University of New Hampshire-Main Campus Women's Soccer

COACHING ACHIEVEMENTS: NCAA Championship Appearances – 2014 *First In Program History & 2022 America East Tournament Championships – 2014 *First in Program History & 2022 America East Regular-Season Championships – 2017 America East Championships, championship game appearances – 2014, 2021, 2022, 2024 America East Championship Appearances – 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, Spring 2021**, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 Coached America East Striker of the Year – 2015, 2016, 2024 Coached America East Midfielder of the Year – 2015 Coached America East Defender of the Year – 2023, 2024 Coached America East Goalkeeper of the Year – 2017, 2023, 2024 America East Coaching Staff of the Year – 2017 5 United Soccer Coaches Team Ethics and Sportsmanship Awards - 2017 (silver), 2019 (silver), Spring 2021** (bronze), 2021 (bronze), Fall 2024 (bronze) 1 CoSIDA Academic All-America Selection (2017 *First in Program History) 4 United Soccer Coaches Academic All Americans (2022 *First in Program History, 2024) 14 United Soccer Coaches (formerly NSCAA) All-Region Selections 14 United Soccer Coaches All-East Region Academic Selections & 2 Honorable Mention Selections 17 NEWISA All-New England Selections 33 America East All-Conference Selections 15 America East All-Rookie Selections 18 America East All-Academic Selections 2 America East Elite 18 Recipients 23 America East All – Championship Selections 2 America East Championship – Most Outstanding Players 3 All-ECAC Selections 2 All-ECAC Honorable Men

Jessica Nei was named an assistant coach of the University of New Hampshire women’s soccer program in the summer of 2025. Nei previously served as the associate head coach at Northwestern State for the past two seasons. At NSU, she mentored multiple student-athletes to Southland Conference regular season and postseason honors, while in her first complete year with the program the team’s RPI moved up 100 spots and NSU’s overall goals scored doubled. Prior to NSU, Nei was an associate head coach at North Dakota. She contributed to a team that more than doubled its win total in both the overall and conference seasons in her first full season. Nei aided in guiding the Fighting Hawks to their second conference postseason appearance in the Division I era in 2022. Before her time at UND, she was at Wyoming for a season, where she primarily coached the midfielders and goalkeepers. Nei came to Wyoming after a five-year stint at Toledo from 2015-21, where she was the recruiting coordinator and responsible for the defenders and goalkeepers. The Rockets won a MAC conference tournament championship and earned a trip to the NCAA Tournament in 2017. While with the Rockets, she coached a player who played in the Olympics & Women's World Cup. She was hired at Toledo following a successful stint at Arkansas State from 2011-14. While with the RedWolves, she coached starting goalkeepers to the lowest goals against average in school history (1.19), fewest goals allowed (11) and most wins (8). As

Josh Needle, who played collegiately at Potsdam State, brings 18 years of coaching experience to the UNH women’s soccer program as an assistant coach. He has coached various ages from U9 through U18 at the club level, in the WPSL (women’s professional) for seven years and in UPSL (men’s semi-professional) the past year. Needle has coached for Seacoast United since 2009 with five state titles and five state runner-up finishes, in addition to six NEP divisional championships. He was named Seacoast Coach of the Year for the 2020-21 season. He also served as the Director of the Seacoast Junior Academy from 2009-17 and has been a club coaching evaluator since 2018. Needle has a United State Soccer Federation A License and has been a USSF certified coaching instructor since 2011. He is originally from the Albany, N.Y. area and now lives in Scarborough, Maine. He has been a teacher in the Scarborough school district since 1998. Coaching Achievements: -18 years of Coaching experience -5 USYS State Championships -10 USYS State Championship finalists -6 New England Premiership divisional championships -Coached WPSL 7 years -Currently Coaching UPSL -Seacoast United Club Junior Academy director 2009-2017 -Seacoast United Club coaching evaluator 2018-present -United States Soccer Federation A License -United States Soccer Federation Certified Coaching Instructor since 2011

Stuart Horne joined the UNH women's coaching staff as an assistant under head coach Steve Welham in summer 2018. During his time in Durham, the Wildcats have...