Tari St. John
	Head Coach

The 2009 season will be head coach Tari St. John's fourth at the helm of the Butler women's soccer team.  A former assistant coach with the program, she was named the program's fourth head coach in April 2006.

The Bulldogs have increased their win total in each of her three seasons, going from five victories in 2006 to 10 in 2007 before improving to 11 last fall.  During that time, 11 Butler players were named to All-Horizon League squads, including first-team members Kristen Harnest (2006), Abbie Kaul (2007), Angie Muir (2007) and Molly Kruger (2008).

A strong recruiter of talent, St. John's teams have featured four players on the league's all-newcomer squad, while her 2007 recruiting class was ranked as the second-best in the Horizon League and the 25th-best in the Great Lakes Region by Soccer Buzz Magazine.

Prior to assuming the helm of the Bulldogs, St. John served as an assistant coach with her alma mater Purdue after spending two seasons as an assistant at Butler.

St. John brings NCAA Tournament experience and a resume as a four-year starter at Purdue. She was honored as an adidas Scholar All-American following the 2002 season, helping the Boilermakers to their first NCAA Tournament appearance. In addition to being a two-year captain, St. John also earned Academic All-Big Ten and Academic All-Region honors.

In her first two seasons at Purdue, St. John started all 37 of the team's matches and earned Offensive MVP honors at the inaugural Boilermaker Challenge Cup. A torn ACL cut short her 2000 season and she took a medical redshirt during the 2001 campaign. Helping to control the midfield for the Boilermakers, St. John finished her Purdue career with nine goals and nine assists. She appeared in 73 matches during her career, getting the starting nod on 71 occasions.

A native of Brookfield, Wis., St. John was a member of eight Wisconsin club and two high school championship teams, earning first-team All-State honors three consecutive seasons. She has also played internationally with the Varsity Club in Christchurch, New Zealand. St. John currently holds a "B" license from the United States Soccer Federation (USSF) and received her National Diploma from the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) during the summer of 2005 and her Advanced National Diploma in 2008.

St. John graduated from Purdue in 2003 with a degree in management.

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