Colorado State Univ - Fort Collins

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Division 1 Colorado Southwest

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Keeley Hagen

A three-time All-American and former professional soccer player Keeley Hagen was named the second-ever head soccer coach at Colorado State University on June 1, 2021.

In her first two seasons with the Rams, she has helped guide them to an appearance in the Mountain West Conference in 2021 with a 6-8-3 (5-5-1 MW) record. Hagen and her staff continue to grow the program as it enters its second decade, going 4-7-8 (1-4-6 MW) in 2022. The eight ties are a program record.

She has coached three Rams to All-Mountain West honors, two in 2021 (Gracie Armstrong and Kristen Noonan) and one in 2022 (Liv Layton). Along with a pair of All-Newcomer honorees, both freshmen Shayna Ross (2021) and Mia Massey (2022).

Hagen came to Fort Collins with 14 years of assistant coach experience at the power five level, the last eight at Texas. During her time in Austin, Hagen helped lead Texas to 92 victories, a trio of Big 12 Championship semifinal berths and four NCAA Tournament berths, including a Sweet 16 in 2017, all while helping mentor defenses that have combined for 69 total shutouts over 173 games. While part of the staff on the Forty Acres, 14 of her student-athletes have earned United Soccer Coaches All-Region honors while 17 players have combined for 39 All-Big 12 Conference accolades, including Cyera Hintzen’s 2018 nod as the Big 12 Offensive Player of the Year and four Big 12 Freshman of the Year honors (Hintzen - 2016; Haley Berg - 2017; Julia Grosso - 2018; Presley Echols - 2020).

Prior to Texas, Hagen was an assist coach at her alma mater, Tennessee from 2005-11. During her time as an assistant coach in Knoxville, Hagen helped guide the Lady Vols to a pair of NCAA Tournament appearances and one Southeastern Conference Tournament title.

The Carmel, Ind., native played three seasons of professional soccer as she suited up for Women’s Professional Soccer (WPS). She was the eighth overall pick of the WPS Allocation Draft in October 2008, heading to Sky Blue FC and earning a starting spot on defense. She joined a roster that included U.S. Women’s National Team members Christie Rampone, Heather O’Reilly and Natasha Kai. In 2009, Hagen helped Sky Blue FC to the WPS title, scoring the eventual winning goal during a 1-0 semifinal victory. The effort earned the team an opportunity to visit the White House in the summer of 2010 to be honored by President Barack Obama.

During the 2009 campaign, Hagen played in 19 games, starting 18. A year later, she appeared in 20 games with 18 starts for Sky Blue FC. In 2011, she signed with Atlanta Beat, starting all 11 games before suffering a season-ending ACL tear. For her career, she played in 50 games, including 47 starts.

In addition to the WPS experience, Hagen played for the United Soccer League W-League’s Charlotte Lady Hawks and professionally in Sweden. While with the Hawks, Dowling was named to the 2005 W-League All-League Team as well as the All-Central Conference Team.

As a player for the Lady Vols, Hagen earned three consecutive NSCAA All-America selections (2002-04), becoming the first All-America honoree in program history. She helped Tennessee to its first NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 appearance in 2002 and to a four-year record of 63-22-6 (.725 winning percentage).

The 2003 and 2004 Soccer Buzz Central Region Player of the Year also earned SEC Defensive Player of the Year honors during those two campaigns. In addition to the NSCAA accolades, Hagen picked up All-America honors from four organizations during her playing career. She was a four-time All-SEC selection, a two-time Missouri Athletic Club Hermann Trophy semifinalist (2003-04) and a two-time Soccer Buzz Player of the Year finalist (2003-04). She also excelled in the classroom, earning Academic All-SEC honors on three occasions.

At the end of her four years, Hagen had tallied 25 goals, 15 assists and 65 points in 89 games, all starts. She still rates in four Tennessee career top-10 lists: matches played, matches started, points and goals.

After spending the 2005 campaign as a student assistant coach, Hagen started her full-time coaching career as an interim assistant in the 2007 NCAA Tournament when Lady Vols then-assistant coach Jen Laughridge Grubb gave birth to her first child. Hagen served as interim assistant coach from the opening rounds of the tournament through the end of Grubb’s maternity leave.

