2017 Transylvania Women's Soccer Media Guide

TRANSYLVANIA UNIVERSITY

LEXINGTON, KY

NCAA DIVISION III

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NCAA DIVISION III LEXINGTON, KY TRANSYLVANIA UNIVERSITY

Transylvania

WELCOME TO

President Seamus Carey

As a former college athlete, I understand the value of participating in competitive athletics while pursuing a degree at an institution that embraces academic rigor. The things you learn about yourself and the principles of discipline, teamwork, commitment and resilience will gird you for a lifetime of challenges. You’ll also make lifelong friends and find valuable mentors among your coaches and the athletics staff.

As a member of NCAA Division III, Transylvania is committed to the student-athlete ideal. In fact, 41 percent of our students participate in our 26 intercollegiate teams. We challenge our student-athletes to demonstrate high standards of character and achievement both in the classroom and on the field. Since Transylvania’s transition to the NCAA in 2001, the Pioneers have earned 48 conference championships, more than 30 NCAA tournament appearances, 47 Coach of the Year awards and 47 All-American athlete awards.

Transylvania occupies a unique and historic position in American higher education. Founded in 1780 as the first college west of the Allegheny Mountains, Transylvania was a pioneer in bringing the light of learning to what was then the nation’s frontier. Today, the university is a highly regarded liberal arts college with a reputation for the quality of our academics and the personal approach we bring to teaching and learning. With 40 majors and a number of pre-professional programs, Transylvania offers excellent preparation for graduate and professional school as well as a variety of careers immediately following graduation.

Our athletic teams are called the Pioneers, and that’s not only a tribute to our honored past—it’s a way of thinking that pervades our vision of the future. Our liberal arts program emphasizes questioning and creative thinking, and that’s what leads to pioneering discoveries and notable contributions to society. Couple that with athletic competition and community spirit is amplified.

We hope you’ll join us as we enthusiastically support our student-athletes—our Pioneers and the community’s future leaders.

Seamus Carey President Transylvania University

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General Information

Athletic Administration

The 2017 Womens Soccer media guide was designed and compiled by Sports Information Director Justin Sweeney and Assistant Director of Sports Information Neal Settle.

Special thanks to Transylvania Communications Graphic Designer Sam Cooper.

The Department of Athletics provides equitable opportunities and support for male and female students to participate in intercollegiate athletics and to compete successfully in the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference, Ohio Athletic Conference, Ohio River Lacrosse Conference and Southern Athletics Association.

All activities hold paramount the academic, personal and physical welfare of the student-athlete and emphasize physical fitness, self-discipline, teamwork, leadership and the highest standards of ethics, sportsmanship and personal performance.

Student-athletes are representative of the general student population and are afforded similar opportunities and treatment. Programs, staff and facilities reflect the excellence of the institution and contribute to the quality of campus life.

Season Outlook and Review

Lettermen Returning..............................................................14 Lettermen Lost..........................................................................6 Newcomers................................................................................4

Womens Soccer Staff

Head Coach................................................Luis Reis (1st Year) Assistant Coach...............................Silvia Vazquez (1st Year) Goalkeeper Coach...................Zach Meerkreebs (2nd Year) Strength and Conditioning.................................Zach Turner Soccer Office Phone........................................(859)-233-8194 Twitter..............................................................@transywsoccer

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Credits

The Transylvania intercollegiate athletics program is integral to the university’s educational mission and operates under the principles of amateur athletics and fair play, as established by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III.

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VP of Enrollment and Student Life..........Dr. Holly Sheilley Senior Associate AD.................................... Mary Struckhoff Assist. AD of Compliance.....................................Jeff Chaney Assist. AD of Outdoor Facilities........................Terry Justice Assist. AD of Marketing......................................Kyle Walton Assist. AD of Facilities.......................................Leigh Oakley Executive Assistant to VP............................Parviz Zartoshty of Enrollment and Student Life Sports Information Director..........................Justin Sweeney Asst. Director of Sports Information...................Neal Settle Strength and Conditioning Coach....................Zach Turner Faculty Athletics Representative...........................Judy Jones Title IX Coordinator.........................Ashley Hinton-Moncer

Athletics Mission Statement

TRANSYLVANIA UNIVERSITY

Location...............................................................Lexington, Ky. Founded................................................................................1780 Affiliation....................................................NCAA Division III Conference.................................................Heartland (HCAC) Colors........................................................Crimson and White Mascot...........................................................................Pioneers President.......................................................Dr. Seamus Carey VP for Enrollment and Student Life........Dr. Holly Sheilley Athletic Department Phone...........................(859) 233-8270 Address...................300 N. Broadway, Lexington, Ky. 40508 Website................................................www.transysports.com Twitter................................................................@TransySports

QUICK FACTS

NCAA DIVISION III LEXINGTON, KY TRANSYLVANIA UNIVERSITY

STAND OUT Hone your critical thinking and writing skills—abilities employers and grad schools prize—and challenge your mind and imagination through a liberal arts education.

