WATCH: #KingChasing Podcast Season Five Episode Three – Haley Mersberger
LISTEN: #KingChasing Podcast Season Five Episode Three – Haley Mersberger



GREENVILLE, S.C. – The #KingChasing Podcast has released the third episode of its fifth season, as NCCAA Communications Coordinator Richard Martin interviews Haley Mersberger, starting forward for the University of Northwestern (UNW) women’s soccer team.
 
A native of Kiel, Wisconsin, Mersberger just finished her senior season at UNW, scoring 21 goals, the second-most in the NCCAA, and tallying 15 assists, guiding the Eagles to the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) regular season championship and their first appearance in program history at the 2025 NCCAA Division I Women’s Soccer National Championship. Mersberger ranks first in UNW program history in career goals (89), single-season goals (29), single-game goals (6), game winning goals (21), career points (193), and single season points (63). 
 
Off the pitch, Mersberger will graduate from the University of Northwestern with a 4.00 GPA as a ministry leadership major. Mersberger spent time on a mission trip with the UNW soccer team to Spain, led faith-based soccer camps in the greater Minneapolis area, and led Bible studies in the community. She also has seen a middle school Bible study she helped lead turn into a church plant and plans to return home to continue to help with The Well of Elkhart Lake after graduation.
 
Mersberger was also the winner of the 2025 Joe & Q Harding Award for Division I Women’s Soccer, is a three-time NCCAA Scholar-Athlete, four-time UMAC First Team All-Conference honoree, a two-time UMAC Offensive Player of the Year, was the 2022 UMAC Rookie of the Year, and was an NCCAA Second Team All-American in 2023.
 
In this episode, Mersberger talks about growing up in a Christian home, how she began playing soccer and arriving to Northwestern, her experience at the 2025 NCCAA Division I Women’s Soccer National Championship, and how she plans to serve her church and community after graduation.
 
The #KingChasing Podcast is available wherever you listen to podcasts, at thenccaa.org/podcasts, and on YouTube.