Stacy (Koontz) Middleton is in her 3rd as the Senior Women Leader, appointed to this position in the Spring of 2022 after serving as the Athletics Operation Administrator. She is also in her 14th season on the softball coaching staff and her 7th as associate head coach after being the head coach for the previous seven seasons.
Middleton served as the head volleyball coach for the Bethel Threshers from 2017-2021 in conjuncture with her moving to the associate head softball coach position.
Middleton, a graduate of Haven High School, has numerous years of softball and volleyball experience as an athlete coupled with 10-years of club coaching experience while living in Texas and back in Kansas. She has been a part of many travel ball championships in both sports. She has helped develop several student-athletes that have had very successful college careers in both softball and volleyball; two that have played at the NCAA D1 level.
As a Bethel College student, Middleton participated in both volleyball and track & field for four years and played two years of basketball. 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 two KCAC volleyball championship teams as a sophomore and a senior. As a member of the track & field team, Middleton was a standout javelin thrower and finished her career as a two-time NAIA All-American. She owns the women's javelin record for the KCAC championship meet and the Bethel College program record. Middleton also 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/Elementary Education with a minor in Coaching.
