FLORENCE, Ala. | University of Alabama in Huntsville head softball coach head softball coach Les Stuedeman passed another career milestone on Saturday, becoming just the fifth active Division II softball coach to record 1,000 career victories.
 
Stuedeman – in her 22nd year as UAH's only softball coach – now owns a career record of 1000-320-1 and is only the 34th NCAA softball coach across all divisions to reach the astonishing 1,000-win mark.
 
During the NFCA Hall of Fame member's tenure, the Chargers have been to 19 NCAA tournaments including a current stretch of 14 in a row, and the team owns four South Region titles (1999, 2001, 2009, and 2011) while finishing as the national runner-up in 2009 and 2011.
 
Stuedeman has been honored as the GSC Coach of the Year nine times while leading her team to eight Gulf South Conference championships.
 
Stuedeman entered the 2017 season as the 25th winningest coach all-time across all NCAA divisions and the sixth winningest coach in Division II history, and her teams have featured more than 40 All-Americans, 10 GSC Players or Pitchers of the Year, and seven GSC Freshmen of the Year.
 
In addition to being a member of the NFCA Hall of Fame, Stuedeman has also been inducted into the Huntingdon Athletic Hall of Fame for her terrific career as a collegiate player, and she is also a member of the Vestavia Hills Sports Hall of Fame.