Stacy May-Johnson - Softball Coach - University of Louisville Athletic

Stacy May-Johnson

Title:
Assistant Coach
Email:
stacy@GoCards.com
Phone:
852-5344

Stacy May-Johnson recently completed her season as an assistant coach for the University of Louisville softball team.

In 2015, May-Johnson helped guide the Cardinals to a 31-19 overall record and a 16-7 mark in their inaugural Atlantic Coast Conference season as Louisville went on to its 12^th straight NCAA regional appearance. Three Cardinals: Whitney Arion, Maryssa Becker and Kelsi Jones earned all-ACC first team honors while Becker was an NFCA Great Lakes Region selection.

This marks May-Johnson’s second stint at Louisville - she served as a volunteer assistant at Louisville from 2008 through 2010 while pursuing her Master’s of science in physics. During her time at Louisville, the Cardinals made two NCAA appearances and posted back-to-back 40-win seasons and going 48-11 in 2009 and 41-19 in 2010.

May-Johnson joined the Cardinals after a four-year stint at her alma mater, the University of Iowa where she was an assistant from 2011 through 2014. During that time, she helped guide the Hawkeyes to 100 wins and a runner-up finish in the Big Ten in 2012.

May-Johnson boasts an impressive resume with Player of the Year honors on both the professional and national levels. She spent five years playing for the National Pro Fastpitch League’s Chicago Bandits from 2006-10 before going on to compete for the USA Softball National Team in 2011 and 2012.

The Chicago Bandits selected May-Johnson with their first overall pick (fourth pick, second round) in the 2006 NPF draft and she went on to become one of the most decorated players in league history. The shortstop/third baseman was named league rookie of the year in 2006 and followed with league player of the year honors in 2008 and 2010.

The three-time NPF All-Star (2006, 2008 and 2010) helped lead the Bandits to the 2008 league championship. After announcing her retirement in 2010, she returned for the Bandits’ playoff run in 2011 and helped the team to its second NPF championship. Chicago retired May-Johnson’s number and she is currently ranked in the top five on the NPF’s list for doubles and home runs.

May-Johnson came out of retirement in 2011 when she was selected for the USA Softball National Team. In her rookie season, she was named 2011 USA Softball Female Athlete of the Year after 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. She was selected the Defensive Most Valuable Player in the USA’s second-place finish in the 2011 Canada Cup. During her 2011 Player of the Year campaign, she started 27 of 28 games, finishing with a .418 batting average and ranking first on the team in hits and third in batting average. She also had team-highs in runs (26) and RBI (30).

In 2012, May-Johnson helped the USA Softball Team to the gold medal at the 2012 World Cup of Softball. May-Johnson started 5-of-6 games for Team USA, posting a .357 (5-of-14) batting average with three runs, two RBIs and two walks. The Americans posted a perfect 6-0 record during the competition, outscoring their opponents 41-3, in the five day event.

May-Johnson (formerly Stacy May), was a four-year letterwinner at Iowa from 2003-06. The three-time NFCA All-Mideast Region and All-Big Ten selection was named Big Ten Freshman of the Year in 2003 while leading Iowa to the regular season and conference tournament championship. Her name still appears in 11 different offensive school record lists at Iowa. She was a student assistant at Iowa in 2007 and returned to her alma mater.

May-Johnson earned both her Bachelor of Arts in accounting and Bachelor of Science in physics from Iowa in 2007.
The former Stacy May is married to Nate Johnson and they have a daughter, Corrie.