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COACH BALLARD ENTERS HIS SECOND SEASON
AT EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY AS THE
FOUNDING COACH OF THE WOMEN PANTHERS.
STEVE BALLARD HAS COACHED BOTH MEN'S
& WOMEN'S NCAA DIVISION I SOCCER, AND
HAS PLAYED SEMI-PRO SOCCER IN NEW YORK.
HE HAS BEEN BUSY RECRUITING SOME OF
THE BEST PLAYERS FROM WITHIN THE
STATE OF ILLINOIS AND OTHER NEIGHBORING
STATES. BALLARD RESIDES IN CHARLESTON,
WHERE HE HAS IMMERSED HIMSELF COMPLETELY
IN YOUTH ATHLETICS. BUT HIS INTEREST
IN ASSISTING YOUTH WITH THEIR DEVELOPMENTIN SOCCER SKILLS DOESN'T
STOP IN JUST CHARLESTON! COACH BALLARD CONDUCTS YOUTH SOCCER WORKSHOPS, COACHES' CLINICS, AND SUMMER CAMPS THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF ILLINOIS. HE'S EXCITED ABOUT THE PANTHER'S ENTRANCE INTO THE MISSOURI VALLEY CONFERENCE AND ECHOES MEN'S COACH MCCLEMENT'S COMMENTS ABOUT THE MISSOURI VALLEY CONFERENCE NOTING THAT "IT'S LIKELY THE TOUGHEST WOMEN'S NCAA SOCCER CONFERENCE IN THE MIDWEST!"

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WATCH FOR COACH BALLARD'S COMMENTS
ABOUT THE LADY PANTHER SOCCER TEAM
AS WE BEGIN THE NCAA DIVISION I WOMEN'S
SOCCER SEASON INN LATE AUGUST.

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