Duval enters her first season as Assistant Coach with the Colonials for the 2024 season.
Hailing from Waxhaw, N.C., Duval brings a wealth of experience both on the field and in coaching.
Prior to her appointment at RMU, Duval served as the assistant goalkeeper coach at Lenoir-Rhyne University, where her contributions were instrumental in the team's remarkable success. Under her guidance, the team clinched the conference Regular Season and Tournament Championship, as well as the NCAA Southeast Regional Championship. Her adeptness in training goalkeepers led to an impressive 12 shutouts during the 2023 campaign and an outstanding 0.81 GAA, earning her and her colleagues the distinction of United Soccer Coaches Southeast Regional Staff of the Year.
In addition to her coaching duties, Duval pursued academic excellence, enrolling in the Master of Arts in Leadership Organization program at Lenoir-Rhyne. Her commitment to personal and professional growth is further evidenced by her pursuit of coaching certifications, including a Goalkeeping Level 3 Diploma and Education Scholarship from United Soccer Coaches, with plans to obtain an Advanced National Goalkeeping Diploma and a USSF "D" License.
Beyond her collegiate coaching experience, Duval's involvement with the Olympic Development Program and FC Carolinas underscore her dedication to nurturing talent at various levels of the sport.
Before the start of her coaching career, Duval was an accomplished student-athlete. In her final year of college soccer in 2022, Duval started in net at D'Youville University and was tabbed USCAA Second-Team All-American. Before D'Youville, she played over the summer of 2022 in the USL W-League for Greenville Liberty.
Duval spent her first four years as a student-athlete at Campbell University. Competing in the Big South Conference, she won with her teammates the Big South Tournament Championship in the spring of 2021 and the Big South Regular Season Championship in the fall of 2021.
In her undergrad years, she earned a Bachelor's in Exercise and Sports Science with a minor in Sociology and graduated Cum Laude.
