-- Courtesy of NJCU Athletics

JERSEY CITY, NJ --- Long-time New Jersey City University women's soccer assistant coach Katie Feehan was honored on September 7 as the TeamSnap Most Valuable Coach during the National Women's Soccer League professional match between Sky Blue FC and the Orlando Pride in Piscataway, N.J.

Feehan was honored during an on-field ceremony during halftime with many current Gothic Knight women's players in the crowd of more than 2,000.

The award, launched in May 2016 is presented to a nominated coach from the region that has demonstrated positive leadership and has gone above and beyond. TeamSnap is the leading communications and organization app for coaches and teams.

Feehan, a 2007 graduate of NJCU with Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice (Pre-Law) with a 2009 Master of Science from the institution, is in her ninth season as an assistant coach with the Gothic Knights, after completing her career as one of the top scholar-athletes to ever play for the University in any sport.

"It was a great feeling to be in an environment promoting women's soccer with my players in the crowd," said Feehan. "I hope to continue to motivate young women to pursue their dreams."

The 31-year-old Manasquan, N.J. native and Union, N.J. resident is the longest-serving active female coach, head or assistant at NJCU. Professionally off the field, Feehan has bravely served the residents of the state as a New Jersey State Trooper for five years.

In four years on the soccer pitch for the Gothic Knights from 2004-07, Feehan was the ultimate example of the term student-athlete. A three-time CoSIDA Academic All-America recipient, she became the first athlete in the history of NJCU to be named a First-Team Academic All-American in any sport in 2007 after earning Third-Team Academic All-America distinction in 2005 and 2006. She is the only NJCU student-athlete to ever be a multiple-time Academic All-American. As a senior in 2007, she was one of only three midfielders nationwide named to the First-Team and among just two in Division III and the only graduate student on any of the three teams.

Athletically, Feehan proved to be a technical and versatile player offensively and defensively, who played every position on the field during her career-even 45 minutes in goal. But she was a center midfielder by trade and when she concluded her playing career for the Knights, owned every major career record at NJCU. While many of her records have since been broken by players she has helped recruit to the program as a coach, she was the all-time leader in points (92), goals (33), assists (26), multiple-goal games (9), game-winning goals (6), shots (250), shots on goal (135), games played (73), games started (73) and minutes played (6,372) at the conclusion of the 2007 season.