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Stacy May-Johnson

Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	Fresno State
Conference	MWC
Record	43–67 (.391)
Biographical details
Born	(1984-05-15) May 15, 1984 (age 40) 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–present	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

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. 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).

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. May-Johnson graduated from Iowa in May 2007 as a double major with a B.S. in physics and B.B.A. in accounting. In 2009, May-Johnson completed an M.S. in physics at the University of Louisville.

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". Her position as an assistant coach for the University of Louisville softball team was announced on July 14, 2014.

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. 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.

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

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

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

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 two children.

Head coaching record

College

Statistics

References

1. "Iowa Softball Media Guide" (PDF). Hawkeyesports.com. Retrieved February 1, 2021.
2. "2020-21 Big Ten Records Book" (PDF). Bigten.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 12, 2020. Retrieved February 1, 2021.
3. "2006 NPF AWARDS" (PDF). Profastpitch.com. Archived from the original on February 6, 2021. Retrieved February 1, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
4. "2008 AWARDS" (PDF). Profastpitch.com. Archived from the original on February 6, 2021. Retrieved February 1, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
5. "2010 AWARD WINNERS" (PDF). Profastpitch.com. Archived from the original on February 7, 2021. Retrieved February 1, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
6. ^ "Stacy May-Johnson - 2016 Softball Coaching Staff". GoCards.com. University of Louisville. Retrieved June 28, 2018.
7. "Stacy May-Johnson". Gouvu.com. Retrieved February 1, 2021.
8. "Stacy May". HawkeyeSports.com. University of Iowa. Archived from the original on August 8, 2007. Retrieved June 28, 2018.
9. Commencement Program, May 2007, Iowa City, University of Iowa, 2007, pp. 45, 58, archived from the original on June 26, 2016
10. ^ "Stacy May-Johnson". PurdueSports.com. Purdue University. Retrieved June 28, 2018.
11. "Stacy May-Johnson". EKUSports.com. Eastern Kentucky University. Retrieved June 28, 2018.
12. "Stacy May-Johnson named Utah Valley head coach". justinsworldsb.com. Justin's World of Softball. Retrieved January 1, 2020.
13. Gligich, Daniel (July 6, 2021). "Tumey places trust in Stacy May-Johnson to lead softball past Garza controversies". The Sun. Retrieved July 6, 2021.

External links

• Stacy May-Johnson on Twitter

• 1984 births
• Living people
• Softball players from Nevada
• American softball players
• American softball coaches
• Iowa Hawkeyes softball coaches
• Iowa Hawkeyes softball players
• Louisville Cardinals softball coaches
• Fresno State Bulldogs softball coaches
• Softball players at the 2011 Pan American Games
• Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in softball
• Chicago Bandits players
• University of Louisville alumni
• Purdue Boilermakers softball coaches
• Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games