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tara erickson

HEAD COACH • SIXTH SEASON • WASHINGTON, ‘96 Tara Erickson, a former All-Pac-10 player and the 2006 Pac-10 Coach of the Year, is entering her sixth season as head coach of the University of Oregon women’s soccer program, and 10th season overall as a head coach at the Division I level. Erickson, who has a five-year mark of 47-42-10 at UO, enters the 2010 season just three wins shy of becoming the all-time winningest coach in school history (current leader: Bill Steffen, 49 wins in nine years).

During the 2009 season, Oregon won eight of its first 10 matches ranking the Ducks as high as No. 18 in the NCAA’s RPI report and No. 14 in the Soccer America Women’s Top 25 poll. UO’s strong non-conference mark (82-1) included wins over then No. 15 Colorado and No. 21 Denver.

Freshman midfielder Scout Libke was named to the Pac-10 All-Freshman Team and junior forward Jen Stoltenberg was named honorable mention all-conference for the second consecutive season. The Ducks also had eight student-athletes recognized as part of the Pac-10 Conference’s All-Academic teams.

The Ducks went 9-9-2 in 2008, highlighted by seven consecutive matches without a loss where UO went 6-0-1 from Sept. 5 through Oct. 3. Six Oregon players were named to the Pac-10 Conference’s All-Academic First and Second teams, the most of any school. Senior defender Nicole Dobrzynski (Business Administration, 3.81 GPA) was named the Pac-10’s Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year. Sophomore forward Jen Stoltenberg was named honorable mention all-league, while freshman goalkeeper Cody Miles earned Pac-10 All-Freshman Team accolades.

The 2007 squad saw the Ducks post their highest goal total in six years.

The team’s 0-0 tie with No. 5 Stanford was a highlight to an 8-8-4 mark as Erickson coached defender Dylann Tharp to all-league honors.

The 2006 season was a high mark in school history with the Ducks posting their best-ever finish in the Pac-10 -- second with a 6-1-2 record. The team also established strong defensive marks in allowing just 17 goals (0.81 GAA) and going 12-6-2 overall. Oregon defeated the highest-ranked program in school history -- No. 3 UCLA (2-1, 2OT) and toppled USC for the first time ever. Erickson also led the Ducks to its first Pac-10 road sweep (at Arizona and Arizona State) and mentored Pac-10 Player of the Year Nicole Garbin, also the school’s first. Defender Danielle Sweeney was named to the Pac-10 All-Freshman Team, while Jessie Chatfield, Nicole Dobrzynski and Darcie Gardner were all honored on the Pac-10’s All-Academic Team.

Erickson’s first season, 2005, produced just the second non-losing record in program history (9-9-1) and the Ducks recorded their first wins ever over Washington and an Atlantic Coast Conference school (North Carolina State). The Ducks also posted an improvement of five games over the previous year’s 3-13-3 mark.

Erickson also helped Garbin earn All-Pac-10 Second Team honors and goalkeeper Chatfield pick up Pac-10 All-Freshman recognition.

Her student-athletes have done well in the classroom, with Caitlin Gamble earning the program’s first Academic All-America First Team award in 2005 -- becoming just the fifth UO woman to accomplish that feat. Gam-

ERICKSON FILE Coaching Career • Oregon head coach (2005-present) • U.S.A. U-19 National Team (2009-present) • Portland State head coach (2001-04) • Washington assistant coach (1996-98) • ODP Region IV head coach (2004-08) • Region IV assistant coach (2001-03) Personal • Husband Kraig, son Maklain and daughter Taj • B.A. in Communications, Washington, 1996

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ERICKSON FILE Coaching Career 2001 Portland State 2002 Portland State 2003 Portland State 2004 Portland State 2005 Oregon 2006 Oregon 2007 Oregon 2008 Oregon 2009 Oregon Total

Nine years

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ble was also a District and Pac-10 All-Academic First Team honoree. In five years, Erickson has amassed 18 Pac-10 All-Academic First and Second Team selections.

