Amy Helliwell completed her first year at Rose-Hulman with one of the most successful in-season turnarounds in Fightin' Engineer athletic history, culminated with a share of the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference women's soccer championship in 2009.

Helliwell's squad battled one of the nation's most rigorous schedules in non-conference play and started the season at 0-7.  The Engineers roared back with six wins in their next seven matches to finish 7-1 in HCAC play and 8-10 overall to claim a tie for first place in the league standings.

Rose-Hulman earned the top seed for the HCAC Women's Soccer Tournament on the heels of a win at fellow league co-champion Hanover College.  Eventual NCAA Tournament representative Transylvania University ended the magical run in the league tournament with a narrow 1-0 victory.

Helliwell came to Rose-Hulman after spending the last 11 years as head coach at Greenwood High School in Kentucky, where she led squad to six state Final Four appearances.  Her teams combined for a 207-64-1 record with seven district championships, six regional and sectional titles, and the six Final Four appearances.

She also served as coach of the Kentucky High School Athletic Association All-Star Game in 2001, 2005 and 2008, and was named Southern Kentucky Soccer Referees Association Coach of the Year from 2001-05 and in 2008.  Her career also includes serving as a mathematics teacher at Greenwood High School for 13 years.

Helliwell earned a bachelor's degree in mathematics and secondary education from the University of Southern Indiana in 1996 and obtained a master's degree in education guidance counseling from Western Kentucky University in 2003.  She was a four-year varsity soccer player, all-state honoree at team captain during her prep career at Evansville Reitz Memorial High School.