BIO > Stefanie Foley

Education

• 2004 grad from Benet Academy
• 2008 grad from DePaul University
  - B.A. in Political Science, 3.6 GPA
  - Pursuing M.Ed. in Secondary Education, history and social sciences at DePaul University beginning fall 2008
  - took interest in sports oriented classes- sports management, sports psychology, leadership in sports, and techniques in coaching
  - received Conference USA academic honors freshman year; have received Big-East academic honors every year since

Playing

Club experience

• Began playing in 1995,(4th grade, U11) played with the Wheaton Wings the next year
• Played Wheaton Wings until the fall of Freshman year of high school
• Played with Kopion FC for one year until coaches decided to form an all-girls club…
• One of the founding members of Lealta FC, intimately involved in naming the club (it means loyalty in Italian) and picking out the first uniforms
• Lealta FC is a small club out of Wheaton/West Chicago; very successful alumni: Kristen Eggert, Hailey Partain, Lauren Lindner, Erin Hodina of Wheaton College; Sammi Kufta of Loyola University; Jessica Stephen of North Central College
• Played with Lealta for the remainder of high school
• Also played Futsal (Brazilian 4v4 soccer) and went to nationals 2002- 2006, winning nationals in 2002 and 2005, and placing in the top three every other year
• Participated in ODP from 2000-2002, choosing to quit in order to attend futsal nationals
• In college, played summer 2005 with Cosmos FC, summers 2006, 2007, and again this summer for FCTwente3 (formerly Barrington) of the WPSL.
• FCTwente3 has players from NIU, Loras, Colorado College, Loyola University, and Lousiville; the team plays in the

High School experience

• Played 4 years on Varsity for Benet Academy, team went to the Elite 8 in 2003
• Played all positions: Forward, Outside Mid, Center Mid, and Sweeper; played Sweeper for majority of games
• Ended career with 52 goals and 21 assists
• Captain Senior year
• Honors:
  o 4 year All-Conference
  o ESCC All-Conference MVP senior year
  o 4 year All- City by Naperville Sun
  o 2 year All-Sectional, IHSCCA
  o All-State, senior year, first and only girl soccer player to receive accolade at Benet
  o 2003 co-player of the year, 2004 player of the year
  o 2002-2004, 3 time All-Area player, Daily Herald

College Experience

• 2004 recruited player for DePaul University Blue Demons
• 2004 played Conference USA
• 2005-2007 played Big East Conference
• Played in 73 of 75 career games tallying 1 goal and 4 assists
• Outside right defender first three years (under Coach John Wilson), center mid and forward senior year (under Coach Erin Chastain)
• Senior year named Captain

Coaching

• Benet summer soccer camp, 2004- present; only female trainer, work with players 6th-12th grade
• Benet Europe trip 2006
  o Spain and Italy tournaments
  o Served as chaperone, coach, and player (girls team played women’s open division)
  o Won 1st place in Italy tournament, 3rd place in Spain tournament
  o Played teams from Sweden, Norway, France, Spain, Denmark, Belgium, and California
• Benet summer league coach for Frosh/Soph and Varsity, 2007
• Coached and helped organize for Naperville TOPS soccer, 2003-2004; worked with children with disabilities such as autism, downs syndrome, cerebral palsy, etc.
• Assistant coach Benet Varsity, spring 2008
  o Driven, long ball specialist
  o Worked with attacking players
  o Team building coordinator; set up activities throughout the season to help with team cohesion, also ran a team building practice, helped develop team goals