Louise began her soccer career with the Soccer Association of Columbia (SAC) in 1986 as the Director of the Columbia Invitational Soccer Tournament and served in that capacity until joining the Maryland Soccer Foundation as Soccer Programs Director in 2006.

In her many years of running youth and professional sports and soccer events, she served as Director of Operations and Grassroots Outreach for the WUSA’s Washington Freedom at RFK Stadium, managing the game operations at RFK for the 2003 FIFA Women’s World Cup Tournament and as Director of the Discovery Cup Soccer Tournament for more than 10 years.

A career professional in amateur and professional soccer management, Waxler served as the General Manager for the Philadelphia Independence of Women’s Professional Soccer (WPS), National Coalition Chair for Maryland’s FIFA Women’s World Cup, and Executive Vice President of the Maryland State Youth Soccer Association Board of Directors.

Finding hope through sport, Louise created a women’s intercollegiate tournament in Howard County in 1997 to honor the memory of her friend, Claudia Mayer, who lost her battle to breast cancer. The four-team tournament then grew to include over 60 NCAA Division I colleges across the country, raising more than $1M from its inception to 2010. In 2011, Louise created her own foundation, Headers for Hope, combining her passion for sports and her passion for helping those win their fight against cancer.

Through her years of dedicated service to the game, she has been a recipient of the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) Women’s Committee Award of Excellence (2010) and the United Soccer Coaches Youth Long-Term Service Award (2017), named for her dear friend Charlotte Moran. In addition, she has been inducted into the Howard County Maryland Recreation and Parks Sports Hall of Fame (2011),  the Maryland Soccer Hall of Fame (2018) and the recipient of the United Soccer Coaches Honor Award (2023).