GET PREPPED Immerse yourself in a supportive community, intimate enough for professors to really know you, with peers who believe you’re capable of more than you ever dreamed.

LIVE BIG

CONNECT FOREVER

Make the most of living and learning in the heart of Lexington, a friendly and creative city, with easy access to internships, jobs and infinite opportunities to build your future.

Become a part of the large and welcoming Transylvania network where lifetime friendships are made and career networking opportunities thrive.

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PREPROFESSIONAL PREPARATION IN: Health Professions: dentistry, medicine, occupational therapy, optometry, pharmacy, physical therapy, veterinary medicine, nursing Engineering Law Ministry

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L exington WELCOME TO

Transylvania University is in the heart of downtown Lexington, a city with all the excitement and entertainment of a

bustling metropolis while maintaining a small-town feel. Located in the heart of the Bluegrass regions and the second largest city in Kentucky, Lexington features something for everyone to enjoy, whether it’s Third Street Stuff, recently voted the best coffee shop in Kentucky, right around the corner from campus, the Lexington Farmer’s Market; Thursday Night Live featuring local bands and vendors at the 5/3 Pavilion; a concert or basketball game at the world famous Rupp Arena; a day at the track in the horse capital of the world at Keeneland; or a hike at Raven’s Run Nature Preserve.

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TRANSYLVANIA UNIVERSITY

LEXINGTON, KY

NCAA DIVISION III

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Transylvania has enjoyed more than a decade of success since joining the NCAA Division III in 2004. The athletics community has excelled both on and off the field, with student-athletes thriving in the classroom and in competition.

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PLAYER-OF-THE-WEEK AWARD WINNERS IN 2016-17

Transylvania’s athletic training staff strives to provide the highest quality healthcare to its student-athletes. The Certified Athletic Trainers are highly qualified and trained medical professionals with diverse educational backgrounds and experiences.

Transylvania has two athletic training rooms for its student-athletes. The main athletic training room is on the performance floor of the Beck Center with the secondary training room located in the field house at the Athletics Complex and both are open daily. Each training room is equipped with state-of-the-art injury prevention and rehabilitation equipment.

LIBBY COLE ASST. ATHLETIC TRAINER

Libby Cole begins her fourth year with the Transylvania sports medicine staff in 2017-18 after two years at Division I Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio. At Wright State, Cole worked as a graduate assistant and certified athletic trainer. She received her Bachelor of Science in Athletic Training from Miami (Ohio) University before earning a masters degree in physical education and sports management from Wright State. in 2014

KYLE SUTTON ASST. ATHLETIC TRAINER

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Transylvania partners with Lexington Clinic Sports Medicine Center to provide our student-athlete healthcare.

Lexington Clinic orthopedic surgeons David Dome, Peter Hester, Ben Kibler and Trevor Wilkes serve as team doctors for the university and make weekly campus visits, eliminating the need to travel off-campus.

Nick Reuss begins his seventh year with the Transylvania sports medcine staff and his second as the Director of Sports Medicine for the 2017-18 season. Reuss joined the Transylvania sports medicine staff in 2011.

He holds a Master of Science in recreation and sport sciences from Ohio University and a Bachelor of Science in athletic training from Ohio University. He is a member of the National Athletic Trainers’ Association and is certified by the Kinesio Taping Association as a Kinesio Taping Practitioner.

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The sports medicine staff is fully accredited by the National Athletic Trainers’ Association Board of Certification and the Commonwealth of Kentucky. The staff specializes in the prevention, assessment and rehabilitation of injuries to our student-athletes. Athletic trainers have been recognized by the American Medical Association as allied healthcare professionals since 1990.

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Sports Medicine

NICK REUSS DIRECTOR OF SPORTS MEDICINE

Kyle Sutton joined the Transylvania Athletics Sports Medicine Staff as Assistant Athletic Trainer in 2016. Sutton brings eight years of experience in athletic training to his role at Transylvania. Sutton has previously worked at Paul Laurence Dunbar High School in Lexington as Head Athletic Trainer from 2015-16 and as Head Athletic Trainer at Westerville Central High School from 2008-15. Sutton received a Master of Science in Applied Exercise Science from Oklahoma State University in 2008 and a Bachelor of Science in Allied Medical Professions from The Ohio State University in 2006.

