Coach Malory Nadrah

Head High School

Travel Team Coach

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Coach Nadrah is the first head coach at Marietta College, which will play their first season in the 2018-19 school year.  She was most recently a graduate assistant coach at Lake Erie College (DII) for two years, primarily serving as defensive coordinator and goalie coach as well as strength and conditioning coordinator. Her defense ranked first in the GLIAC in goals allowed in 2017 and second in 2016. She also spent four years as an assistant coach with Hero's Tournament Club in Maryland, as well as two years coaching Ohio Premier. 

Coach Brunett played at Frostburg State University, where she was a four-time All-Capital Athletic Conference selection and Rookie of the Year in 2011. She was a three-year team captain and two-time MVP for the Bobcats, and also earned first team IWLCA All-Region honors. She holds the Frostburg single season and career records for draw controls.

She received a Bachelor of Science degree in Elementary Education from Frostburg in 2015 and a Master of Education degree from Lake Erie College in 2017.

Head Coach  - Marietta College

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Brianne Dishong enter's her third season as head coach of the women's lacrosse program in 2018.

In her first season, she guided the Terriers to a 4-13 record. As a team, Hiram posted program records in shots (331), free position shots (106), goals (138), assists (21), draw controls (185) and clears (181). In addition, she also led Hiram to its first three game winning streak in school history and saw the Terriers set a single-game program record with 23 goals in a 23-12 win over Hilbert (N.Y.).

Prior to Kent Roosevelt, Dishong served as an assistant coach at Division II Slippery Rock (Pa.) from 2011-12. While at Slippery Rock, she assisted in all aspects of team operations and recruiting.

Dishong was a four-year letterwinner at Slippery Rock as a defender and was a three-year captain. She currently is tied for fourth in program history in caused turnovers (78), fifth in program history in ground balls (130) and eighth in games started (54).

She was named First Team All-Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) in 2009 and 2010 and also earned Second Team All-Region honors in 2010.

Dishong graduated from Slippery Rock on 2011 with a Bachelor of Science in Communications: Emerging Technology. She also earned her Master's of Science in Park & Resource Management from Slippery Rock in 2013.

Former Head Coach, Hiram College

Coach Brianne Dishong

League Director/ Coach

Coach Lauren Kinkaid
League Director

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Former Head Women's coach Marian University,
Endinboro University Alumna
 

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Coach Emily Jewell

High School Travel Team Coach / League Coach

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Ashland University

Attack Player

USL Official

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Coach Mikaela Faus

 Travel Team Coach,

League Coach,

Tournament Manager and Coach

 Mikaela Faus is a 2015 graduate from Medina High School. She has been playing lacrosse since the fourth grade and knew right off the bat that she wanted to be a goalie. Mikaela played four years of varsity lacrosse for Medina HS. We won state, state runner up and the other two years Medina was in the final four. She was all district second team my junior year and all district first team my senior year. Mikaela was also Medina's MVP her junior year and also was awarded the Ohio All Academics Award. she is now a Senior at Walsh University as the starting goalie. She was the GLIAC defensive player of the week, and Walsh's defensive MVP her freshman year. She holds the ground ball record in a season, most ground balls in game and most saves in a game for Walsh University. Last year she  had the second highest save percent average for the GLIAC conference. Mikeala is studying early childhood education at Walsh University.  she also exercise regularly and recently took up boxing.  

Walsh University

Alumna

Assistant Varsity Coach - Medina High School

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Coach Kenzie Pensyl

 MS Travel Team / League Coach

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Kenzie Pensyl is a 2016 graduate of Kent Roosevelt High School and currently playing lacrosse at the University of Mount Union as a midfielder. She began playing lacrosse in 4th grade. In high school she was awarded Academic All Ohio, First Team All Region, and team MVP my senior year. Kenzie had the opportunity to be a captain her junior and senior year for the Roosevelt lacrosse team. Kenzie is currently a junior Captain at Mount Union majoring in biology and psychology. She is excited to be a part of Athena lacrosse!

University of Mount Union Alumna,

Midfield

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Coach Alli Phillips

 Assistant Travel Coach

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Walsh University Alumna

Defense

Head Coach, Copley Middle School/Youth teams

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Coach Sierah Ray

High School

Travel Team Coach

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Coach Ray is from Stow where she graduated from Stow-Munroe Falls High School. She has just graduated from  Hiram College as midfield, was awarded offensive MVP in the 2017 season and is a 2018 team captain.

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A four year starter at Hiram College, she lead the Terriers in draw controls and ranked second in the North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC). Sierah holds school records for draw controls, caused turnovers, groundballs, and shots. Second all time in goals, assists, and points. Second Team All-NCAC. Voted overall MVP for the 2018 season. Sierah is also Assistant Varsity Coach at Stow-Munroe Falls High School. This will be her third season with Athena Lacrosse and the High School travel team.

Assistant Coach, Hiram College

Assistant Coach, Stow-Monroe Falls High School

Coach Taylor Thomas

High School Travel Team / League Coach

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Taylor is a recent graduate of Capital University, Columbus Ohio. Taylor majored in biology and had minors in coaching and psychology. She attended Jackson High School where she was a multi-sport athlete. She lettered all four years in swimming and was a starting attacker of Jackson’s first division one final four team.

