Dawn Siergiej
Personal information
Birth name Dawn Greathouse
Date of birth (1979-02-10) February 10, 1979
Place of birth Rochester, New York, United States
Position(s) Goalkeeper
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1997–2000 Baylor Bears (1)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2002 Washington Freedom
2002–2003 San Jose CyberRays 3 (0)
Managerial career
2003– Notre Dame (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Dawn Siergiej (née Greathouse, born February 10, 1979, in Rochester, New York) is a retired American soccer player who played for the Washington Freedom and San Jose CyberRays.

Early life and education

Siergiej was born in Rochester, New York on February 10, 1979, but grew up in Texas.[1] She attended Allen High School and Baylor University.[1] In 2001, she graduated with a Bachelor of Science in health fitness.[1]

Career

Athletics

While in high school, Siergiej trained with the United States women's national under-17 soccer team.[1]

While studying at Baylor University, Siergiej played for the university's soccer team. In 1998, the team won the school's first Big 12 Conference championship[2] and trained with the United States women's national under-20 soccer team.[1] During her tenure, she was named Soccer Buzz National Defensive Player of the Year,[2] an All-American player,[1] and held university records for "every goalkeeper statistic".[3]

Siergiej made her professional debut in the Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA) after being drafted in the second round to play for the Washington Freedom,[1] where she remained for two years.[2] In 2002, she transferred to the San Jose CyberRays.[4] WUSA folded the following year.[2]

While playing in the WUSA, she was also a back-up goalkeeper for the United States women's national soccer team.[1]

Coaching

In 2003, began her career as an assistant soccer coach at the University of Notre Dame,[1] where she remained in 2023.[5] In that time, the team had participated in 16 championships, including National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) titles in 2004 and 2010.[2]

Honors

In 2011, Siergiej was named in the Baylor Athletics Hall of Fame.[2]

Personal life

In May 2014, Siergiej married Nick Siergiej, Notre Dame's hockey team's coordinator of operations.[2] As of 2021, they lived in South Bend, Indiana.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Women's Soccer Completes 2003 Coaching Staff With Addition Of Dawn Greathouse And Ben Waldrum". Notre Dame Fighting Irish. 2003-08-22. Archived from the original on 2023-08-07. Retrieved 2023-08-07.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Hill, Jerry (2021-02-02). "Greathouse Siergiej (1997–2000) Helped Soccer Win Baylor's 1st Big 12 Title". Baylor University Athletics. Archived from the original on 2022-03-24. Retrieved 2023-08-07.
  3. ↑ "Baylor Soccer's Greathouse Named to Umbro Select Team". Baylor University Athletics. 2001-01-02. Archived from the original on 2023-08-07. Retrieved 2023-08-07.
  4. ↑ "Transactions". The Hartford Courant. 2002-06-01. Archived from the original on 2023-08-07. Retrieved 2023-08-07.
  5. ↑ "Dawn Siergiej". Notre Dame Fighting Irish. 2019-05-10. Archived from the original on 2023-08-07. Retrieved 2023-08-07.


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