The native of Puyallup, Wash., took over in Eugene after guiding a zerowin Portland State Viking program to a 13-5-4 mark in 2002 and a share of the Big Sky regular season title in 2004.

Overall, she posted a 29-38-10 record in four seasons (2001-04) at PSU and was tabbed Big Sky coach of the year in 2002. Prior to that, she served as an assistant coach at Washington (1996-2000) following a decorated career as a Husky midfielder from 1992-96.

In her four seasons with the Vikings, Erickson transformed one of the Big Sky’s least successful teams into one of its best. She inherited a team that went 5-31-0 the previous two years (1999-2000) and two seasons later, had PSU in the Big Sky tournament championship game. Her squad led the league in scoring and allowed the fewest goals against in becoming only the second PSU coach in any sport to receive the leagues’ coach of the year award.

She coached the Vikings to a 13-5-4 record in 2002 and an 8-8-3 mark in 2004, when she shared the regular season title with a 4-1-1 conference record.

Her players combined for 10 Big Sky First Team All-Conference honors (including five in 2002 and four in 2004), seven second team league honors, three newcomer of the year awards and 18 player of the week accolades (including a school record eight in 2004).

In Oregon and Washington soccer circles, Erickson is well-known as former head coach for the Region IV Olympic Development Program (ODP), and head coach of the Washington State ODP U-16 team in 1997 and ‘98.

She also served as head girl’s soccer coach at The Northwest School in Seattle in 2000 and guided the team to the state playoffs.

As a player at Washington, the former Tara Bilanski was a three-time team MVP, four-year letterwinner and captain during her collegiate career from 1992-95. As a junior and senior, she was tabbed to the Pac-10 All-Conference First Team and All-America West Team, while helping the Huskies to the first two NCAA Tournament appearances in school history.

She finished with school single-season records for goals (12), assists (6) and points (30), and notched a pair of hat tricks and three-assist games. She still ranks among the top five in school history in virtually every statistical category: third in goals (27), fourth in points (74), fifth in shots (175), assists (20), game-winning goals (7) and sixth in career starts (74).

After college, she was a player-coach for the Washington State Select Women from 1997-99, and played professionally one season in Germany for FSV Frankfurt.

She graduated from Washington with a bachelor’s degree in communications in 1996.

Erickson (8-26-73) is married to Kraig Erickson. The couple have a son Maklain and a daughter Taj.

In 2002, Katie Miyake became the first PSU player to win the Big Sky Golden Boot Award as the leading conference point-scorer, and Jamie Blakesley took the honor in 2004. In the classroom, her Portland State players were equally successful with 25 conference all-academic honors.

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lauren HANSON

ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH • SECOND SEASON • PORTLAND, ‘03 Lauren Hanson is in her second season with the University of Oregon women’s soccer program as Associate Head Coach. Hanson assists in player development, specifically with the defense, while serving as the program’s recruiting coordinator. She also handles soccer operations for the Ducks.

Hanson came to UO after having spent nine seasons as both a player and coach with the University of Portland women’s soccer program. Hanson spent the five seasons as an assistant coach at her alma mater, where she won NCAA National Championships as both a player (2002) and a coach (2005) with the Pilots.

Hanson was named the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) Assistant Coach of the Year in 2006. She was part of the coaching staff that led the Pilots to a 23-0-2 record en route to winning the 2005 championship. The Pilots reached at least the third round of the playoffs in each of her seasons as an assistant.

During the summer of 2006, Hanson worked as an assistant coach with the 91 girls regional team in the Olympic Development Program. She also assisted at the U-14 girls National Team camp that year. She served on the coaching staff for the 92 girls regional squad in both 2007 and 2008.

Hanson, who has her “A” coaching license, has worked extensively with club teams in the Portland area. As a member of the FC Portland coaching staff, she assisted the U-16 girls Maroon team to both the 2005 and 2006 state championship, and then to the regional finals. Hanson was the head coach of the girls U-14 FC Portland Sage team. She also mentored the FC

Portland Purple team at the U-15 and U-16 levels, leading the squad to the state cup final as U-16s.

