HEAD COACH MELISSA LAMIE

Melissa Lamie enters her 15th season as Grove City College’s women’s soccer head coach.

Since taking over prior to the 1993 season, Lamie has directed Grove City to 141 victories, five Presidents’ Athletic Conference championships and two invitations to the NCAA Division III Championship Tournament.

In 2006, Lamie coached one of the youngest teams in program history to a 3-1-2 record in PAC play and a 9-7-2 overall record.

Under Lamie’s guidance, Grove City became the first PAC women’s soccer team to go 10-0 against conference opponents during the 2003 season. The Wolverines capped the year by earning their second consecutive berth in the NCAA Division III Tournament with a 16-4-1 record.

In 2004, Grove City went 14-6-2 and won the PAC’s regular season title with a 9-1 record. Lamie earned the conference’s Coach of the Year award following the season for her efforts.

Over the past seven seasons, Grove City has compiled a 52-7-5 record against conference opponents, including three undefeated seasons (2000, 2001 and 2003). From 2000-2004, the Wolverines recorded 69 total victories.

In 2000, Grove City earned its first-ever postseason berth by qualifying for the ECAC Mid-Atlantic Championship Tournament. Two years later, the Wolverines earned the program’s first-ever NCAA Division III Tournament berth. Grove City also participated in the 2003 NCAA Division III Tournament.

Lamie earned her 100th career victory October 1, 2003 as Grove City secured a 2-0 win at Thiel. She owns a 141-109-17 (.560) career record in 14 seasons as head coach.

In addition, eight Grove City women’s soccer players have earned CoSIDA Academic All-District recognition since 2002. In both 2002 and 2003, former standout Meg TIlley received CoSIDA Academic All-America honors. Last year, current senior Alix Flowers and recent graduate Jessica Van Sickel both earned Academic All-District.

A native of Denver, Colorado, Lamie earned a bachelor of arts degree in physical education from Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Mich. in 1992. In 1993, she completed her master of arts degree in physical education from Northern Colorado University.

Lamie is also Grove City’s head men’s and women’s golf coach. She coached the women’s basketball team at Grove City from 1992-2006 and is that program’s all-time wins leader with 157.

She lives in Pine Township with her husband Steve, the College’s head men’s basketball coach, and their daughter Melia, 6.

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