Delaware State University

Delaware State Athletics
1200 DuPont Highway Dover, DE 19901

Division 1 Delaware Northeast

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Kortney Rhoades

The sixth head coach in history of the women’s soccer program, Kortney Rhoades enters her seventh season at the helm in 2022.

In her first season with the program in 2016, she led the Hornets to four wins, the third best single-season mark in team history. Three of her first-year wins were shutouts vs. Division I opponents Wagner, Sacred Heart and Mount St. Mary’s.

During the 2018 season, Delaware State junior Jade Jamison set a school record with seven goals. That same year, the Hornets fired off 137 shots, the fifth-highest total in team history; and 74 shots on goal, ranking sixth all-time.

During the 2019-20 academic year, the women’s soccer team was fifth among DSU teams with a 3.64 cumulative grade-point average for the spring semester; and seventh for the full year with a 3.32 GPA. In addition, each eligible women’s soccer player qualified for the MEAC All-Academic team during the 2019-20 school year.

Prior to arriving in Dover, Rhoades served two seasons as an assistant at Division II Colorado Mesa.

Rhoades was a standout player at Padua Academy in Wilmington, Del., where she was a four-time All-State selection and led the squad to a pair of state titles. Her prep career also featured a stint with the FC Delco Fury club team. Serving as a team captain for three seasons, she helped the squad win an astonishing six EPYSA State Cup titles.

Collegiately, Rhoades played her freshman season at St. Joseph’s (Pa.), appearing in 17 games and making 13 starts as a midfielder. She managed to total three goals and a team-leading four assists for 10 points.

Despite her early college success, Rhoades transferred to the University of South Carolina, where she made an immediate impact. Appearing in all 25 games, including 24 starts in her first season, Rhoades registered three goals and two assists for eight points, as the Gamecocks went to win their first-ever Southeast Conference Tournament title. That year, she also helped lead the Gamecocks to the NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 to highlight the best season in program history. Rhoades went on to serve as a team captain during her senior year in 2011, as the Gamecocks won their lone regular season SEC Championship. Rhoades also garnered a plethora of academic honors while receiving her bachelor’s degree in Public Health, highlighted by receiving Third Team All-Nation Consortium for Academics and Sports honors in 2011 as the only soccer SEC player to make the list.

“One of my best attributes is that I played at a level that not everyone gets to play at. I experienced winning championships, playing in the NCAA Tournament and going to the Sweet 16. Getting that experience as a player I can say this is what I did and this is what it took to get there.”

Rhoades’ coaching background also includes serving as a student assistant with South Carolina in 2012, in addition to a similar role with Padua Academy before heading to Colorado Mesa.

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Becca Borg

Borg will be entering her first season with the Delaware State women's soccer team.

Borg most recently comes from Millsaps College, Division III competing in the Southern Athletic Association (SAA). During her time with Millsaps, she helped coach the team in the 2020 season to their first conference win in over five years as well as coaching goalkeeper Alyssa McCarron to SAA Defensive Player of the Week and SAA Honorable Mention for the 2020 season. She also helped coach forward Mary Ranager and defender Mattie Marks who were also SAA Honorable Mentions for the 2020 season. In the 2019 season, she helped coach goalkeeper Maddie Moore, midfielder Kim Manley, and defender Heather Hembree to SAA Honorable Mention selections.

Prior to Millsaps, Borg was the junior varsity head coach at Harrisonburg HS for the 2019 season, she led her team to a 13-2 record. She also assisted the varsity team which won the regular season for their district, as well as having one player recognized to the first-team all-district and two players to the second-team all-district.

Before her stint at Harrisonburg HS, Borg spent two seasons as the assistant coach at Bard College, Division III competing in the Liberty League, in the 2017 season she helped coach the team to the best start of the season in history at a 5-1 start. She helped coach one player to the first team All-Liberty League & All-East Third Team. During the 2016 season, she helped coach three players to All-Liberty League Honorable Mention.

As a player, Borg spent four seasons at Eastern Mennonite University, a Division III competing in the Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC). During her time there she broke the school record for most saves in a season as the starting goalkeeper in 2015; the record still stands today at 170 saves. With 170 saves, she was ranked 13th in the nation at the NCAA DIII level. She also stands second in the record books at EMU for career saves of 439 saves. As a senior in 2015, she went seven straight games that averaged 13 or more saves per game. Borg was a dual athlete who also competed for the track and field team. In her senior season she was a Second Team All-Conference for Discus in 2016, and Third Team All-Conference for Javelin 2013. She graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Kinesiology and Exercise Science with a minor in Psychology and Coaching.

She also has her Master’s in Public Health with a concentration in Nutrition from Liberty University.