Katy Etelman - Soccer Coach - Ball State University Athletics

Katy Etelman

Title:
Assistant Coach
Email:
kedolesh@bsu.edu
Alma Mater:
Miami University, 2014
Phone:
765-285-8302

Katy Etelman joined the Ball State soccer staff in March 2018 and completed her third season in 2020-21.

Etelman was hired by former coach Craig Roberts and retained by new coach Josh Rife in 2019. She has helped guide the Cardinals to an overall record of 35-11-4 (23-6-2 MAC) and two of the program's thee all-time appearances in the MAC Championship.

In Etelman's first year at Ball State, she helped lead the Cardinals to a 14-3-3 record, an appearance in the 2019 MAC Championship and a school-record nine-game winning streak. In her second year, the Cardinals set a program record with 15 wins.

In the COVID-delayed 2020-21 season, Etelman helped Ball State to the MAC West Division title and a spot in the league championship game for the season time in three years.

Etelman has helped coach 11 All-MAC selections and eight all-region choices at BSU, including a program-record four all-region performers in 2020-21. The Cardinals have had 35 Academic All-MAC selections during her time in Muncie, and Tatiana Mason and Lexy Smith became the program's first United Soccer Coaches Scholar All-Americans in 2020-21.

The former Katy Dolesh was a four-time All-Mid-American Conference player for the Miami RedHawks, She also has previous collegiate and club coaching experience.

Etelman spent the 2017-18 academic year at Muncie Central, where she coached the girls’ soccer team while teaching physical education and health.

The South Euclid, Ohio, native spent the previous two seasons at the college level. She served in 2015 as the director of soccer operations and player development at Miami, also assisting with goalkeeper coaching. In 2016, she was a volunteer assistant coach for a top-25 Ohio State program. She assisted in goalkeeper training and practice planning, helping the Buckeyes to the second round of the NCAA tournament.

Etelman also has coaching experience with the Ohio Olympic Development Program and the Braves Soccer Academy in Oxford, Ohio.

As a center midfielder at Miami from 2010-13, the former Katy Dolsesh was a second-team all-conference selection during her freshman season and a first-team choice in each of her final three years. She registered 31 goals and 16 assists for her career, earning NSCAA All-Region honors as a junior and senior.

During her junior season in 2012, Dolesh led Miami to a school-record 20 wins, the MAC regular season and tournament championships, a top-25 national ranking and a victory over No. 20 Tennessee in the first round of the NCAA tournament.

Dolesh was a three-time Academic All-MAC selection and also earned CoSIDA Academic All-District and NSCAA Academic All-Region honors during her career. In her final year, she was named the College Soccer Sportswoman of the Year by the Greater Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky Women’s Sports Association. She was also a nominee for the Senior CLASS Award.

She earned her bachelor’s degree in health promotion (2014) and her master’s in sport leadership (2015), both from Miami’s department of kinesiology and health.