competed in the BCCAA (British Columbia Colleges’ Athletic Association), which is now the PACWEST (Pacific Western Athletic Association). The program began Canada West competition with Al Alderson as the head coach, serving until 2008, and winning the Canada West Coach of the Year award in 2003. Under Alderson, the program won three U Sports medals, including silver medals in 2006 and 2008 and bronze in 2009. The program also earned three straight Canada West gold medals, in 2005, 2006 and 2007. Under first-year coach Pat Rohla, the team also captured a U Sports bronze medal in 2009. In total, the program has earned four U Sports medals, and nine Canada West medals, most recently in 2018, when they captured a Canada West silver medal, which earned the team its first trip to the national championship tournament since 2009. The Spartans are currently led by Head Coach Mike Shearon, who assumed head coaching duties in 2016 after the retirement of Pat Rohla. Under Shearon, the program has earned three Canada West medals (silver in 2017 and 2018, and a bronze in 2016), and a fourth-place result at the 2018 U Sports Championship, which included an upset quarter-final win over No. 1-seeded York. The program has had three major U Sports award winners in its history with Paul Hamilton and Nick Perugini winning the U Sports Player of the Year award (Joe Johnston Memorial Trophy) in 2009 and 2007, respectively, and Christian Rossi winning the U Sports Rookie of the Year award in 2021. Women's soccer The women's soccer program has seen extended success since joining Canada West and U Sports in 2001. The Spartans have been led by Head Coach Graham Roxburgh since 1999, who coached TWU for two years in the BCCAA before entering U Sports competition. Under Roxburgh, the Spartans have won a total of five national championships (2004, 2008, 2009, 2012 and 2013) and nine Canada West championships (2004, 2006, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2017, 2018 and 2021). In total, the program has won 10 U Sports medals and 16 Canada West medals. Roxburgh has won the U Sports Coach of the Year award twice, in 2011 and 2021, and the Canada West Coach of the Year award five times (2009, 2011, 2014, 2016 and 2021). When the women's soccer team won the 2004 national championship, the victory marked Trinity Western University's first U Sports Championship. Individually, members