T-5th
Fresno State:		43–67 (.391)	20–26 (.435)
Total:		79–102 (.436)
National champion         Postseason invitational champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference tournament champion

Statistics

Iowa Hawkeyes

YEAR	G	AB	R	H	BA	RBI	HR	3B	2B	TB	SLG	BB	SO	SB	SBA
2003	59	197	30	71	.360	38	6	1	17	108	.548%	9	10	4	4
2004	63	195	25	56	.287	19	1	0	6	65	.333%	15	6	2	3
2005	64	199	48	73	.367	31	10	1	15	120	.603%	13	11	2	3
2006	61	189	40	64	.338	21	6	0	13	95	.502%	23	11	5	8
TOTALS	247	780	143	264	.338	109	23	2	51	388	.497%	60	38	13	18