
Arthur Salazar enters his seventh year as head coach for the Our Lady of the Lake University women’s soccer team after being an assistant coach from 2008-2012. The Robert E. Lee High School graduate and San Antonio native received his bachelor’s degree in kinesiology from OLLU in the spring of 2011.
This past season, the Saints qualified for the Red River Athletic Conference (RRAC) Championship Tournament and ended their season with a 12-5-1 overall record and 8-2 in conference. Dawson Brinkley was named an NAIA All-America, and she received RRAC Offensive Player of the Year honors. She was named to the First Team, while Brooke Cousins and Mikaela Gilbert were named to the Second Team and Baye Polansky and Erika Zapata were named to the Honorable Mention Team. The team also earned its fifth USC Team Academic Award and fifth NAIA Scholar Team award.
In 2017, the Saints ended their season with a 6-10 overall and 4-6 conference record. Erica Robertson and Maggie Miller were named to the All-Conference Team, while Miller and Brooke Cousins received NAIA Scholar-Athlete recognition. The team also earned its fourth USC Team Academic Award and fourth NAIA Scholar Team award.
In 2016, Salazar's team earned their fourth Red River Athletic Conference (RRAC) regular season and tournament title after going 9-0. They qualified for the NAIA National Championship Tournament and lost in the first round 0-1 against Baker University. They ended their season with an overall 17-3-1 record.
The team earned back-to-back NAIA Scholar Team awards and National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) College Team Academic awards. They were the university's top-rated team in GPA.
Gabriela Lopez and Hayley Tiernay earned NAIA All-American and NSCAA All-American honors, and Lopez was named the RRAC Defensive Player of the Year, while Tiernay received Offensive Player of the Year honors. Both, along with Amaris Tavares, received NSCAA All-Southwest Region awards.
Daniela Colina, Pauline Fields, Lopez, Maggie Miller, and Katherine Murtagh-Huerta earned NSCAA Scholar All-South Region First Team awards, while Madison Raines and Yesenia Martinez earned Second Team awards. Brooke Cousins received the CoSIDA Academic All-District and All-American awards.
Receiving All-Conference honors were First-Team - Lopez, Murtagh-Huerta, Tavares and Tiernay and Second-Team - Jackie Lambarida, Miller and Erica Robertson. All-Tournament recipients were Lopez, Miller, Murtagh-Huerta and Tavares. Salazar received his second Coach of the Year award (first was in 2013).
RRAC Scholar-Athletes were Elise Acosta, Victoria Castro, Daniela Colina, Gabriela Colina, Ruby Coronado, Brooke Cousins, Pauline Fields, Madison Garvin, Maryssa Garza, Amber Hadfield, Jackie Lambarida, Gabriela Lopez, Brandi Lugo, Yesenia Martinez, Maggie Miller, Katherine Murtagh-Huerta, Sophia Perez, Madison Raines, Amaris Tavares and Hayley Tiernay.
In 2015, Salazar's team earned their third RRAC regular season and tournament title after going 7-0-1. They qualified for the NAIA National Championship Tournament and lost in the first round 4-5 in penalty kicks against Kansas Wesleyan University. They ended their season with an overall 14-4-2 record.
Stephania Vazquez earned NAIA All-American honors and was named the RRAC Offensive Player of the Year. Erika Thompson was named RRAC Defensive Player of the Year. She also received NAIA Scholar-Athlete, RRAC Scholar-Athlete and CoSIDA Academic All-American honors. Thompson was named OLLU's Big Blue Top Saint for 2016.
Other players excelling last season include All-Conference honorees -- Gabriela Lopez, Teegan Luckemeyer, Maggie Miller, Amanda Olson, Brandy Salazar, Amaris Tavaris; All-Tournament honorees Lopez, Luckemeyer, Miller; RRAC Scholar-Athlete recognition -- Daniela Colina, Gabriela Colina, Brooke Cousins, Cynthia Duke, Pauline Fields, Dulcie Gomez, Jackie Lambarida, Lopez, Luckemeyer, Yesenia Martinez, Miller, Katherine Murtagh-Huerta, Olson, Sophia Perez, Madison Raines, Tavaris, Tiernay, Vazquez, Alissa Villarreal; NAIA Scholar-Athlete recognition -- Colina, Colina, Gomez, Lopez, Luckemeyer, Huerta; CoSIDA Academic All-District -- Thompson, Luckemeyer.
