Stacy May-Johnson - Softball Coach

Stacy May-Johnson

Title:
Head Coach
Email:
stacy15@mail.fresnostate.edu

THE MAY-JOHNSON FILE

PERSONAL INFORMATION
Hometown: Reno, Nev.

COACHING HISTORY
Fresno State
2022-Pres.: Head Coach
Utah Valley University
2020-21: Head Coach
Eastern Kentucky
2018-19: Associate Head Coach
Purdue
2017: Assistant Coach
Louisville
2015-16: Assistant Coach
Iowa
2011-14: Assistant Coach
Louisville
2008-10: Volunteer Assistant Coach
Iowa
2007: Undergrad Assistant

PLAYING EXPERIENCE
Chicago Bandits
2006-11
Iowa
2003-06

YEAR-BY-YEAR AT FRESNO STATE
2022: 19-36 (10-14 MW)
2023: 23-31 (10-12 MW)

Last Updated: July 15, 2023

Stacy May-Johnson is entering her third season at the helm of the program, after being named the fifth head coach in Fresno State softball history on July 2, 2021.

May-Johnson owns an overall record of 42-67 (20-26 Mountain West) at Fresno State. Three Bulldogs have been named All-MW selections under her. Alesia Denby was named the Mountain West Defensive Player of the Year and a NFCA All-Pacific Region honoree in 2023. The program has had 13 Academic All-MW selections and six MW Scholar Athletes.

2023 (HEAD COACH)
OVERALL RECORD: 23-31
MOUNTAIN WEST RECORD: 10-12
In her second season, Fresno State finished with an overall record of 23-31 and 10-12 conference record. The Bulldogs clinched a spot in the first-ever Mountain West Tournament as the No. 5 seed.

Senior infielder Alesia Denby was named the Mountain West Defensive Player of the Year and a Mountain West All-Conference First Team selection. Denby also earned NFCA All-Pacific Region honors.

Junior outfielder Keahilele Mattson was also tabbed a Mountain West All-Conference First team honoree.

2022 (HEAD COACH)
OVERALL RECORD: 19-36
MOUNTAIN WEST RECORD: 10-14

In her first season, she led the Bulldogs to an overall record of 19-36 and a conference record of 10-14. Recorded her first win at Fresno State on Feb. 19, 2022 after defeating UC Davis 11-5.

Junior infielder Alesia Denby was named a 2022 Mountain West All-Conference First Team selection. Denby finished conference play with a .391 batting average, 25 hits, five home runs and 19 RBIs. She owned a .719 slugging percentage and a .446 on-base percentage.

PRIOR TO FRESNO STATE
Prior to Fresno State, May-Johnson spent two seasons as the head coach at Utah Valley University. Her coaching career also includes stops at Eastern Kentucky, Purdue University, the University of Louisville, and the University of Iowa.

In her two seasons as head coach at Utah Valley, May-Johnson accumulated an overall winning percentage of .507, compared to an average program winning percentage of just .322 in the five seasons prior to her arrival. The 24 wins the Wolverines racked up in 2021 were the programs most since 2013.

Prior to her time in Orem, she served as the associate head coach at Eastern Kentucky for two seasons (2018, 2019). During her stint as the associate head coach at EKU, the Colonels garnered 80 wins over the two seasons that May-Johnson was on staff under long-time EKU head coach Jane Worthington. The Colonels won a 2018 Ohio Valley Conference championship after winning a school-record 45 games. Eastern Kentucky touted a third-team All-American, five All-Region selections and 10 All-Ohio Valley Conference picks during her time in Richmond.

PLAYING EXPERIENCE
As a player, May-Johnson was a standout infielder for the Hawkeyes and a three-time All-Big Ten selection.

May-Johnson played professionally for the Chicago Bandits of the NPF (National Pro Fastpitch).

She spent five years in the NPF and was a two-time NPF MVP with the Bandits. She was also the 2006 NPF Rookie of the Year, a three-time All-Star and led the Bandits to two championships. May-Johnson is one of just six players to have her number retired with Chicago. She led the NPF in home runs, hits and runs scored in each of her MVP campaigns in 2008 and 2010.

While she spent her summers playing professionally, May-Johnson began her coaching career as a student assistant at Iowa in 2007.

She went on to become a volunteer assistant at Louisville from 2008-10 before she returned to her alma mater from 2011-14, when she helped the Hawkeyes produce two All-Region and 10 All-Big Ten selections.

May-Johnson would return to Louisville in 2015 and help lead the Cardinals to a pair of NCAA Tournament appearances, including a second-place finish in the ACC in 2016. Louisville collected two All-Region and seven All-ACC honorees while she was on staff. She spent the 2017 season at Big Ten Purdue.

The Reno, Nev. native comes to the Valley with international experience under her belt. As a member of the women's national team, May-Johnson helped Team USA win a gold medal at the Pan American Games, a World Cup of Softball Championship, and a silver medal at the Canadian Open Fast Pitch International Championship in 2011. She was named the 2011 USA Softball Female Athlete of the Year.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
May-Johnson, a two-time CoSIDA Academic All-District selection, graduated from the University of Iowa in 2007 with an B.S. in physics and a B.A. in accounting. She earned a master's in physics from the University of Louisville in 2009.