The 2022/23 ACAC soccer season kicks off in a few weeks. There has been a coaching shuffle for the NAIT Ooks this season. Former women’s Head Coach Jeff Paulus has taken the reigns of the men’s soccer team after former coach Charles O’Toole announced his retirement at...
By Kaytlyn Poberznick & Alex Galenza Charles O’Toole has been a part of the NAIT athletics team since 2009. He played the role of assistant coach for his first three years and switched over to head coach for the remainder of his time. The two-time head coach...
GoFundMe pages have become a staple in the world of fundraising. One NAIT athlete has been utilizing the platform as a way to help raise money for third-world countries in need. Photo provided by Sarah Moorji Sarah Moorji, fourth-year midfielder for NAIT's...
Nine years after he departed from the men’s soccer team at NAIT, Jeff Paulus is back once again. This time, he is the head of the women’s soccer team. For Paulus, it’s like a breath of fresh air to be back on the pitch coaching collegiate soccer. “I love it,”...
By Adel Ahmed With the Ooks home soccer field being demolished by LRT construction, the team now has a temporary home field. The only problem is, it’s outside of the city. For this season, Ooks home soccer games will take place at the Edmonton Scottish Society, a...
NAIT Athletics has finished an extensive interviewing process to fill the 10 open head coaching positions for all of NAIT’s sports teams. This marks the beginning of the department’s new financial model which aims to improve the student-athlete experience at NAIT....
From the Ooks soccer pitch to the Olympic cycling track, Kelsey Mitchell’s dreams are unfolding into reality. Winning gold in the individual 200m cycling sprint at the 2019 Pan American Games, she’s looking forward to other goals she can accomplish once regulations...
We asked athletes: If you could change any rule in your sport, what would you change? Women’s Soccer “I can only really think of 2 that could be worked on. 1 would be the number of match officials. The field we play on is larger than a football field but we only have...
With the city bulldozing through the NAIT field and the Ooks’ decision to pull out of the spring 2021 season, soccer will look incredibly different at NAIT for the 2020-2021 academic year. In June, the ACAC announced that the fall 2020 soccer season would be...
The summer of isolation is near over, and the machine chugs on with the rattle of a lawn-mower struggling to turn over. While the beginning of the pandemic shot an icy spike through the heart of professional sports entertainment, the summer was not lost for sport. I...
