Anita Maryskova is in her second season as an assistant coach with the Youngstown State women’ soccer program.
Last season, Maryskova helped the Penguins to one of the best seasons in program history.
Chloe Weiland had a breakout campaign leading the Penguins with four goals and a team-high 11 total points while Taylor Berry scored three goals and added three assists.
Brooklynn Kirkpatrick posted another solid year in the net with seven victories, four shutouts and 80 saves. Kirkpatrick finished her career as the program's all-time leader with 18 wins, 14 shutouts, and a career 1.14 goals-against average, and ranked fifth all-time with 255 saves.
Jordan Evans was named to the All-Horizon League Second-Team while Emma Berdiner was named to the All-Freshman Team. Evans also became the first YSU player to receive an invitation to the player combine for the Tampa Bay Sun FC, a team in the USL Super League.
Maryskova brings several years of experience both as a top tier player and a coach.
Prior to arriving to YSU, Maryskova was a soccer coach and scout for the Czech National Team Region North and was also an assistant soccer coach for one of the top academies in the country. Two of her male players signed professional contracts with Fk Jablonec at the age of 17.
In 2021, Maryskova was an assistant coach at NJCAA DI Cochise College which was ranked in top 20 in the country in the spring of 2021 and won the region I title. At Cochise, she helped to develop a two-time All-American player Maria Azarias.
Maryskova has been engaged in the collegiate coaching environment since 2018 when she assisted Northwest Nazarene University as an international players recruiter. In 2019, she established a recruiting firm and had successfully helped numerous soccer players to get recruited by Division I, Division II, and NAIA programs.
As a player, Maryskova was a standout player for the U-19 Czech Women’s Soccer National Team and helped the team to win the first leg qualification group for the EURO Championship.
She was the youngest player to play in the women’s league in Germany at the age of 16. Prior to that she was a starter for the most successful Czech powerhouse team Ac Sparta Prague.
After concluding her youth career in the Czech Republic, she got recruited by Division I California State University, Bakersfield. After redshirting her freshman year, she transferred to Brevard College where she helped the team to break all school records.
Maryskova led the team in goals, assists and points in two out of three seasons. With a year of eligibility left, she transferred to Division II powerhouse Northwest Nazarene University and helped clinch a conference tournament appearance for the first team in the history. She is also in the history books as one of only three players in the GNAC to record a hattrick of assists in one game.
In 2018, Maryskova was selected into the NWSL Draft. While not drafted, she tried out for Portland Thorns. She played for the Boise Cutthroats of the WPSL in 2019 and 2020, and won the Desert Conference with FC Tucson (WPSL)
She is still actively playing for the WPSL Fc Tucson.
Maryskova graduated with the Bachelor’s in Business and Organizational Leadership from Brevard College in December 2016 Cum Laude, and with Masters of Business Administration degree from Northwest Nazarene University in 2018. She was very engaged in campus activities as she was a president of the internationals club at Brevard College and a senior member of SGA.
Maryskova holds the prestigious UEFA B Soccer Coaching license as well as United Soccer Coaches Goalkeeper License, NCCP Nutrition Certificate, The FA Equality and Diversity Certificate, and a Life Coach Certificate.