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NCAA DIVISION III LEXINGTON, KY TRANSYLVANIA UNIVERSITY

Luis Reis

Pioneers Coaching Staff

HEAD COACH

Luis Reis, one of the winningest active coaches in Division III women’s soccer, arrives to Transylvania for his first season in 2017.

Having spent the last 20 years of his coaching career lording over the New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference with an annually extraordinary Lyons squad, Reis makes the big move to the Bluegrass aiming to bring his winning attitude to a Pioneers squad which has had a tradition of success.

From 1997 through this past season, Reis guided his Wheaton squads to 357 wins and 30 draws against just 71 losses. Multiple editions of the Lyons experienced deep runs into the NCAA Postseason as Reis’s 2004 squad became his first team to reach the Final Four, capping off a string of three consecutive berths into the national quarterfinal round.

Reis established a standard of excellence during his time in the NEWMAC as the Lyons qualified for the NCAA Tournament every season from 2000 through 2012.

A native of Portugal who has made his home in the United States for now over 30 years, Reis has coupled his collegiate coaching experience with a collection of high-profile coaching endeavors in the New England region at multiple levels.

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Reis was awarded the NSCAA New England Coach of the Year award after leading Wheaton to the Final Four in 2004; a year later, he served as the head coach of the Boston Renegades of the USL W-League which included USWMNT capholders Becky Sauerbrunn and Angela Hucles.

In his time at Division III Wheaton, Reis pushed the Lyons to 13 NCAA Tournament appearances and seven conference championships.

Other noteworthy numbers as a result of Reis’s handiwork include 19 consecutive postseason tournament appearances, eight seasons of 20 wins or better, and the second-longest conference unbeaten streak in NCAA history, either men’s or women’s. That particular streak spanned nine seasons and 91 matches from 2000 through 2008.

Reis earned a bachelor’s degree in physical education from California State University at East Bay, formerly known as California State University at Hayward, in 1991. In his junior season, he helped lead the 1989 team to the NCAA Division II Tournament Final Four. Reis was captain of the 1990 team. In 1995, he went on to play one season of professional soccer with the Boston Storm of the United States Interregional Soccer League (USISL).

Reis holds a U.S. Soccer Federation “A” Coaching License.

Born in Sao Miguel, Azores, Portugal, Reis attended Taunton High School,where he held the all-time goal scoring record (42 goals in three varsity seasons) for 11 years. Reis and his wife, Paula, reside in Lexington with son Samuel and twins Daniel and Natalie.

ASSISTANT COACH

Silvia Vazquez enters her first season as Assistant Coach for the Transylvania women’s soccer team in August 2017.

Vazquez, a native of Redwood City, California, returns east after a standout career at NCAA Division II Belmont Abbey College in Belmont, North Carolina from 2010 through 2014.

Vazquez served as both the head coach of the FORCE North Soccer Club in San Mateo, California and the head coach of the Sacred Heart Prep Girls JV Squad in Atherton, California.

Prior to her head coaching stints with FORCE and Sacred Heart Prep, Vazquez spent a year as the head coach of the Juventus Soccer Club, a youth organization competing in US Club Soccer’s National Premier League and with the US Soccer Development Academy.

Along with her coaching experience, Vazquez adds elite playing perspective in her role at Transylvania. In between her collegiate and coaching careers, Vazquez played two seasons of soccer in the Women’s Professional Soccer League, participating with the 2015 Olympic Force (Seattle, Washington), and FC Tulsa in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Vazquez’s professional career followed a prolific collegiate career, notching NSCAA All-American honors as a senior in 2013 after leading her team to the Sweet 16 round of the NCAA Division II Tournament. Vazquez was twice named to both the All-Southeast Region Team and her conference’s first team and led her team to conference tournament championship appearances in all four of her years at Belmont Abbey.

Primarily a defender during her playing days, Vazquez was named the 2013 Conference of Carolina Defensive Player of the Year.

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After completing an All-American collegiate career, Vazquez returned to the Bay Area and has cultivated a diverse coaching resume.

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“Silvia has a great work ethic and the desire to become successful,” says head coach Luis Reis. “She is driven and passionate about the game. She was a leader, a captain, and an All-American player in college. Her playing and coaching experience at the college, club, and high school level will benefit our program.”

