Dayle McEwen enters her first year as a graduate assistant coach with the Patriot women's soccer program.

A five-year letterwinner with the FMU women's soccer program, McEwen earned her earned a Bachelor of Science degree in healthcare administration in May 2021. 

A native of Belleville, Ill., McEwen started all 74 matches in her career and tallied 21 goals (9 match-winners), 8 assists, and 131 shots, and was 8-of-9 from the penalty spot. She was named her team's most valuable player in both 2019 and 2017.  She registered match-winning scores in back-to-back matches against Coker College (9-5-18) and Mars Hill University (9-7-18) and was later named the Peach Belt Conference Player of the Week (Sept. 10, 2018).

As a freshman, she was named the Peach Belt Defender of the Week on September, 18, 2017.

McEwen was twiced named to the Peach Belt Conference Presidential Honor Roll (2019, 2021) and was selected to the FMU Swamp Fox Athletic-Academic Honor Roll on seven occasions.  During her final season of play, she was named to the Conference Carolinas 2021 Fall Academic All-Conference Team presented by Barnes & Noble College.

(June 2022)