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2005 Women's Soccer Coaches
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Steve Barrows
Head Soccer Coach
In just four short years Steve Barrows has done
what very few people can imagine. He has taken the Ranger soccer team from
ground zero and has turned them into a national contender in the NAIA.
Barrows has turned in a 47-30-3 overall record in his tenure at
Northwestern.
Last season he led the Rangers to an impressive 16-3-2
record and were ranked as high as 15th in the nation while being the first
Ranger athletic team to bring home a Sooner Athletic Conference
championship. Northwestern appeared in their third Sooner Athletic
Conference tournament and made their second showing in the Region VI
tournament. The Rangers placed second in Region VI play while narrowly
missing out on a chance to play in the NAIA National Tournament.
The inaugural season of 2001 did not turn out exactly
as Barrows would have liked. Finishing 4-14 on the season, he knew there was
room for improvement.
Barrows not only showed improvement in 2002, but he
showed what kind of coach he is by turning in a season ending record of
13-7. The team finished third in the Sooner Athletic Conference and extended
their season to the second round of playoffs where they lost a 1-0
heartbreaker to Oklahoma Christian University.
In 2003, the Rangers finished with an impressive 14-6-1
record and making it all the way to the Region VI playoffs.
Barrows brings experience to Northwestern soccer as
both a former semi-professional player and coach.
He started his love of soccer at age 7 in St. Louis
where he grew up and trained under former professional players from Europe
and South America.
Barrows started his semi-professional career playing
for F.C. Monterey in 1976 as their right wing player. He then moved on to
play in South Korea for the United Stars as the center forward during
1977-78.
His ties with Northwestern started in 1980 when he was
a player/coach for the Rangers.
After he graduated from Northwestern in 1984 with
degrees in Psychology and Sociology, he continued his tour of soccer
playing. He was a player and captain for two teams in Albuquerque, New
Mexico before playing and coaching for the Albuquerque Gunners from
1986-1990 where he became the general manager and president of the team.
Before Barrows made it back to Alva, he stopped at
Kansas City from 1990-1992 and played for the Lobos, a member of a premier
indoor soccer league.
Barrows completed his Masters of Education fron NWOSU in 2003.
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 Selina
Lamar
Graduate Assistant Coach
Selina Lamar will begin her first season on the
Ranger soccer coaching staff after finishing an excellent four-year career
at Northwestern.
Lamar, from Lawton, Oklahoma, played in all 80 games as
a defender and holds the record for most games played in a career and ties
the record for most games played in a season with 21. During the 2003 and
2004 seasons, Lamar was selected as a NAIA honorable mention all-american.
She was also selected to the Region VI all-region team and to the Sooner
Athletic Conference all-conference team. For her outstanding defensive play
in 2004, she was awarded the prestigious SAC Defensive Player of the Year
title.
She received her bachelors degree in computer science
last May and is further her education while working on an e-commerce degree.
Natasha Hunter
Student Assistant Coach
Natasha Hunter is also a new addition to the Ranger coaching staff. The
Lubbock, Texas native will make the transition to coaching after playing for
the Rangers in 2004.
Natasha was a defender for the Ranger soccer team and
played in all 21 games last season. She scored a goal on a penalty against
Oklahoma Wesleyan University.
Before arriving at Northwestern, Natasha played soccer for Sooner Athletic
Conference rival Wayland Baptist. Before WBU closed their doors and she had
to transfer, Hunter was a second-team all-conference performer during her
junior season. She scored seven goals during her junior campaign and four
goals as a sophomore.
Hunter is finishing her bachelors degree in psychology
along with a minor in sociology. Her sister, Jenessa, will be a sophomore on
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