{{Short description|American softball coach and player}} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2024}} {{BLP sources|date=June 2023}} {{Infobox college coach | name = Stacy May-Johnson | image = | alt = | caption = | sport = | current_title = Head coach | current_team = Iowa Hawkeyes | current_conference = Big Ten Conference | current_record = {{winpct|43|67|record=y}} | contract = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1984|5|15}} | birth_place = Reno, Nevada, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | alma_mater = Iowa Hawkeyes | player_years1 = 2003–2006 | player_team1 = Iowa | player_years2 = 2006–2011 | player_team2 = Chicago Bandits | player_years3 = 2017–present | player_team3 = Chicago Bandits | player_positions = Shortstop, third base | coach_years1 = 2007 | coach_team1 = Iowa (undergrad. asst.) | coach_years2 = 2008–2010 | coach_team2 = Louisville (volunteer asst.) | coach_years3 = 2011–2014 | coach_team3 = Iowa (asst.) | coach_years4 = 2015–2016 | coach_team4 = Louisville (asst.) | coach_years5 = 2017 | coach_team5 = Purdue (asst.) | coach_years6 = 2018–2019 | coach_team6 = Eastern Kentucky (asst.) | coach_years7 = 2020–2021 | coach_team7 = Utah Valley | coach_years8 = 2022–2025 | coach_team8 = Fresno State | overall_record = {{winpct|79|102|record=y}} | bowl_record = | tournament_record = | championships = | 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) | coaching_records = | CFBHOF_year = | CFBHOF_id = | BASKHOF_year = | BASKHOF_id = | CBBASKHOF_year = | CBASEHOF_year = | WBHOF = | FIBA_HOF_player = | uslaxhof_year = | canlaxhof = | nllhof = | show-medals = y | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Women's softball }} {{MedalCountry | {{USA}} }} {{MedalCompetition | Pan American Games }} {{MedalGold | 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 The University of Iowa. She played college softball for Iowa, being named a three-time all-conference third baseman and shortstop.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://storage.googleapis.com/hawkeyesports-com/2020/04/1c5dcf6a-iowa_record_book.pdf |title=Iowa Softball Media Guide |location=Hawkeyesports.com |date= |accessdate=2021-02-01}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://bigten.org/documents/2020/9/22/2021_B1G_Softball_Record_Book.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112075617/https://bigten.org/documents/2020/9/22/2021_B1G_Softball_Record_Book.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 12, 2020 |title=2020-21 Big Ten Records Book |location=Bigten.org |date= |accessdate=2021-02-01}}</ref> 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).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://profastpitch.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/2006-Award-Winners-and-Team-NPF.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210206062019/https://profastpitch.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/2006-Award-Winners-and-Team-NPF.pdf |url-status=usurped |archive-date=February 6, 2021 |title=2006 NPF AWARDS |location=Profastpitch.com |date= |accessdate=2021-02-01}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://profastpitch.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/2008-award-winners.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210206133805/https://profastpitch.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/2008-award-winners.pdf |url-status=usurped |archive-date=February 6, 2021 |title=2008 AWARDS |location=Profastpitch.com |date= |accessdate=2021-02-01}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://profastpitch.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/2010-Award-Winners.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210207152746/https://profastpitch.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/2010-Award-Winners.pdf |url-status=usurped |archive-date=February 7, 2021 |title=2010 AWARD WINNERS |location=Profastpitch.com |date= |accessdate=2021-02-01}}</ref><ref name="gocards">{{cite web|url=http://www.gocards.com:80/coaches.aspx?rc=58&path=softball|title=Stacy May-Johnson - 2016 Softball Coaching Staff|publisher=University of Louisville|work=GoCards.com|accessdate=June 28, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://gouvu.com/sports/softball/roster/coaches/stacy-may-johnson/1918 |title=Stacy May-Johnson |location=Gouvu.com |date= |accessdate=2021-02-01}}</ref>