In his second year as head coach, Salazar's team repeated as RRAC Regular Season and Tournament Champions. The 2014 team finished with an 8-1 conference record and a berth to its second national tournament championship. The Saints repeated a first-round loss to William Carey University 1-0 and ended their season with an overall 13-8 record.
In his first season as head coach, Salazar led the 2013 team to its best season winning the RRAC regular season and tournament titles finishing with a 16-3-1 record. The team qualified for the NAIA National Women’s Soccer Championships, where they lost in the first round to William Carey, 1-0. Salazar was named the RRAC Coach of the Year.
The Saints have had nine consecutive winning seasons and have made eight trips to the RRAC Tournament. Since the beginning of the program in 2008, the team has accumulated an overall record of 117-46-10.
Before joining the coaching staff at OLLU, Salazar played for the men’s team during its inaugural season in 2007 and served as captain. His coaching experience includes positions as goalkeeper coach for Trinity University and the University of the Incarnate Word as well as Central Catholic High School.
Salazar currently holds USSF C, NSCAA Advanced Regional and NSCAA National Goalkeeping licenses.
He and his wife, Colleen, are parents to Aidan and Kyle.
Shane Hurley enters his 13th season on the coaching staff for the women's soccer team at Our Lady of the Lake University. Hurley was the head coach from 2008 through 2012.
During the women's inaugural season, the team finished with a 12-4-1 overall record. In 2009, the university joined the Red River Athletic Conference (RRAC), and the women ended with a 10-7-2 overall record and a 5-2-1 conference record. During that season, the Saints were finalists in the conference tournament as the fourth seed. In 2010, the Saints again were finalists in the conference tournament -- they finished the season with a 13-2-2 overall and 6-1-2 conference record. In 2011, the women were second in the conference with a 13-5 overall record and 8-1 in the conference. They made it to the semifinals round of the conference tournament. Also, Hurley was named Conference Coach of the Year. In 2012, the women finished with a 9-9-1 overall and 6-3-1 conference record. In 2013, the team made history after winning the Red River Athletic Conference regular season and conference tournament. The team qualified for the opening round of the NAIA National Women's Soccer Championships. The Saints lost 1-0 to William Carey University. Their overall record was 16-3-1 and a perfect 6-0 in conference. In 2014, the Saints repeated as regular season and tournament champs. In the first round of the NAIA championships, the Saints again lost to William Carey 1-0 and ended their season with an overall 13-8 and 8-1 conference record. In 2015, the Saints earned their third conference and tournament title after going 7-0-1. In the first round of the NAIA championships, the Saints lost to Kansas Wesleyan 4-5 in penalty kicks to end their season with a 14-4-2 overall record. In 2016, the Saints won their fourth conference title and ended their season at nationals against Baker University with an overall 17-3-1 record. Last year, their record was 6-10-1, and this year, the women made it to the conference tournament and finished with a12-5-1 record.
The team has consistently ranked at the top in team GPA. In 2009, the women finished with an overall 3.0 GPA, and in 2010, they ended at 3.1. In 2012, the Saints had a combined 3.11 GPA, and in 2016, they finished at 3.321 - their best.
Hurley has been in the business of soccer and player development for many years. His passion for the game goes back to his youth when he played in youth and adult leagues during his high school years. Hurley was a three-year letterman at Harlingen High School, and he received a scholarship to play NCAA Division One Soccer at the University of Texas-Pan American (UTPA) in 1990.
At UTPA, Hurley was a four-year starter and was one of the captains his senior year. Aside from the wins and losses, he says that one of his fondest memories was just getting the opportunity to play in Monterrey Tech Stadium, which is used by the professional team, Monterrey Rayados. While at UTPA, he earned his bachelor's degree with a major in English and a minor in history. During the final year of his education, Hurley served as an assistant coach for the program and started a women's club program that flourished. To immerse himself even further into soccer, he played semi-professionally with Excel, out of McAllen, Texas. During his two years with Excel, he enjoyed great success as the team won two state championships and advanced to regional championships both years.
