Kelly Quigle, Head Softball Coach

Coach Kelly Quigle is serving her first year as head coach for the Lady Blazer softball team.  She served as the assistant coach for the past two years.  A native of Industry, Kelly graduated from Industry High School in 2000.  In 2002, she graduated from John Wood Community College with an Associate in Arts degree and was named an Academic All-American by the NJCAA for women’s basketball.  She finished her career at Judson College (Elgin) and completed her Master’s degree in December 2006 in Sports Management from Western Illinois University (Macomb). 

In addition to coaching softball, Coach Quigle is John Wood’s Assistant Women’s Basketball Coach.

John Stutsman, Softball Pitching Coach

Coach John Stutsman enters his third season as the John Wood Lady Blazers' Pitching Coach.  His coaching responsibilities include working with each Lady Blazer pitcher's fundamentals, technique and strategy. 

Coach Stutsman, who's name is synonomus with fast pitch softball in the mid-west for 30+ years, has coached at Quincy University and Culver-Stockton College.  Stutsman's knowledge of pitching and the game have been vital to the Lady Blazers' pitching staff.

During his coaching tenure at Quincy University, Stutsman guided his Lady Hawks to more than 400+ wins in 16 seasons and a trip to the NAIA national tournament.   While coaching at Culver-Stockton, Stutsman served as recruiter and pitching coach, and guided them to a Conference Championship and a 2nd Place finish in their Region.