A native of Newport Beach, Calif., she is replacing the departed Mike Smith who spent four seasons with Oregon women’s soccer. Smith left for a position with the Oregon Youth Soccer Association where he now serves as State Technical Director for Oregon.

Hanson was a four-year starter for the Pilots at center back. She was a Hermann Trophy nominee in her senior season, a year she capped by winning a national title. She was named to Soccer America’s 11-player MVP team as a senior, while also earning first team NSCAA and Soccer Buzz AllAmerican accolades that year. Hanson, who was a three-time All-West Coast Conference pick, was the WCC Defender of the Year in 2002.

She was also a first team Soccer Buzz All-American and a NSCAA second team pick as a junior in 2001.

Following her career at UP, Hanson was selected ninth overall in the 2003 WUSA Draft by the New York Power. She also played at the highest level competitively as a member of the U.S. National Team (2001-02). She was with the U.S. U-21 National Team from 1999-00 and participated in the full-team camp in 2000. She played on the U-18 National Team (1998), in the U-16 National Team pool (1996) and on the Far West Region Team (1995-98).

Hanson, formerly Lauren Orlandos, graduated from UP in 2003 with a bachelor’s degree in interdisciplinary. She is married to Travis Hanson and the couple have a son, Cole.

HANSON FILE Coaching Career • Oregon assistant coach (2009-present) • Portland assistant coach (2003-08) • ‘92 Girls Regional ODP asst.

(2007-08) • U-14 National Team Camp asst.

(2006) • ‘91 Girls Regional ODP asst.

(2006) • “A” coaching license Personal • Husband Travis Hanson and son Cole • B.A. in Interdisciplinary, Portland, 2003

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mac WILSON

ASSISTANT COACH • SECOND SEASON • TAMPA, ‘92 The 2010 season marks the second year for Mac Wilson as an assistant coach with the University of Oregon women’s soccer program. Wilson oversees the program’s academics, travel, and camps, while assisting with day-to-day operations and on-field coaching. Wilson will also serve as the Goalkeeper Coach.

In 2009, Wilson’s first season, the Ducks jumped out to an impressive start posting an 8-2-1 record through the non-conference portion of the schedule. UO ranked as high as No. 18 in the NCAA’s RPI report, and as high as No. 14 in the Soccer America Women’s Top 25 poll.

Prior to UO, Wilson spent 15 years working in the Eugene/Springfield area, serving both as head coach and director in multiple settings including club, high school, and ODP. Wilson started his club coaching career as Director of Coaching for the Irish FC from 1998-2000. Wilson then served first as a staff coach from 20012003 and then as the Director of Youth Development for Oregon United Soccer Academy (OUSA) from 2003-2005. Wilson was the founder of the Eugene Metro Futbol Club where he served as both Director of Coaching and as a team head coach from 2005-08.

During this period, Wilson guided the club as it grew from three initial teams into a state wide premier club with 15 competitive teams in addition to a thriving youth development program. Wilson was recognized as the 2006 Oregon Youth Soccer Association (OYSA) Girls Coach of the Year.

In both 2007 and 2008, Wilson served first as Head Coach and then Co-Head Coach for the Eugene Metro FC U23 men’s team, which hosted and competed in two international friendly matches against the U21 teams from elite European clubs AC Milan and Juventus. The Eugene Metro U23 team was composed of mostly NCAA division I men’s college players. Wilson’s duties included identifica-

tion and selection of players as well as running a two week preparatory training camp leading up to each match.

Wilson has also been a staff coach in Oregon’s Olympic Development Program for the last five years, working with the top male and female players from around the state. Wilson, who was also a 2008 Region IV ODP staff coach, is currently completing his second year as head coach of the Oregon ODP ’95 girls team. He guided his Oregon ’95 girls team to a third place finish in the Region IV ODP Championships in 2009, to a championship at the Nike ODP Friendship Cup in 2009, and to the championship match in the 2010 Region IV ODP Championships where they finished as runner-up.

