Stacy Iveson – Head Softball Coach

Coach Iveson begins her third season at Yavapai College after leading the Lady Roughriders to their first NJCAA DI Softball National Championship in Yavapai College history.

In 2008, the brand new Roughrider softball team, comprised of 14 freshmen and 1 sophomore, made a name for themselves by winning the regular season Division I conference title and the Region I championship, earning them a trip to the NJCAA College World Series in Yavapai’s first year of competition.

Five Roughriders were named NFCA All Americans and the team’s only sophomore earned a scholarship to play at Division I University of New Mexico.

Iveson was named National Coach of the Year for her efforts during these campaigns.

Coach Iveson came to YC after a very successful career at Pima Community College including National Championships in 2004 and 2006.

Prior to coaching at the junior college level, Iveson was an assistant coach at the University of Arizona from 1994-2001. During her tenure at Arizona she worked with the pitchers and catchers and helped the team win three NCAA national championships.

Coach Iveson has also a been a member of the USA Softball coaching pool for the last four years. She worked closely with the National Team players and coaches including several training and selection camps and a trip to Guatemala in 2005 for the Pan American Qualifier.

She has coached 21 NJCAA All Americans in the last 7 years, including three Diamond NFCA Catchers of the year in 2005, 2006 and 2007.

Iveson was an All-Pac 10 conference catcher at the University of Arizona where she played from 1985-1989 and earned her bachelor’s degree in elementary education. Iveson also graduated from Northern Arizona University with a masters in educational leadership in 1996. She resides in Prescott Valley with her husband Tom and 7 year old son JT.

Lisa Parks – Assistant Softball Coach

Lisa Parks returns to the Yavapai College coaching staff this season after helping guide the team to their first NJCAA DI Softball National Championship in 2009. Lisa was integral in the team’s success at the plate.

Parks helped guide the 2009 Roughriders to a .411 team batting average, with 86 homeruns and 517 RBIs.

Lisa had a very successful career as a player at the junior college and NCAA Division I levels. She helped her team at Pima Community College to its first ever NJCAA Division I National Championship in 2004. She was a two time NJCAA All American infielder with 52 homeruns and 183 RBIs in her two years at Pima.

After transferring to the University of Minnesota, Lisa completed her degree in Sport Management in 2007. During her tenure at Minnesota she became 7th on the all time career homerun list in just two years of competition for the Gophers.

Lisa works with infielders and hitters and is in charge of the strength program at Yavapai College.

JR Barringer – Assistant Coach

J.R. Barringer joins the Yavapai College Softball Coaching staff this season after many years experience in both playing and coaching fastpitch. He is extremely valuable to the team as he throws batting practice every day as well as working with the outfielders.

J.R. began playing men’s fastpitch at age 17 and has been managing his team for the past ten years. He has coached girls’ softball at the high school level since 2000 and has also coached little league baseball.

J.R. was born and raised in Prescott. He retired from the Central Yavapai Fire District in 2005. J.R. and his wife, Debbie, celebrate their 25th anniversary this year. They have 4 children and reside in Dewey.

Joe Cappelli – Assistant Softball Coach

Joe Cappelli joins the Roughrider coaching staff this year after 15 years of coaching fast pitch softball at various levels including little league, ASA and High School.

After coaching little league fast pitch softball for two years, Joe formed a Club/Travel Softball team in Prescott Valley which he coached and managed for two years. He then went on to coach a highly competitive Club/Travel team in the greater Phoenix and Glendale area for six years before becoming Bradshaw Mountain’s High School Varsity Softball Coach in 2002.

During his seven years at Bradshaw Mountain High School, Joe amassed a career record of 120-45 and has been named coach of the year three times. He has had eighteen softball players receive athletic scholarship offers from this consistently ranked, top 10 program. In 2005, the Bradshaw Mountain High School Softball Team played for the State Championship and was ranked 15th nationally in the NFHS softball coaching poll.

Joe also helps coach the Bradshaw Mountain Boys golf team has been a long time advocate of youth sports. He had a strong voice in bringing back softball to Yavapai College. He and his wife Karen have been married for 25 years and have three children. Joe recently retired from the Prescott Valley Police Department and is now serving as the Chief of Police for Yavapai College.