Jason Rule has done a little bit of everything for the NHTI women’s soccer team since his daughter, Morgan, started playing there. He filled in as a van driver and assistant coach at the national championship — he even helped secure a new scoreboard.
Rule volunteered countless hours to help the program. He helped spearhead multiple fundraisers, which allowed the team to take a community service and soccer-focused trip to Costa Rica just a few weeks ago. Rule, of course, joined in on the trip as a father and coach.
Despite staying busy with his contracting business, Jasmor Roofing & Contracting, he’s still found time for supporting the budding soccer community in Concord.
When the Lynx advanced to the USCAA national championship, he helped behind-the-scenes and served as an assistant during the difficult loss to the University of Cincinnati Clermont.
Rule went above and beyond after wrapping up the match in Pittsburgh, and he packed a few of the young women up in a separate car to get them back to Concord just in time for them to attend their clinical practicums.
“Trying to help motivate them and be an ear for them and make sure they had whatever they needed was just a great experience for me,” Rule said. “Not only as a father, but as somebody that’s just watched a lot of those girls and watched that program continue to grow.”
NHTI Head Coach Heidi Crockett has coached Morgan Rule for nearly a decade now and has seen how much Jason Rule cares about giving the girls the best experience possible.
“His biggest impact is the support system. He provides the team. He’s always there,” Crockett said.
In honor of his daughter’s graduation from the college, he decided to make a special gift to the college. The brand-new scoreboard was installed during the early fall and was a big addition to the soccer field, coming in handy during the women’s soccer team’s run to the Yankee Small College Conference final.
“Every time our players look up at this board, they’ll see the scoreboard, but they’ll also see something more: they’ll see a community that believes in them,” Annie Mattarazzo, director of athletics at NHTI, wrote in a press release.
Rule said he hopes that the program can continue to grow and that the team’s efforts spill over into other areas of the athletics department.
He wants people to see that talent can flourish at NHTI, especially with a strong supporting cast.