Stacy Koontz Middleton begins her first year as head softball coach.

Middleton, a graduate of Haven High School, has numerous years of softball experience as an athlete coupled with 10-years of club coaching experience while living in Texas. As a Bethel College student, Middleton participated in both volleyball and track. She was a two-year letter winner in volleyball as a defensive specialist and a four-year letter winner in track. She was a member of KCAC volleyball championship teams as a sophomore and a senior.

As a member of the track team, Middleton was a standout javelin thrower. She owns the women's javelin record for the KCAC meet and Bethel College, and qualified for the NAIA National Championships her sophomore, junior and senior years, finishing fifth, third and seventh, respectively.

Middleton received a bachelor's degree from Bethel College in 1995 in health and physical education and elementary education.