By USA Lacrosse Press Release | Photo by Kevin P. Tucker · July 9, 2024
USA Lacrosse today announced the high school girls’ coaches from each geographic area selected as winners of the 2024 Coaches Award. The award honors a girls’ lacrosse head coach in each area who exemplify the ideals of the game of lacrosse.
The award is intended to recognize the individual’s overall coaching performance and contribution, not just coaching wins - although they may be considered. Nominees must demonstrate outstanding sportsmanship on and off the field, and also demonstrate excellent rapport with their players, officials, and other coaches.
USA Lacrosse oversees the selection of the high school awards, which are administered locally by area chairs. Selections are based on voting by coaches within each geographical area.
The Coach-of-the-Year Award is one of four awards that comprise the USA Lacrosse high school girls’ recognition program, along with All-American, All-Academic, and the Jackie Pitts Award.
Note: Some local areas have not yet reported their selections and are not included in the listings below. Entries will be added as the selections are received.
Updates/corrections can be sent to gamesadministration@usalacrosse.com.
2024 USA Lacrosse High School Girls' Coaches of the Year
| Area | Name | High School |
|---|---|---|
Alabama | Tom Lewis | Mountain Brook |
Arizona | Reggie Younger Jr | Pinnacle |
California - Central Coast | Jordan Evanger | Live Oak |
California - Greater Los Angeles | Meghan Toomey | Marlborough |
California - North Coast/ Sac-Joaquin | Bill Forester | San Ramon Valley |
California - Orange County | Michael Welter | San Juan Hills |
California - San Diego | Adrian Rodriguez | San Ysidro |
Colorado | Pam Kramer | Poudre |
District of Columbia | Cindy Hook | Annandale |
Florida - Gulf Coast | Jayne Chapman | Plant |
Florida - North | Grayson Corbett | Beachside |
Florida - South Atlantic | Scott Iardella | Marjory Stoneman Douglas |
Georgia | Jenna Kasmarik | South Forsyth |
Idaho | Maddie Northcut | Eagle |
Illinois | Amanda Kammes | Benet Academy |
Indiana | Julie Jerell | Bishop Chatard |
Iowa/Nebraska | Meghan Gruver | West Des Moines |
Kentucky - Louisville | Dominique Gibbons | Louisville Collegiate |
Maryland - Howard County | Alex Pagnotta | Glenelg |
Maryland - Western | Brigid Scanlon | South Carroll |
Massachusetts Western | Andrew MacDougall | Amherst Regional |
Michigan | Ashton Peters | Brighton |
Missouri-Heartland | Madeline Gilstrap | Pembroke Hill |
Missouri- Saint Louis | Emily Lovercheck | Parkway West |
Montana | Joni Petro | Northwest Avalanche |
New Jersey - Shore | Lyndsey Torre | Barnegat |
New York - Section 5 (Rochester) | Kevin O'Connell | Honeoye Falls |
Pennsylvania - Central | Courtney Kaplan | Twin Valley |
Pennsylvania - Eastern | Elisabeth (Lis) Zuern | Radnor |
South Carolina | Raven Thomas | Chapin |
Tennessee | Patrick Doyle | Seymour |
Texas - North | Morgan Alexander | Prosper |
Texas - South | Tim Brown | Katy |
Utah | Mikki Clayton | Park City |
Virginia - Charlottesville | Carrington King | St. Anne's Belfield |
Virginia - Richmond | Christina D'Angelo | Douglas S. Freeman |
Virginia - Tidewater | Lauren Logan-Gates | Ocean Lakes |
West Virginia | Jon Cain | Fairmont Senior |
Wisconsin | Emily Becker | Muskego |