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Tanya Vogel, a 1996 George Washington University graduate and four-year letter winner, begins her ninth season as head coach at her alma mater. Vogel, a member of GW's Athletic Hall of Fame, returned to Washington, DC in January of 2000, after serving one year as the assistant women's soccer coach at Cornell University, preceded by two seasons as an assistant at Indiana University of Pennsylvania.
Vogel took over a program that had won just three games in 1999 and has since built it into a perennial winner, witnessed with back-to-back 10+ win seasons in 2002 and 2003. Vogel also has mentored 10 all-conference performers in six years, including 2002 Atlantic 10 Offensive Player of the Year Kim Warner.
At Cornell and IUP, Vogel assisted in recruiting and fund-raising, among other duties. As part of the 1999 Cornell coaching staff, she helped lead the squad to its first winning season in four years (9-8-1) and a postseason bid to the ECAC Tournament.
As a player at GW, Vogel was part of the school's most successful season, 1996, as the Colonials (10-7-4) earned a bid to the NCAA Tournament. She ranks sixth all-time at GW in scoring with 52 points (21 goals, 10 assists). Vogel served as team captain her junior and senior seasons and was named the Atlantic 10 Player of the Year in 1996, as well as a member of the Atlantic 10 All-Conference First Team. She also was named to the academic all-conference squad. Vogel garnered third team All-America honors from Soccer Buzz Magazine and first team Regional All-America accolades from the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) that same year. In January 2002, she became the first women's soccer player in GW history to be inducted into the University's Athletic Hall of Fame.
In addition to her work at GW, Vogel continues to develop young soccer players in the DC Metro area through her work at various camps and clinics. She currently serves as the assistant coach of two U-12 squads, the Bethesda Freedom and Bethesda Galaxy. Vogel also serves on the NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Committee and the NSCAA Women's Soccer Mid-Atlantic Regional Advisory Committee.
Vogel completed her W-League playing career in 2004 as a member of the Cleveland Internationals. She also participated on the United States Soccer Festival squad in 1999 and 2003, leading the Region I team to the national championship.
A native of Penfield, NY, Vogel was a two-time high school All-American at Penfield HS and still holds the New York State record for career assists with 90. She was inducted into the Penfield High School Hall of Fame in 2003. Vogel holds both a bachelor's and master's degree in exercise and sports science from GW and recently completed a master's degree in business administration at the University. Vogel resides in Arlington, VA.
