NASA and our city of Austin have had a challenging year navigating the demands of the Covid pandemic. Now there's an opportunity to revitalize NASA for North Austin's kids and begin a new era of recreational soccer in our community. I'm running for President of NASA to work with our families, volunteers, and partners so we can restore NASA's health and get our kids back on the field to enjoy the game we love in a safe, healthy, and fun manner. I envision a robust recreational soccer program that we all support and seeing our kids wear those NASA jerseys with pride. 

I'm asking for your vote and for your engagement so we can strengthen North Austin Soccer Alliance and promote recreational soccer opportunities for our community's children. 

I joined the Board in 2019. My daughter has played for NASA for several years and recently, they needed a coach for her team. I stepped up to coached her team and it was a great experience. As a first time coach for NASA, I’ve learned that working as a team is what it is important. I believe every kid deserves to play and NASA gives the opportunity. Then, recently I started to attend NASA meetings and it was a fun experience discussing soccer ideas. I am thankful to be part of NASA so I can be involved in my community and help children in a soccer environment.

Shane Lewis has coached youth soccer in North Austin for over 15 years and has served on the NASA Board since 2008.  He grew up playing on the rock hard "soccer fields" of Dallas suburbs in the 1970s, coached by parents who had never seen an actual game.  In happier times, he can be found playing rec league games alongside some NASA players who started in our U6/7 leagues.  Primary interest in serving on the Board is to help ensure that field maintenance projects remain cost effective.  He hopes some of the hard lessons of failed Covid victory gardens can benefit the organization's field maintenance efforts moving forward.