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The softball team at Bryan College is one step closer to becoming a reality. The college announced Thursday the hiring of Rocky Stinson as its head softball coach.

He will spend the next year preparing and recruiting for the 2010-2011 opening season.
Stinson most recently worked at Mid-Continent University, where he was the head softball coach for the past three years.

Mid-Continent, like Bryan, is a member of both the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletes and the National Christian College Athletic Association. Bryan officials hope this gives
Stinson the necessary experience to prepare the Lady Lions for that level of competition.

Stinson also currently serves as the softball vice-chair for the NCCAA.

"Bryan College is a great college to have the opportunity to build a program from scratch at. I knew once on campus and upon meeting the people here that this was somewhere I wanted to be, and a college I wanted my name and future Bryan softball players to represent in the community and conference. I look forward to working under [Athletic Director] Dr. [Sandy] Zensen and alongside the other coaches at Bryan, and truthfully foresee great success for the program athletically, academically and primarily spiritually," Stinson said.

"We are quite fortunate to have Coach Stinson here at Bryan to head up our women's softball team. He brings a wealth of experience, high energy and a sincere commitment to the mission of Bryan College," said Zensen. "We are expecting Rocky to build a quality program that honors God and competes at the highest levels of the Appalachian Athletic Conference and the NAIA."

Stinson is currently working on his Masters of Science in Human Development and Leadership from Murray State and plans on completing it this summer.

He received his Bachelor of Science degree in psychology and counseling and social studies from Mid-Continent in May of 2003.

While there, he was named an NAIA Academic All-American for baseball and graduated cum laude.

Stinson graduated from Hickman High School in Centerville, Tenn., in 1998.

During his time as a student at Mid-Continent, Stinson played four years of baseball.

He was a third baseman and was in the starting pitching rotation his senior year. During his junior and senior seasons he was a team captain.

Stinson was also named NCCAA Mid-East Regional Team Honorable Mention.

He and his wife, Jessica, currently reside in Murray, Ky., but will soon be making the move to Dayton.