==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.<ref name=Iowa>{{cite web|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070808002616/http://hawkeyesports.cstv.com/sports/w-softbl/mtt/may_stacy00.html|archivedate=August 8, 2007|title=Stacy May|url=https://hawkeyesports.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=3821|publisher=University of Iowa|work=HawkeyeSports.com|accessdate=June 28, 2018}}</ref> May-Johnson graduated from Iowa in May 2007 as a double major with a B.S. in physics and B.B.A. in accounting.<ref>{{citation|url=http://ir.uiowa.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1004&context=registrar_commencement|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160626151740/http://ir.uiowa.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1004&context=registrar_commencement|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 26, 2016|title=Commencement Program, May 2007, Iowa City|year=2007|publisher=University of Iowa|pages=45, 58}}</ref> In 2009, May-Johnson completed an M.S. in physics at the University of Louisville.<ref name=Purdue>{{cite web|url=http://www.purduesports.com/sports/w-softbl/mtt/stacy_may_johnson_1027725.html|title=Stacy May-Johnson|publisher=Purdue University|work=PurdueSports.com|accessdate=June 28, 2018}}</ref>
===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".<ref name="gocards" /> Her position as an assistant coach for the University of Louisville softball team was announced on July 14, 2014.<ref name="gocards" />
==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.<ref name=Purdue /> 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.<ref name=Purdue />
May-Johnson was an assistant coach at Purdue in 2017 and at Eastern Kentucky in 2018 and 2019.<ref name=EKU>{{cite web|url=https://ekusports.com/coaches.aspx?rc=925&path=softball|title=Stacy May-Johnson|publisher=Eastern Kentucky University|work=EKUSports.com|accessdate=June 28, 2018}}</ref>
On December 30, 2019, May-Johnson was named the head coach at Utah Valley.<ref name=JWOS>{{cite web|url=https://justinsworldsb.com/2019/12/31/stacy-may-johnson-named-utah-valley-head-coach/|title=Stacy May-Johnson named Utah Valley head coach|publisher=Justin's World of Softball|work=justinsworldsb.com|accessdate=January 1, 2020}}</ref>
On July 6, 2021, May-Johnson was named the head coach at Fresno State.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sjvsun.com/sports/tumey-places-trust-in-stacy-may-johnson-to-lead-softball-past-garza-controversies/ |title=Tumey places trust in Stacy May-Johnson to lead softball past Garza controversies |work=The Sun |first=Daniel |last=Gligich |date=July 6, 2021 |access-date=July 6, 2021}}</ref>
==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.<ref name=Purdue />
==Head coaching record== ===College=== {{CBB yearly record start | type =coach | conference = | postseason= }} {{CBB Yearly Record Subhead | name = Utah Valley Wolverines | conference = Western Athletic Conference | startyear = 2020 | endyear = 2021 }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | season = 2020 | name = Utah Valley | overall = 12–7 | conference = 0–0 | confstanding = | postseason = Season canceled due to COVID-19 }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | season = 2021 | name = Utah Valley | overall = 24–28 | conference = 8–10 | confstanding = T–4th | postseason = }} {{CBB yearly record subtotal | name = Utah Valley | overall = {{winpct|36|35|record=y}} | confrecord = {{winpct|8|10|record=y}} }} {{CBB Yearly Record Subhead | name = Fresno State Bulldogs | conference = Mountain West Conference | startyear = 2022 | endyear = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | season = 2022 | name = Fresno State | overall = 19–36 | conference = 10–14 | confstanding = 5th | postseason = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | season = 2023 | name = Fresno State | overall = 24–31 | conference = 10–12 | confstanding = T-5th | postseason = }} {{CBB yearly record subtotal | name = Fresno State | overall = {{winpct|43|67|record=y}} | confrecord = {{winpct|20|26|record=y}} }} {{CBB yearly record end | overall = {{winpct|79|102|record=y}} }}
==Statistics== {| class="sortable wikitable" |+Iowa Hawkeyes |- align=center | '''YEAR''' | G | AB | R | H | BA | RBI | HR | 3B | 2B | TB | SLG | BB | SO | SB | SBA |- align=center | '''2003''' | 59 | 197 | 30 | 71 | .360 | 38 | 6 | 1 | 17 | 108 | .548% | 9 | 10 | 4 | 4 |- align=center | '''2004''' | 63 | 195 | 25 | 56 | .287 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 65 | .333% | 15 | 6 | 2 | 3 |- align=center | '''2005''' | 64 | 199 | 48 | 73 | .367 | 31 | 10 | 1 | 15 | 120 | .603% | 13 | 11 | 2 | 3 |- align=center | '''2006''' | 61 | 189 | 40 | 64 | .338 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 95 | .502% | 23 | 11 | 5 | 8 |- align=center | '''TOTALS''' | '''247''' | '''780''' | '''143''' | '''264''' | '''.338''' | '''109''' | '''23''' | '''2''' | '''51''' | '''388''' | '''.497%''' | '''60''' | '''38''' | '''13''' | '''18''' |}
==References== {{Reflist|30em}}
==External links== * {{Twitter|stacymayjohnson}}
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