Eva Meredith was appointed as the faculty head coach of Wesleyan women's soccer in the 2004 season. The two-time NESCAC Coach of the Year arrived at Wesleyan after six years at the Division I level.
An accomplished Division I & III coach, she completed her 21st season in 2024, earning NESCAC Coach of the Year twice in the past four seasons (2021, 2024). In 2008 and 2009, Eva guided Wesleyan to its first back-to-back winning seasons in 15 years and led the Cardinals to their first-ever winning NESCAC ledger in 2010. In 2009, Laura Kurash '13 was named the NESCAC Rookie of the Year followed by the 2012 NESCAC Player of the Year to end her stellar career. Wesleyan won the Little Three Championship in 2019 for the first time since 1982.
The 2021 campaign was the most successful in program history as Coach Meredith led the Cardinals to the first-ever NESCAC Conference Final and an NCAA Final Four semifinal appearance. The team ended up ranked No. 4 nationally. One of the most decorated players in program history, Grace Devanny '23, was named the 2021 NESCAC Player of the Year and First Team All-American, becoming the first All-American in team history.
The 2024 season saw the Cardinals compete an undefeated regular season, finishing 12-0-3 overall (7-0-3 NESCAC) to earn the No. 1 seed in the NESCAC Tournament for the first time in team history. The Cardinals earned an at-large berth into the NCAA Tournament, qualifying for NCAAs for the fourth straight year, after never having qualified prior to 2021. Wesleyan defeated SUNY Brockport in the First Round before falling to Stevens in the Second Round. The 2024 Cardinals saw three major award winners - Coaching Staff of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year (Molly Brumbach '26), and Rookie of the Year (Sheridan Snow '28) - while a team record six earned All-NESCAC honors. Brumbach went on to earn Second Team All-American honors, becoming the second All-American in team history and first-ever goalkeeper.
In 2022, the team repeated as NESCAC runner-up, qualifying for to the NCAA tournament, finishing in the Top 32.
Before Wesleyan, Eva coached at the NCAA Division I University of Hartford for six years, her first three as assistant women's soccer coach and the last three as head coach. During her tenure, Hartford won three American East conference titles and competed in the NCAA Division I championships five times, reaching the Sweet Sixteen in 1998 and Elite Eight in 1999.
An outstanding soccer player both on the national level in her home country of Sweden and as a collegian at Franklin Pierce University in New Hampshire, Eva was a National Team player for Sweden from 1989-1991 and a premier league player there from 1986-1992. Attending Franklin Pierce from 1992-1995, Eva was a four-time all-New England choice, a three-time NCAA First team All-American and the NCAA Division II National Player of the Year as a freshman. She was also a two-time academic All-American and a three-year team captain as Franklin Pierce reach the NCAA Final Four all four years during her tenure and captured NCAA National Championship titles in both 1994 and 1995.
Besides coaching soccer at Wesleyan, Coach Meredith is a faculty advisor to the Student Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) as well as an academic advisor. She is teaching indoor cycling and pickleball as her Physical Education duties. In her leisure time, Eva is a competitive pickleball player and has won numerous tournaments both in mixed doubles and women’s doubles.
Coach Meredith hails from Stockholm, Sweden and holds a bachelor’s degree in graphic design and media theory from Franklin Pierce University and a master’s degree in Recreation and Sports Science with a concentration in coaching pedagogy from Ohio University. She is a graduate of the NCAA Women Coaches Academy and holds a US Soccer B-license.
Coach Meredith is married and resides in Madison, Connecticut.
