Katy Freels

Playing career

Club

Western New York Flash In 2012, Freels was selected tenth overall by the Atlanta Beatin the 2012 WPS Draft; however, the league suspended operations before the 2012 season began. Instead, she played for the Western New York Flash in the Women's Premier Soccer League Elite (WPSL Elite), the top division of women's soccer in the United States at the time, and helped lead the team to the league championship title.

Sky Blue FC In 2013, Freels was selected in the first round (fifth overall) of the 2013 NWSL Supplemental Draft by Sky Blue FC in the National Women's Soccer League.

She decided to sit out the 2016 NWSL season.

International Freels has played for United States at the U-20 and U-23 levels. She was a member of the U-23 team that won the 2008 Nordic Cup in Falun, Sweden, where she played in three of the four matches and contributed to the squad not surrendering a goal in four matches.

Coaching career Freels took over as head coach for the Florida Tech Panthers women's soccer team in the Fall 2024 season and led the Panthers to winning the Sunshine State Conference Championship. Freels was named the 2024 SSC Coach of the Year. The Florida Tech women's soccer team would be ranked as high as No. 12. In 2025, Freels led the Panthers to win the NCAA Division II Championships.