Grace Stiles

Grace Stiles was named Assistant Women's Soccer Coach in April 2021. A former player at the semi-professional level, Stiles joins the Pacers after a stint as Assistant Men's Soccer Coach at nearby Clarks Summit University.

At CSU, Stiles assisted the head coach in practice planning, recruiting, and goalkeeper training. She also developed and oversaw all aspects of the Defenders' strength and conditioning program, including in-season, off-season, post-season programming and injury prevention. 

A five-year scholarship recipient and captain at Division II Cedarville Univesity (Ohio), Stiles was a 2017 NCAA Scholar All-American and a four-time Great Midwest Athletic Conference (G-MAC) All-Conference selection. She was named All-Ohio Division II First Team three times and was a National Christian College Athletic Association (NCCAA) All-American two times.

She later played for the Buxmont Torch of the Women's Premier Soccer League and has been involved in ministry service to the Dominican Republic, Ecuador and Costa Rica. She is also involved with Joni and Friends Ministry. In addition to her coaching experience at the collegiate level, Stiles has experience as a youth coach (Smar Soccer) and camp instructor (Camp Iroquoina, YMCA, Buxmont Torch). 

Stiles is a Certified Strength & Conditioning Coach, an ACSM Certified Exercise Physiologist, First Aid/CPR/AED Certified, a Certified Spinning Instructor, as well as Silver Sneakers Certified. 

Stiles obtained her BS in Exercise Science from Cedarville in 2017. She is married to Jon Edward Stiles, the Clarks Summit University men's coach, and resides in Taylor.Â