Moeckel, a center midfielder/defender from Gahanna, Ohio, was a key member of the Gahanna Lincoln High School soccer team. As a junior, she helped the team to the program’s first-ever Ohio Capital Conference title. She also brings plenty of club soccer experience having played for the Gahanna Arsenal for four years and is now in her fifth year of playing for Cesa F.C.

“Heidi is a great addition and I know that she will have an immediate impact next year,” said MVNU head coach Jonathan Meade. “She has played at a high level between high school and club soccer, and I look forward to her continuing her success here at Mount Vernon Nazarene University.”

“I see Heidi competing in the back for us next year,” added Meade. “She has good size and is an aggressive player who can really do some damage creating out of the back. She is a smart player and solid in the air. I am really looking forward to coaching her. I know that her personality and desire to grow in her faith will only add to the strength of the university and our women’s soccer team. Heidi and MVNU are a great fit for each other.”

In addition to playing soccer, Moeckel volunteered for three months during her senior year at Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus as well as helping out with Vacation Bible School and a soccer camp for kids. As a junior, she also served as a camp counselor for a sixth-grade camp, and she is a Renaissance team member.

“I have chosen to attend MVNU not only for the awesome soccer program, but for the great nursing program and Christian lifestyle they have set up,” said Moeckel. “I have been a Christian all of my life and having that incorporated into my love for soccer and my future in the medical field is very exciting.”

MVNU posted a 15-7-1 overall record in 2007 and was ranked No. 25 in the final NAIA national poll. The Lady Cougars also claimed a share of their fourth American Mideast Conference South Division title in the past five years, and MVNU has won two National Christian College Athletic Association national titles (2003 and 2006).