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SARAH DWYER-SHICK NAMED
WPSL ASSOCIATE COMMISSIONER

 

 

OKLAHOMA CITY (1/13/2025) — The Women’s Premier Soccer League announced the naming of Sarah Dwyer-Shick as an Associate Commissioner. Effective immediately, Dwyer-Shick will oversee the 30-plus teams within the WPSL’s West Region.

 

“With its almost 30-year history and continued growth, I am excited to be part of the bright future of the league,” Dwyer-Shick said. “The opportunity for athletes to play and compete at a high level as a supplement to their college experience and after is truly special. As a Title IX baby, I would have loved the opportunity that playing in the WPSL provides.” 

 

Dwyer-Shick brings an impressive resume as a player, coach, and advocate of women’s sports to her new role with the WPSL. In 2018, she founded the non-profit The Sports Bra Project (TSBP), which ensures athletes have access to equipment they need to participate in sports and provide a meaningful leadership opportunity for girls and women. To date, TSBP has provided sports bras to 147 organizations in 31 countries and 18 states, with more than 65% of the sports bras distributed to U.S.-based non-profits, with 221 individuals and organizations hosting collection events

  

A multi-sport athlete in high school, Dwyer-Shick played collegiate soccer and lacrosse at Smith College and the University of Denver. 

 

After earning a MSM in Sports Management from the University of Denver, Dwyer-Shick began her more than two decade long coaching career, having served as head or assistant coach at all three NCAA divisions including Division I Stony Brook University, Marist College, and South Dakota State University, where she helped launch the women’s soccer program. 

 

Dwyer-Shick currently serves as Goalkeeper Coach at Vassar College (Division III), and for five seasons she served as an assistant coach with a junior college men’s program. Over her career she has served as coaching and goalkeeping director for numerous youth clubs including the Girls North Olympic Development Program in New York, twice guiding teams to the U.S. Club Soccer National Cup finals. 

 

Along with multiple advanced coaching badges, Dwyer-Shick sits on the United Soccer Coaches Ethics and Hall of Fame Awards committees. 

 

 

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For more information on the WPSL, visit wpslsoccer.com

 

 

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About the Women’s Premier Soccer League 

The WPSL is set to open its 27th season in May 2025 to retain itself as the most tenured women’s league in North America. The WPSL continues to operate as the largest women’s soccer league in the world. An all-time high of 141 teams in 34 U.S. states competed in the league’s first division of the 2024 season. Team rosters feature elite collegiate, post-collegiate, international, and standout prep student-athletes. Many of the United States’ most accomplished women’s national team players have played in the WPSL since its inception in 1998, including household names such as Alex Morgan, Megan Rapinoe, Abby Wambach, and Brandi Chastain.