Varsity Girls Soccer

Chris Nelson finished his 12th season leading GA's girls varsity soccer program in 2022. Over the course of that time, he has led the Patriots to an Inter-Academic Athletic League title in 2011 and a Pennsylvania Independent Athletic Association tournament title in 2015 (runner-up in 2014).

In 2022, the team went 8-12-2 overall and 3-8 in league play. The team had one student-athlete named to the All-League team.

GA went 6-12-1 during the 2021 season and had two student-athletes named to the All-Inter-Ac team.

In 2020, during a shortened season impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, GA went 1-5 (all Inter-Ac League opponents).

In 2019, the Patriots went 6-12-1 overall and 3-8-1 in league play.

In 2018, Nelson led the Patriots to a 13-6-1 overall record while going 7-4-1 in the Inter-Ac. GA finished the season in the semifinals of the PAISAA Tournament. Four of the student athletes on the team earned All-League honors.

During the 2017 season, Nelson guided the team to a 10-12-1 record. They finished the season in the second round of the PAISAA tournament. Nelson had three student-athletes selected to All-Inter-Ac teams in 2017.

In 2016, the Patriots fell in overtime in the semifinals of the PAISAA tournament, but finished the season strong by crushing Penn Charter, the Inter-Ac league champions, 5-2 on GA/PC day.

Nelson, who also serves an Upper School math teacher, previously served as the head coach of the Shipley girls varsity soccer team from 2006-09; and after becoming the Dean of Students at Shipley, he served as the assistant coach in 2009 and 2010. During those five years, Nelson’s teams won three Friends League soccer championships (2006, 2007, 2010) and finished second once (2009). He coached three student-athletes that were named All-Southeastern PA and several of his players went onto successful college soccer careers at NCAA Division I schools. Before going to Shipley, Nelson was the girls' varsity soccer coach at The Forman School in Litchfield, Conn. (1994-96) and Indian Mountain School in Lakeville, Conn. (1998-2001).

(Updated on 11/29/2022)

Dakota Carroll begins her third season as an Assistant Coach for the Germantown Academy girls soccer team. Carroll also serves as the Associate Athletic Director.

Carroll served as the assistant to the athletic director at The Shipley School in Bryn Mawr since 2013 where she oversaw coaches and the daily operations of the school’s athletic program, including transportation, schedules, and communication. She was also the head coach of the Gators’ varsity girls soccer program since 2013.

Carroll graduated from Shipley in 2008 and went on to play soccer for four years at St. Bonaventure University where she majored in psychology and minored in Spanish. She also earned a Master’s degree in Organizational Leadership from St. Bonaventure. Carroll, a forward, was a four-year varsity letterwinner, playing in 54 games and scoring five goals and six assists.

As a senior captain at Shipley, Carroll led the Gators to a 13-4-2 record and a Friends League title in 2007. As a senior, she had 57 points on 18 goals and 21 assists en route to being named First Team All-Southeastern, All-League, and All-Main Line. She surpassed the 50-goal and 150-point plateau during her senior campaign. She earned the same accolades in her junior season. She helped the Gators capture the Inter-Catholic League Championship as a sophomore before they switched divisions. She was also named to the Inter-Ac First Team and All-Main Line team in 2005. She was a five-year member of the Eastern Pennsylvania State Team that won the National Olympic Development Program Championship in the spring of 2007 and a former Region I Pool Team member.

(Updated: 7/21/22)