KICKSSOCCERACADEMY

Raeleen Baggs - Staff Coach

• NCCP Level 3 Theory and Technical in Soccer

• Coached club for numerous years (Mount Pearl and Paradise)

• Named Coach of the Year in 2011 in Paradise

• Coached at the NLSA Provincial Level current and past

• Coached Atlantic team in the 90's

• Member of the coaching staff with Queen’s University during her last year as a student.

Write up from Hall of Fame 2013:

Raeleen exemplified the characteristics of greatness through her soccer career. When reviewing her athletic career, one only has to look at her accomplishments to realize that the characteristics that made her unique are what arguably made her one of the best, if not the top female soccer player in the history of Newfoundland and Labrador. In 1991 and 1993 she was a member of provincial Canada Games Teams representing the province in both soccer and squash. In 1991 and 1999 Raeleen was invited to national team training camps. 1996 and 1999 were two outstanding years for Raeleen as she competed in two CIAU National Soccer Championships. During both championships she was named: Female Soccer Player of the Year, CIAU All-Star and CIAU Academic All-Star. In 1996 Raeleen attended Acadia University and was named their Female Athlete of the Year. That year she was also named an Atlantic University All-Star. In 1999 she attended Queen’s University and was named their Female Athlete of the Year. That year she also received a Petro Canada Olympic Torch Scholarship. In 2002 and 2005 Raeleen was a member of the provincial soccer team that represented Newfoundland and Labrador at the National Senior Women’s Jubilee Trophy Soccer Competitions. In 2007 the Newfoundland and Labrador Soccer Association named the Jubilee Trophy regular season MVP award the Raeleen Dunne Baggs Award. In 2009 Raeleen was inducted into the Mount Pearl Sport Alliance Hall of Fame. During 2011 she was inducted into the Newfoundland and Labrador Soccer Hall of Fame and the St. John’s  Soccer Hall of Fame. Raeleen was named Mount Pearl Sport Alliance Athlete of the Year for 1997, 1999 and 2000. To recognize her strength and playing brilliance the Newfoundland and Labrador Soccer Association named Raeleen their Female Player of the Decade for the 1990s. She was also named the Newfoundland and Labrador Soccer Association’s Senior Player of the Year in 1997 and 1999.