Possessing a wealth of international playing experience, Hagen served as a captain on the U.S. U-19 Women’s National Team and earned a gold medal at the FIFA U-19 Women’s World Championship in 2002. Two years later, she helped the U.S. U-21 team to a gold medal in the Nordic Cup.

Hagen was one of 35 players selected to compete for a spot on the national team roster for the Algarve Cup in Portugal in 2007 and competed for a roster spot for the 2008 Olympics.

She did not make the final roster, but signed a contract with U.S. Soccer in March, earning an automatic invitation to any national team tryouts for the next year.

Hagen received her bachelor’s degree in education with an emphasis in exercise science from the University of Tennessee in December 2005. She also earned her United States Soccer Federation "A" license in 2019.

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Sharis Lachappelle

Sharis Lachappelle was named an assistant coach for Colorado State soccer as part of Keeley Hagen’s initial coaching staff in June 2021.

In her first two seasons with the Rams, she has helped guide them to an appearance in the Mountain West Conference in 2021 with a 6-8-3 (5-5-1 MW) record.

She has coached three Rams to All-Mountain West honors, two in 2021 (Gracie Armstrong and Kristen Noonan) and one in 2022 (Liv Layton). Along with a pair of All-Newcomer honorees, both freshman Shayna Ross (2021) and Mia Massey (2022).

Lachapelle came to Fort Collins after having coached the last six years in the Texas high school system upon graduating the University of Texas in 2015. Most recently, she led Vandegrift High School, located in Austin, Texas, to a 20-4-2 overall record, advanced to the state championship game and was named TASCO Region 4 Coach of the Year. She also coached the all-star game. The Vipers were ranked third in the state and 10th nationally. In the 2019-20 season, the Vipers were 18-2-2 before COVID-19 pulled the plug on the season and left VHS ranked 46th in the country. Her first year with Vandegrift was in 2018 which concluded with a 20-2-4 record, finishing first in the district and reaching the regional semifinals.

Prior to returning to Austin to coach, Lachappelle was at Wylie East High School, located in outside of Dallas, as the women’s JV head coach and the assistant on the varsity staff. In her final season (2017-18), she helped the Raiders to a 16-5-2 record for second in the division with a 10-3 league mark and an area appearance in the 5A Region 2 UIL State Championships. Her second season, the varsity squad had a 12-5-1 overall record and was third in the district. As a first-year assistant coach in 2015-16, she helped head coach Kody Christensen to a 17-2-3 overall record and a 11-1-2 league finish for first place. Two playoffs wins took them to the regional quarterfinals of the 2016 UIL 5A Region 2 & 4 Championships.

As a Longhorn, her career consisted of three All-Big 12 honors, two all-region awards, and a second-round trip in the NCAA Tournament during her senior campaign. During her time at Texas (2012-14), the Longhorns went 31-24-8, playing under head coach Angela Kelly and assistant coach Keeley Hagen - now CSU head coach. Lachappelle earned All-Big 12 Second Team and Third Team All-Central Region honors in her final season, which was UT's most successful as well with the second round NCAA appearance and an 11-8-4 final record. Her junior year, she earned All-Big 12 First Team and third team All-Central Region honors again, while the Longhorns finished third in the conference. She started every game in her final two years in Austin. Her sophomore year was her first in the Burnt Orange, which represented her first all-conference honor - a second-team nod - in 2012. Scholastically, she was a two-time Academic All-Big 12 student and graduated with a degree in mathematics.

Prior to her time in Austin, Lachappelle spent her freshman season at Houston and was named All-Conference USA and C-USA All-Freshman Team.

The Lachappelle's are a soccer family as her two older sisters, Ashley and Christy, played at University of Mobile in Alabama. Sharis grew up in San Antonio, Texas where she attended and played for Johnson High School. She was named San Antonio Player of the Year as a senior in addition to being named to the Class 5A All-State Team and Class 5A All-State Tournament Team. The Jaguars went 18-6-3 and advanced to the Class 5A state semifinals for the first time in program history with Lachappelle leading the way. She scored two first-half goals in a 2-0 victory in the Region IV-5A finals to push the team to the state final four.