Tori Ball - Associate Head Women's Soccer Coach - Staff Directory

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Tori Ball

Title:
Associate Head Women's Soccer Coach
Email:
Phone:
4598

Tori Ball enters her fifth season on head coach Tracy Chao's staff in the spring of 2025, the first season as associate head coach, after joining the program in June of 2021.

The 2024 season saw the Black Knights achieve a record of 12-6-1, including two wins over Navy. The initial match up against Navy saw the Black Knights defeat the Midshipmen 4-0 for the largest margin of victory in the Star Series game. Seven Black Knights were named to All-Patriot League team, with Kaelan Bradley and Sage Strohman named to the first team. Army collected two major awards from Sage Strohman and Bella Conti winning Goalkeeper and Rookie of the Year in the Patriot League.

Ball comes to West Point after a four-year tenure at Colorado State as an assistant coach, which included a season spent as the interim head coach in 2020. During her time in Boulder, the Rams went 22-24-12, a stretch that was highlighted by the program's first-ever appearance in the Mountain West Tournament in 2019. That campaign was additionally highlighted by the Rams placing a league-high six player on All-Conference Teams and receiving the program's first five selections to the United Soccer Coaches All-Pacific Region Team.

Prior to her position with Colorado State, Ball was the head coach of multiple teams for FC Boulder, which is a member of the U.S. Soccer Development Academy. Among other responsibilities was her top priority of on-field and off-field player development. Ball also served as the program’s social media director in her second year with the club.

In addition to her experience with FC Boulder, Ball has spent time as the junior varsity head coach and an assistant varsity coach at Boulder High School. Ball’s first coaching stints included a student assistant position at Auburn, as well as a position with a club team in Auburn, Ala.

A Mobile, Ala. native, Ball played four seasons collegiately as a striker for Auburn University. In her playing career, she helped the Tigers reach the second round NCAA Tournament three times, and as a freshman, helped the Tigers win the SEC Tournament title. Ball finished her career with 21 goals, and ranks as one of Auburn’s all-time top 10 scorers. Of those 21 goals, eight were game-winners, which ranks fifth all-time at Auburn. Additionally, Ball ranks third all-time for the Tigers with 89 appearances, which includes 55 starts. Ball amassed 53 total points in her career, and as a junior and senior, Ball was second on the team in points.

Ball was heavily involved in community service initiatives in Auburn, Ala., and in 2013, spent three weeks in South Africa working with underprivileged children. Ball served as a volunteer for the Dreams to Reality Foundation, running school exercise-based education programming.

Ball was a four-time SEC Academic Honor Roll scholar, a five-time Auburn Academic Top Tiger and was a member of Auburn’s student-athlete honor society, Chi Alpha Sigma. Ball holds her USSF D License and graduated from Auburn in 2015 with a bachelor’s degree in fitness, performance & conditioning.