Kathryn Knauss has signed a Letter of Intent to play for the Ave Maria University Women's Soccer Team next season.

Knauss, who will help solidy the Lady Gyrene defense next year, comes to Ave Maria with much success at the high school level. She has played left defense and sweeper for the eleven years she has been playing the sport. While in high school, Knauss played for two teams; the Troy Soccer Club Wildcats and Summit, a home school sports academy. At the National Home School Championship in 2009, Knauss received a Division I All-Star Award. She was also named team captain for Summit in 2009.

AMU is excited to announce her signing and looks forward to having her on campus. Kathryn's character and athleticism make for a great addition to the Lady Gyrenes' soccer program.

The TSC Arsenal had a great weekend at the crossroads of America   tournament in Indiana (April 17-18th)
 
Troy 2  --  Little Indie 1 (Little Indie ranked 23 in Illinois)
 
Troy 1  --  Westside United 1  (Westside ranked 7th in Indiana)
 
Troy 1  --  Fusion 1  (Fusion ranked 18th Indiana)

Great weekend!

New boys soccer coaches ready to take reins

By DAN STICKRADT • O&E Staff Writer • August 10, 2008

When Barry Brodsky hits the soccer pitch Monday, the highly successful coach will do so at a new venue.

Brodsky, who has served as the head boys coach at Birmingham Groves since 2001, was hired as the new coach at Birmingham Brother Rice this past spring, taking the reins from Rice grad Angel Ojeda, who resigned after two years at the helm.
"It should be interesting," said Brodsky, who has enjoyed tremendous success at all-girls Birmingham Marian, right next door to Rice, since 2001.
With the MHSAA's first official day of fall training Aug. 11, Brodsky won't be the only boys soccer coach at a new school. Phil Moore has taken over at Rochester Stoney Creek, Nathan Norman is in charge at Rochester Adams, Joe McCarty inherits the post at Birmingham Groves and Douglas Macauley is the new coach at Bloomfield Hills Lahser.
"The Rice administration approached me earlier this year about it and we worked it out," said Brodsky, whose best year at Groves was 2006, when the Falcons finished 19-2-2 and reached the regional semifinals. "It wasn't easy to leave Groves. I had some good teams at Groves and enjoyed my time there. But everything worked out. It gives Joe (McCarty) a chance to have his own program, too.
"Rice did reach the regional finals last year and they do return some good players," he added. "But they were only 0-5-3 in the Catholic League. We need to improve on that."
For Moore, Norman, McCarty and Macauley, this is their first head varsity boys soccer coaching positions, although all have coached the sport at various levels.
McCarty took over the varsity girls program at Groves this past spring in a rebuilding campaign, as Groves finished 4-10-4. The Groves boys team was 9-7-7 last fall despite graduating nine starters from the 2006 campaign. McCarty was an assistant with the Groves boys program for three seasons.
"We have some good young talent coming up," said McCarty, who played at Brighton High School and with Florida International in college. "It's going to be an interesting season. I'm looking forward to it."
Moore comes to Stoney Creek from the WAZA soccer club. He replaces Kip Pichel, who was 88-29-15 during Stoney Creek's first six seasons as a school. Under Pichel, the Cougars were 11-6-4 last season and consistently in the state's top 10 from 2003-07, including the Division 2 state runner-up trophy in 2004.
"I've coached club, U-13 with both the girls and boys for about five or six years now, but this is my first high school job," said Moore, who also played at Brighton and for two years each at Schoolcraft College and Madonna University. "I'm really excited because we have a lot of talent, and a lot of seniors who played in the program last year that are trying out. Kip (Pichel) did an excellent job starting the program and building it up to where it is today. Stoney Creek plays in one of the toughest divisions in the state."
Macauley served as an assistant girls soccer coach at Lahser earlier this decade under former coach Gary French. After living near Asheville, N.C., the past few years, he comes back to Michigan to take over the Knights, who have also enjoyed great success during the past decade.
"My wife accepted a job up here and I also took a (club soccer) coaching position with the Troy Soccer Club," Macauley said. "That had something to do with it. I heard there was an opening with Lahser's boys team and I went for it. It couldn't have worked out any better. I already know the school when I coached with Gary French. It's a great school with great facilities."
Macauley takes over for Kevin Argue, who departed for Las Vegas, Nev., after one season. He is the Knights' fifth head coach in a decade.
"I've coached soccer for many years with different teams. I've received my advanced national (coaching) diploma and my Scotland 'B' Licence. But I've never been as excited as I am with this team," Macauley said. "I know some of these kids when I coached (club) here a few years ago with the Birmingham Blazers. We have a really good crop of players. It's a great opportunity."