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Silvia Vazquez

Pioneers Coaching Staff

Pioneers Coaching Staff

GOALKEEPER COACH

Zach Meerkreebs in in his second season working with both Transylvania soccer programs in 2017 as a goalkeeper coach. Meerkreebs specializes in developing and training goalkeepers for the Transylvania women’s and men’s soccer teams.

Meerkreebs brings 20 years of playing experience to his goalkeeping specialist assignment for the Pioneers, including time spent in his playing days with the Colorado Soccer Association Olympic Development program.

A native of Colorado Springs, Colorado, Meerkreebs played college soccer for NAIA Division II Indiana Wesleyan University.

TRANSYLVANIA UNIVERSITY

LEXINGTON, KY

NCAA DIVISION III

Zach Meerkreebs

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2017 Womens Soccer Roster Name

Pos.

Cl.

Hometown/High School

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Sloan Cromwell

GK

So.

Lexington, Ky. / Dunbar

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Ally Barfield

GK

Jr.

Lexington, Ky. / Henry Clay

2

Cecilia Walton

CF/ACM

Jr.

Bowling Green, Ky. / Bowling Green

3

Kelli Padgett

LB/RB

So.

Waynesburg, Ky. / Boyle County

4

Megan Wall

RB/LB/CB

Sr.

Knoxville, Tenn. / West

5

Brett Edwards

DCM/CB

So.

Lexington, Ky. / Henry Clay

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Bailey Browning

LF/RF/ACM

Jr.

Lexington, Ky. / Lexington Catholic

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Morgan Janes

CB/DCM

Sr.

Bardstown, Ky. / Nelson Co.

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Abby Van Bussum

CB

Sr.

Lexington, Ky. / Tates Creek

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Noel Obata

ACM/RF/LF

Jr.

Lebanon, Ky. / Marion County

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Parrish Chew

LF/RF

Jr.

Georgetown, Ky. / Scott County

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Danielle Blount

RB/LB

So.

Atlanta, Ga. / Blessed Trinity Catholic

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Haley Blackburn

GK/RB

Jr.

Lexington, Ky. / Tates Creek

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Casey Hite

CF

Fr.

Hebron, Ky. / Conner

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Ellie New

ACM

Sr.

Fort Thomas, Ky. / Highlands

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Keeley Chaffin

RB/CM

Fr.

Lexington, Ky. / Henry Clay

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Darcy Simpson

RB/LB/CB

Sr.

Louisville, Ky. / Atherton

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Lindsey Sizemore

CM/ACM

Sr.

Versailles, Ky. / Woodford Co.

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Megan Gray

RB/LB/CB

Fr.

Danville, Ky. / Danville

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Emilie Yates

RF/LF/ACM

Fr.

Lexington, Ky. / Bryan Station

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Gabby Prevost

LB/RB

Jr.

Knoxville, Tenn. / Knoxville Catholic

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Brenna D’Amico

DCM/CF

Jr.

Independence, Ky. / Holy Cross

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#1 Ally Barfield Junior Lexington, Ky. Henry Clay

#2 Cecilia Walton Junior Lexington, Ky. / Dunbar

#3 Kelli Padgett Sophomore Waynesburg, Ky. Boyle County

#4 Megan Wall Senior Knoxville, Tenn.

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#5 Brett Edwards Sophomore Lexington, Ky. Henry Clay

#6 Bailey Browning Junior Lexington, Ky. Lexington Catholic

#8 Morgan Janes Senior Bardstown, Ky. Nelson Co.

#9 Abby Van Bussum Senior Lexington, Ky. Tates Creek

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#0 Sloan Cromwell Sophomore Lexington, Ky. Dunbar

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#13 Danielle Blount Sophomore Atlanta, Ga. Blessed Trinity Catholic

#14 Haley Blackburn Junior Lexington, Ky. Tates Creek

#15 Casey Hite Freshyman Hebron, Ky. Conner

#16 Ellie New Senior Fort Thomas, Ky. Highlands

#17 Keeley Chaffin Freshman Lexington, Ky. Henry Clay

#18 Darcy Simpson Senior Louisville, Ky. Atherton

#19 Lindsey Sizemore Senior Versailles, Ky. Woodford Co.

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#12 Parrish Chew Junior Georgetown, Ky. Scott County

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#10 Noel Obata Junior Lebanon, Ky. Marion County

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#21 Megan Gray Freshman Danville, Ky. Danville

#22 Emilie Yates Freshman Lexington, Ky. Bryan Station

#24 Brenna D’Amico Junior Independence, Ky. Holy Cross

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#23 Gabby Prevost Junior Knoxville, Tenn.

Knoxville Catholic

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