By Randy Vogt, Director of Public Relations, Eastern New York Youth Soccer Association

December 12, 2011-The Eastern New York Youth Soccer Association (ENYYSA) and Olympic Development Program Director Gregg Satzinger are very pleased to announce that Sarah Dwyer-Shick has been appointed a Division Head Coach for the Girls ODP-Program North. Because of the vast geographic size of ENYYSA, the Olympic Development Program is divided into North and South programs. The North program goes from Westchester to the Canadian border and our North players train at the renovated Newburgh Armory.

“I’m very happy to announce Sarah’s appointment and confident that she will go beyond expectations and bring the Girls ODP-North program to a new level,” Mr. Satzinger commented.

Sarah has more than 10 years of collegiate coaching experience. She was the head coach of the women’s program at Pace University in 2008 and 2009 following two seasons as the assistant women's soccer coach at Marist, where the team was the MAAC Regular Season Champion and Tournament runner-up in 2007. While at Marist, she was responsible for training the goalkeepers and coordinating youth clinics and tournaments, while assisting in on-field training sessions.

Prior to her time at Marist, the Beacon resident was the head women's soccer coach at Vassar. Sarah has also served as the assistant women's soccer coach at Stony Brook University (2002-2003) and South Dakota State University (2000-2002).

Sarah began her coaching career at the University of Northern Colorado from 1996 to 1998. While there, she helped lead the Bears to back-to-back conference championships and NCAA Division 2 Tournament appearances.

At the youth level, Sarah has been the New York Rush/Patriots FC goalkeeper coach from 2008 to the present, where she develops and runs the year-round goalkeeper training program for all teams. She has also served as an ENYYSA Olympic Development Program goalkeeper coach since 2006 and trains teams for Briarcliff Youth Soccer Club and is a youth instructor at Club Fit. She also coaches with the World of Football Summer School in Austria and Brazil where she coordinates and runs training sessions in English and German.

In addition to her wealth of coaching experience, Sarah has earned the United States Soccer Federation (USSF) National Youth license, the Advanced National Diploma and the Advanced National Goalkeeping Diploma from the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA). She is also certified by the National Strength and Conditioning Association as a Strength and Conditioning Specialist.

Sarah received a B.A. in American Studies and a minor in Sports Studies from Smith College in 1996. She then went on to get her Masters in Sports Management from the University of Denver in 2000.

In her playing days, she played soccer for both the Smith College and the University of Denver. She also played lacrosse at Denver.
 
With 120,000 youth soccer players and more than 25,000 volunteers, the Eastern New York Youth Soccer Association stretches from Montauk Point, Long Island to the Canadian border. Members are affiliated with 12 leagues throughout the association, which covers the entire state of New York east of Route 81. ENYYSA exists to promote and enhance the game of soccer for children and teenagers between the ages of 5 and 19 years old, and to encourage the healthy development of youth players, coaches, referees and administrators. All levels of soccer are offered––from intramural, travel team and premier players as well as Special Children. No child who wants to play soccer is turned away. ENYYSA is a proud member of the United States Soccer Federation and United States Youth Soccer Association. For more information, please log on to http://www.enysoccer.com/, which receives nearly 300,000 hits annually from the growing soccer community.