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East Central University Athletics
 107 Administration Building Ada, OK 74820
Division 2 Oklahoma South
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Alyssa Taramona

Alyssa Taramona joined the Tigers on December 12, 2023 as the new head coach for the women's soccer team.


With a rich background as a former accomplished goalkeeper and seasoned head coach, Taramona offers a wealth of expertise and a fresh outlook that aligns seamlessly with ECU's culture.


Taramona most recently served as the assistant women's soccer coach at Texas Women's University in Denton, TX. During her tenure at TWU, Taramona contributed to the Pioneers' advancement to the NCAA tournament, marking only the second appearance in program history. The team also made a remarkable turnaround, transitioning from a 1-10-6 overall record in 2022 to an impressive 11-4-4 record this past season.


Before her role at TWU, Taramona held the position of women's head coach at LeToureau University, a Division III program out of Longview, Texas. In her two-year stint with the Yellowjackets, Taramona helped produce eight All-American Southwest Conference Team selections, 10 All-American Southwest Conference Academic Team honorees, and two recipients of All-District Academic accolades.


Prior to LeToureau, Taramona landed her first head coaching job at Schreiner University in Kerrville, Texas. Despite facing adversity due to multiple injuries and navigating through 10 overtime games, she successfully led the program to its seventh consecutive SCAC conference tournament appearance during the 2019 season.


Taramona began her collegiate coaching career as a graduate assistant coach at her alma mater, St. Mary's University. In her three years on the coaching staff, she helped guide the Rattlers to 13 shutout performances.


As a student-athlete, Taramona enjoyed a distinguished four-year career at StMU where she earned All-Heartland Conference honors as a goalkeeper. To this day, she holds the Rattlers' career records for saves (261), shutouts (15), and minutes played (4779:41).


The Forney, Texas, native received her bachelor's degree in exercise and sports science with a minor in math in 2016 and completed her master's in educational leadership in 2019 from St. Mary's.

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Makenzie Saul

Makenzie Saul is in her first season as a graduate assistant coach for the ECU soccer program.


Saul comes to ECU from Southwestern College where she finished her collegiate career on the Jinx women’s soccer team. During her senior season, Saul played in all 21 games while starting in six, and amassed three goals, four assists, 10 points, 11 shots, and 794 minutes as a forward.


Before heading to Southwestern, Saul played her first two collegiate seasons at Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College. Not only was she the third sister in her family to come to the NEO program, but Saul had the unique experience to be coached by her sister, Haley Saul, the assistant women’s soccer coach for NEO.


The Claremore, Oklahoma, native, graduated with a degree in psychology from Southwestern College in December 2022 and an associates in science from Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College in May 2020. Saul is currently pursuing a masters in sports administration at ECU.

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Daniel Torres

Daniel Torres is in his first season as a graduate assistant coach for the Tiger soccer team.


Prior to coming to ECU, Torres worked as a manager and practice player for the University of Texas at El Paso women’s soccer team for two seasons. There, he assisted with both practice and game day setup, kept track of stats during practice and games, played in sessions involving technical skills to challenge players, and other duties as assigned.


Torres also worked as an assistant coach for club soccer organization West Texas Rush Soccer Club from 2019-23 where he helped young athletes play at the next level while enhancing their technical and tactical understanding of the game.


Torres has three years of NCAA Division III soccer experience from Sul Ross State University in Alpine, Texas. In his three seasons as a Lobo, Torres started in 26 games and appeared in 39 as a midfielder. His accolades include receiving All-Conference Honorable Mention honors in the American Southwest Conference for his performance during his junior season at Sul Ross State and reaching the Final 4 UPSL Nationals in 2023 with Rush ACM3.


The El Paso, Texas, native, holds a bachelor’s degree in multidisciplinary studies from UTEP and is currently pursuing a master’s degree in sports administration at ECU.

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