Kendra Stahl, mentor of the Pettisville softball team, was named 2012 Coach of the Year by The Crescent-News.

Stahl led the Birds to an 18-7 record. They won the Buckeye Border Conference with a 9-1 record, and finished as Division IV district runners-up.

An Archbold High School graduate, she is 49-19 as head coach of the Birds since taking over the position three years ago.