Wilson was head coach of the boys soccer team at Sheldon High School from 1997-2004, where 17 of his former players went on to compete at the NCAA Division I and II levels. In 2002, Wilson led the Irish to an undefeated season culminating in a 4A (biggest schools) state championship en route to earning Oregon School Activities Association (OSAA) State Boys Coach of the Year honors. Wilson was also named Midwestern League Coach of the Year six times during his tenure.

As a player, Wilson enjoyed a successful career at the University of Tampa, where he started over 60 matches (1988-91) under legendary coach Tom Fitzgerald. Wilson, who served as captain during his senior year, helped lead the Spartans to four consecutive NCAA Division II Tournament berths, including a NCAA quarter-final appearance as a senior. He graduated from Tampa in 1992 with a bachelor’s degree in business management.

Wilson, a native of Miami Beach, Fla., earned a master’s degree in special education from the University of Oregon in 1995. He and his wife Kerry have two sons, Nic and Bailey. Wilson holds his United States Soccer Federation (USSF) “A” coaching license as well as his USSF National Goalkeeping license.

WILSON FILE Coaching Career • Oregon assistant coach (2009-present) • Eugene Metro FC Dir. of Coaching (2005-08) • OUSA Dir. of Youth Development (2003-05) • Sheldon HS boys head coach (1997-04) • Eugene Irish FC Dir. of Coaching (1998-01) • “A” coaching license Personal • Wife Kerry, sons Nic and Bailey • B.A. in Business Management, Tampa, 1992 • Masters in Special Education Oregon, 1995

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S U P P O R T S TA F F

HEATHER GARRIS

ARTHUR TOLHURST

PAM MASTBERGEN

CHRIS MACKEY

SARA PLUTKO

ATHLETIC TRAINER SIXTH YEAR

STRENGTH & CONDITIONING THIRD YEAR

GRAD. ASST. ATHLETIC TRAINER FIRST YEAR

VOLUNTEER ASST. COACH FIRST YEAR

UNDERGRADUATE ASSISTANT COACH FIRST YEAR

OTHER SUPPORT STAFF (NO PIC AVAILABLE) Grounds Maintenance: . ....................................................................... Steve DiNatale Grounds Maintenance: . ..................................................................... Kenny Hoffman Equipment Manager: .....................................................................................Kenny Farr Soccer Secretary: ...........................................................................................Janice Beck ALEX EMBREE

CHRIS GERAGHTY

TEAM MANAGER FIRST YEAR

MEDIA RELATIONS DIRECTOR THIRD YEAR

O R EGON SOCCER ACADEMIC TEAM The academic support team (Services for Student-Athletes) acts as a bridge between the student-athlete and campus resources, ensuring that they are aware of and use the resources the university has to offer. Functions include: LEANNE BROOKS ASST. A.D., ACADEMIC ELIGIBILITY 13TH YEAR

• Advise and assist student-athletes with academic, pre-professional and career situations.

• Organize and monitor a structured study hall. All first-year students are required to attend study sessions four nights each week.

• Trace academic progress using information on attendance and performance submitted in mid-term grade reports by faculty.

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• Provide individual and group tutoring and other study sessions among students with similar needs, assuring questions are answered properly.

• Assist with resumes and sharpening job interview skills.

• Encourage students to approach its members with problems and questions.

JOHN E. JAQUA ACADEMIC CENTER This John E. Jacqua Academic Center for Student-Athletes was completed in winter 2010. The first floor of the building, which is open to the public and academic community, will feature a coffee shop, auditorium, conference room and atrium space. The second and third floors are private space for the advising, instruction and tutoring of Oregon’s student-athletes. The space is operated by Services for Student-Athletes (SSA).

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