Meagan Thunell
Interim HC
meaganthunell@weber.edu
Weber State
Division 1
Interim HC
meaganthunell@weber.edu
Weber State
Division 1
Meagan has been the assistant coach at Weber State University since 2005 where she is primarily responsible for goalkeeper training.
Meagan was a standout player on the Weber State University soccer team from 1998 to 2001. She was a four-year starter at goalkeeper and left the program as the top keeper in school history. Over her career, she posted a 1.51 Goals Against Average, 411 saves, and 19.5 shutouts. She is the all-time career leader in saves and shutouts. She also owns the WSU individual season records for least goals allowed (7), GAA (0.41) and shutouts (9.5) and she owns the top three spots on the individual season saves list (130 in 2000, 112 in 1998, and 105 in 1999). Meagan also owns the WSU record for Consecutive Scoreless Minutes at 490 minutes, 34 seconds. The streak spanned seven games in 1999. She also posted a streak of 421:38 scoreless minutes over five games in 1998, which is third on the WSU list.
Thunell helped lead the Wildcats to the programs first-ever Big Sky Conference Championship in 1998. Her GAA of 0.413 ranked fourth in the nation that season.
Meagan is the one of three four-year Wildcats to be named to an All-Big Sky team all four years. She was named as the Big Sky Defensive MVP in 1999 as a sophomore. She was an All-Big Sky First Team selection in 1998, 1999 and 2001, while making the Second Team in 2000. She was named the 1998 Big Sky Newcomer of the Year and was a Soccer Buzz Freshman All-America Third Team selection. She was also named to the NSCAA Scholar All-America third team in 2001. She was inducted into the Weber State Athletics Hall of Fame in 2016.
Meagan graduated from WSU in 2001 with a degree in English and Spanish Teaching. She taught high school and coached soccer at Mountain Crest High School from 2002 to 2005. After she began coaching at Weber, she earned her Master's degree in English in 2008. She then earned her Master's degree in Taxation in 2018.