Utah Valley University Athletics

Utah Valley University director of athletics Dr. Jared Sumsion has announced the hiring of Stacy May-Johnson as the new head softball coach on Dec. 30, 2019. May-Johnson spent the past two seasons as the associate head coach at Eastern Kentucky University.
 
May-Johnson's coaching career also includes stops at Purdue University, the University of Louisville, and the University of Iowa, where she was a standout infielder for the Hawkeyes and a three-time All-Big Ten selection.
 
"Stacy May-Johnson quickly came to the forefront of our coaching search and we're thrilled to have her take over the softball program as our new head coach," Sumsion said. "She has coached and played at the highest levels and has had success everywhere she's been. I'm excited for her to continue the acceleration of our program and for our student-athletes to learn from someone with her accomplishments."

"I am incredibly excited to be the head softball coach at UVU. I want to thank Jared Sumsion, Adam Sanft, and the UVU administration for this opportunity," May-Johnson said. "My family and I are thrilled to be a part of the UVU and Orem communities. Most of all I am looking forward to meeting and getting to work with all of the student-athletes who I’ve heard such wonderful things about. This opportunity will not be a lone venture for me but a collective effort with all of the current student athletes, building on what past players and coaches have worked so hard to achieve."

Eastern Kentucky amassed 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 produced a third-team All-American, five All-Region selections and 10 All-Ohio Valley Conference picks during her stint in Richmond.
 
Following her time as a player at Iowa (2003-06), both her professional playing and collegiate coaching careers coincided. While she spent her summers playing professionally, May-Johnson was also commencing a coaching profession as a student assistant at Iowa in 2007.
 
May Johnson later became the 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.
 
She returned to Louisville in 2015 and helped the Cardinals to a pair of NCAA Tournament appearances, including a second-place finish in the ACC in 2016. Louisville had two All-Region and seven All-ACC honorees while she was on staff. She spent 2017 at Big Ten Purdue before arriving at Eastern Kentucky for the 2018 and 2019 seasons.
 
As a player, May-Johnson played professionally for the Chicago Bandits of the NPF (National Pro Fastpitch) and was a member of the United States National Team.
 
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 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.
 
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.
 
May-Johnson was a two-time CoSIDA Academic All-District selection and 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.
 
A native of Reno, Nevada, she and her husband Nate have two children, Corrie (6) and Emma (2).