EVANSVILLE, Ind. – The University of Evansville women’s soccer team will hold a reception and dinner to honor former head coach Mick Lyon and his wife, Elizabeth, Saturday, April 13 at the Evansville Country Club.  The reception is scheduled to start at 6 p.m., while the dinner will begin at 7 p.m. 
 
The charge for the event will be $10 per person and will honor Mick and Elizabeth’s contributions to the University of Evansville, Evansville and soccer communities.  Those wishing to attend the event can register online at www.uealumnionline.com/lyon.  For further information, contact UE head coach Krista McKendree by phone at 812-488-1016 or by email at km57@evansville.edu.
 
Mick enrolled at the University of Evansville in 1985 and played three seasons with the Purple Aces’ soccer team, earning Most Valuable Player honors during all three seasons.  In both 1985 and 1986, Mick led UE to top 25 national rankings and was named the Midwestern Collegiate Conference Player of the Year and an All-American in 1987.  Lyon stayed with the Aces as an assistant coach under head coach Fred Schmalz in 1988, before taking over the high school boys’ soccer program in Owensboro, Ky., a post he held for two seasons.
 
In 1991, Lyon returned to Evansville as an assistant coach for the Aces’ men’s team, before becoming the first women’s soccer head coach at the University of Evansville in 1993. 
 
During his tenure, Mick guided UE to four MVC regular-season titles, five MVC Tournament championships and three NCAA Tournament appearances.  In January 2003, he was inducted into the UE Hall of Fame.
 
Lyon served as the head coach at Indiana University for 11 seasons, before announcing his retirement in November 2012.  In his 20 years as a collegiate head coach, Lyon amassed 202 wins.
 
Elizabeth, who is also a graduate of the University of Evansville, is an avid marathon runner and is an ambassador with MS LifeLines.  She speaks nationally to raise awareness and support for individuals with multiple sclerosis.