In 1996, Hurley became the head girls' soccer coach at Harlingen High School where he won two straight district titles. He worked with the girl's program for four years. Then, Hurley worked with the boys for his final two years before moving to San Antonio to pursue club soccer and Olympic Development Program opportunities. During his tenure at Harlingen, the girls' program was always one of the top two teams in the Rio Grande Valley; they finished number one twice. In 1998, his girls went undefeated into the playoffs and finished with a 24-1 record. His team advanced to the regional tournament three years in a row while winning district, bi-district, area and sectional championships. During his final two years there, Hurley helped rebuild the boys' program. They won the district championship both years and advanced to the regional tournament in his final year; the boys went to the regional final.
Upon arrival in San Antonio, Hurley's impact was seen considerably. He began working at Clark High School and helped coach its girls' team to a regional championship, as well as Northside ISD's first state tournament appearance. Then, Hurley became the Director of Coaching for a local soccer club, XLR8. He guided it through tremendous growth, from 4 teams to 17 in two years, and eventually led it through several developmental improvements that became part of the Classics Elite Soccer Academy. His club teams have won several state championships, and his 88s won a regional championship while representing South Texas in Alabama the summer of 2006.
For the past years, Hurley has been on the state staff of the South Texas Olympic Development Program. While on staff with the 90 boys, they finished second in the Region. With ODP, Hurley was responsible for helping conduct tryouts at various age groups to identify potential candidates for the state program.
Education has always been a priority of Hurley's. While coaching, he has always strived to professionally develop his knowledge of the game and training methodology to benefit his players.
In June of 2005, he was awarded the NSCAA's Premier Diploma at Butler University. The Premier Diploma is the highest level of certification offered by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America. He holds an Advanced National Diploma and a National Diploma, which he earned at Notre Dame University and Trinity University, respectively. Hurley recently earned a Level I goalkeeping certificate with the NSCAA. Hurley also works for the South Texas division of the United States Olympic Development Program.
Hurley is very proud of an award he received on behalf of his soccer team at OLLU. The men's team, along with the women's team, received recognition for their work as mentors in the Northside Independent School District (NISD), the largest school district in San Antonio and the fourth largest in Texas. Hurley accepted the 2012 Partner of the Year Award on behalf of his teams.
Recently, Hurley became the director of coaching for the Urban Soccer Leadership Academy in San Antonio (USLA). USLA provides an affordable, neighborhood-based, youth development leadership and service program for urban families through the soccer experience.
In 2016, Hurley earned a Master of Arts from Concordia University - Irvine. Hurley and his wife Zoila are parents to a daughter and son.
Danny Oughton is entering his third year as part of the Our Lady of the Lake University (OLLU) coaching staff.
He holds a National Soccer Coaches Association of America (now the United Soccer Coaches) National Diploma, and he has worked in both college and youth levels since 2008.
He previously worked at the collegiate level for Concordia University - Texas in 2011-2012 with the men's soccer program as assistant caoch.
Currently, he is the Senior Program Director for the San Antonio United Soccer Club (boys) and Sting San Antonio Soccer Club (girls).
Oughton had a successful collegiate soccer career at Texas Lutheran University under Head Coach Eddie Salazar, OLLU Head Coach Arthur Salazar's brother.
He received a Bachelor of Business Administration in Marketing from Texas Lutheran in May 2010.
Brendan Johnson has joined the coaching staff for the women's soccer team. Johnson is a native of San Antonio and a graduate of Churchill High School.
Johnson is a USSF licensed coach and coaches the San Antonio Sting Club Volleyball Team, which is part of the S.A. United Soccer Club.

Ilaina Brenes-Rodriguez joins the coaching staff as a manager after playing for the team in 2018. She is a native of Anaheim, Calif., where she attended Calvary Chapel High School. She also attended Saddleback College. She received the Greehey Award and is a RRAC Scholar Athlete. In high school she was a Scholar Baller 2015-2017.
Her hobbies include Netflix and sleeping. Her favorite motto is "God is bigger than anything you will ever face," and her athletic role model is Julie Ertz.