At Capital, Taylor was a very involved student-athlete. She was the Vice President of the Student Athletic Advisory Committee, a member of Alpha Sigma Alpha (sorority), a member of the Life Science Organization, and a Teachers Assistant for Microbiology. She also has been officiating lacrosse for the past 8 years.

Taylor was a four-year starter for Capital Women's Lacrosse team. She had appeared in 63 games and started 60 of them making her the leader in games played in programs history and tied for first with the number of games started. In the 2016 season, she was awarded 1st Team All-OAC and was the Crusader Player of the Week. In the 2018 season, She was awarded 2nd Team All-OAC and OAC Offensive Player of the Week. She was the 5th player in programs history to reach 100 career points and the third player in programs history to reach 100 career goals. Taylor ended her career with 156 points, 119 goals, and 37 assists. Her team was ranked 6th in the region in 2016, and 7th in the region in 2018. 

This is her third year coaching with Athena!

Capital University Alumna 

JV Coach, Jackson High School

USL Official

Coach Megan Rea

Youth Travel Team Coach / League Coach

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Megan Rea is a 2017 graduate of Jackson High School. While she was at Jackson, Megan played attack and was part of the 2016 and 2017 state runner-up teams. Megan has been volunteering at the youth and middle school levels of Jackson’s lacrosse program for over six years and runs the Jackson Girls Lacrosse summer camp. Megan was a member of the inaugural Athena Lacrosse high school team in 2016 and finished her club career with Athena in 2017. At Mount Union, Megan is a defender on the women’s lacrosse team. During Megan’s freshman year at Mount Union, the team won their 5th consecutive OAC championship and qualified for the NCAA Division 3 playoffs. In addition to playing lacrosse, Megan is also a resident assistant on campus. Megan is a double middle childhood education and intervention specialist major at Mount Union with plans to graduate in 2021. Outside of Mount Union, Megan is an assistant speech and debate coach at Jackson High School. At Athena, Megan will be coaching league for the third summer and the youth travel team for the second. She is beyond excited for another summer with Athena!

University of Mount Union

USL Official

Head Coach, Jackson 5/6 team

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Coach Molly McGinnis

Youth Travel Team Coach / League Coach

Molly McGinnis is a 2017 graduate of Brunswick High School currently playing at the University of Mount Union. She has been a goalie since middle school, where she was a member of the inaugural Brunswick Youth Lacrosse Club girls’ team. During her High School years, she played with the Ohio Premier Lacrosse Club and at Brunswick High School. In her time on the Brunswick High School Team, she was a captain, a four-time varsity letterman, four-time defensive MVP and she holds multiple school records. In her 2017 season, she was named Academic All- American along with being named OSLA Academic All- Ohio all four years. In both 2016 and 2017 she was also named OSLA All-District Honorable Mention and GCC first team all-conference. Molly is  now in her Sophmore season as a goalie at the University of Mount Union. Last year Molly and her team won their fifth consecutive OAC championship. She has also spent time volunteer coaching with the middle school and youth girls’ teams at Brunswick Youth Lacrosse Club. Outside of lacrosse, she is a mathematics major with a minor in education. Molly is also  the Vice President of the Honors Program at Mount and a member of the String Orchestra.

University of Mount Union

Goalie

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Coach Sammie Battista

MS Travel Team/League Coach

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Sammie Battista is a 2018 graduate of Hoover High School. She started playing lacrosse in 7th grade and continued her lacrosse career at the University of Mount Union. In her high school years, Sammie was a four-year varsity letterman, offensive MVP, team captain her senior year, OHSAA honorable-mention all-region, and holds the school record for number of assists. Sammie also played on the Athena travel team in the summer. During Sammie’s freshman year at Mount Union, she appeared in 15 games and started 7 of them. The team also won their sixth consecutive OAC championship and qualified for the NCAA Division 3 playoffs. Outside of lacrosse, Sammie is a psychology major with a minor in sociology. Sammie is currently an Assistant Varsity Coach at Hoover High School. This will be her third summer coaching with Athena!

University of Mount Union

Alumna

Assistant Varsity Coach,

Hoover High School

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Coach Madie Gash
 Assistant Travel Coach

Ashland University
Midfield

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My name is Madie Gash, I am a junior starting midfield on Ashland University’s Women’s lacrosse team. I am a nursing student, hoping one day to get into pediatric practice and coach lacrosse. I have been playing lacrosse for 11 years, since I was in fourth grade. I graduated from Stow-Monroe Falls High school in 2019, where I earned OSLCA All Region and MVP awards. I also was selected and played in the Shootout for Soldiers Ohio All star Game. I’m excited to share my passion for lacrosse. My favorite lacrosse quote is “Somewhere behind the athlete you’ve become and the hours of practice and the coaches who have pushed you is a little girl who fell in love with the game and never looked back..Play for her”-Mia Hamm :)