Indiana University Kokomo Women's Soccer

Sohaila Akhavein enters her first season at the helm of the IU Kokomo women's soccer program in 2021. Akhavein is the second head coach in program history. Akhavein comes to IU Kokomo after four years as the head coach at Blackburn College in Carlinville, Illinois. In her time at Blackburn, Akhavein has produced four all conference players in one of the toughest NCAA DIII conferences in the country.  Prior to Blackburn, Akhavein spent time with the Oshkosh United Soccer Club in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.    Akhavein spent three years at Ripon College in Ripon, Wisconsin. In 2013, Akhavein helped lead the Redhawks to a then, program-best, 10-7-1 record as an assistant coach.  A 2011 graduate of Marian University in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, Akhavein has also spent time coaching the Oshkosh Youth Soccer Club as well as the Sports Coordinator at the YMCA in Oshkosh.