GraceStonewall

Grace Stonewall will begins her third season as Kentucky’s pitching coach in 2026 after serving two seasons as a Volunteer Assistant Coach on Rachel Lawson’s coaching staff in 2022 and 2023.

“I want to start by thanking Coach Lawson and the Kentucky Softball staff for giving me this opportunity.” Stonewll said. “They pour their heart and soul into this program and I’m grateful that I get to stay with them. It feels incredibly rewarding for me to be able to stay and develop a program that I was a small part of growing as a player. The past six years of being a part of the Big Blue Nation has been incredible and I’m excited to get to continue my time in Lexington.”

Stonewall assists Lawson and the coaching staff in all area of the program, but will primarily work with the pitching rotation in her day-to-day.

Stonewall was an All-Southeastern Conference pitcher for UK from 2018-2021 having played in three NCAA Super Regionals and four NCAA Regionals. She won 14 games her freshman year to lead all Southeastern Conference pitchers in 2018 with a 2.72 ERA in 31 appearances with three shutouts and 10 complete games.

She ended her playing career at John Cropp Stadium by throwing 6.2 scoreless innings against Notre Dame in the 2021 NCAA Lexington Regional deciding game to earn the win and book her third NCAA Super Regional ticket.

A native of Hardin, Illinois, Stonewall currently ranks top-10 at Kentucky in appearances (102), innings pitched (403.2), games started (62), opponent batting average (.293), strikeouts (283) and wins (39). She graduated from Kentucky with a degree in Art Studio. She married her husband, Mckinley, in August of 2025.