Women's Lacrosse
- Title:
- Head Coach
- Email:
- kellie@GoCards.com
- Phone:
- 852-4998
COACHING RESPONSIBILITY: Head Coach
YEAR AT LOUISVILLE:Â 11th
BIRTHDAY: June 2
EDUCATION: Bachelor's Degree (Mount Holyoke College, '93); Master's Degree (Massachusetts, '97)
HOMETOWN: Bernardston, Mass.
FAMILY: Daughters - MacKay and Hadley
ATHLETIC CAREER
Named to Mount Holyoke College's inaugural hall of fame class in September 2013 after a successful collegiate career.
Two-time all-region and all-conference selection in women's lacrosse.
Served as co-captain as a senior and earned Mount Holyoke's Ruth C. Timm Award as the team's most outstanding player; helped lead the team to a school-best 13-4 record in 1993.
Earned nine varsity letters in a combined four sports: lacrosse, soccer, softball, and basketball.
Received Mount Holyoke's Athletic Director's Award in 1993 for service to the school's athletic department and the local community.
Served as a member of the U.S. National Development Team following collegiate career from 1999-2002; gained international experience, playing for the U.S. in test matches against the English National Team in 1999.
COACHING CAREER
2006-Present: Louisville (head coach)
2002-06: James Madison (head coach)
1999-2002: Georgetown (assistant coach)
1996-98: Sweet Briar College (lacrosse and soccer head coach)
1994-96: Amherst College (assistant coach)
COACHING HIGHLIGHTS
LOUISVILLE
Has led Louisville to nine seasons with double-digit wins, including a school best 16 in 2014.
Coached Louisville to their fourth straight NCAA Tournament appearance in 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2017.
Led Cardinals to an 11-8 record in 2017, marking their fifth straight double-digit win season. Following the season, Brittany Read, Hannah Koloski, and Meghan Siverson were named IWLCA All-Americans.
Louisville’s 2016 and 2017 senior classes graduated as the most successful classes in school history with 49 wins - all within the first three years of joining the highly competitive Atlantic Coast Conference. The 2017 class marked the first class to make four tournament appearances.
In 2016, coached the Cardinals to their best start in school history at 7-0, while earning the highest ranking in school history at No. 5 on March 7.Â
For the third straight year,  produced a Tewaaraton Nominee with senior draw specialist Kaylin Morissette. Morissette became the first Cardinal in program history to become a three time All-American.Â
Developed each of the school’s IWCLA All-Americans, including four in 2014: Bergan Foley (2011), Nikki Boltja (2013, 14), Kaylin Morissette (2014, 2015, 2016), Faye Brust (2014), Monica Negron (2014).
Coached the school’s first WomensLax.com All-American in Nikki Boltja
(2014).
Named the BIG EAST Coach of the Year and IWCLA West Region Coach of the Year in 2014 after leading the team to a program-best 16-4 record, including an undefeated 7-0 record in conference play, and its first NCAA tournament berth.
Led the 2014 team to the program’s first BIG EAST regular season and tournament championships.
Coached a pair of NCAA statistical champions in 2010: Foley was the nation’s leader in goals and goals per game; Oliverio was the nation’s leader in assists per game.
Has coached her athletes to IWCLA all-region honors on 20 occasions and all-conference honors 22 times.
The Cardinals have been recognized as an IWLCA Academic Honor Squad each year since 2011.
Her student-athletes have earned 21Â distinctions on the IWLCA Academic Honor Roll.
Two student-athletes – Katie Oliverio in 2012 and Nikki Boltja in 2013 – earn the BIG EAST Conference Scholar-Athlete Sports Excellence Award.
Serves on the IWLCA All-America, Weekly National Ranking, and all-Region
committees.
Louisville reached the BIG EAST Tournament semifinals in the program’s inaugural year in the league in 2009.
Oversaw the development of Foley into one of the game’s best attackers, finishing her career with the fourth most goals in NCAA Division I history.
Consistently has one of the top offenses in the country, as the program has ranked in the top 10 nationally in scoring offense in 2008 (No. 5), 2010 (No. 3), 2011 (No. 9), 2013 (No. 8), and 2014 (No. 7).
Defensively, the team has ranked in the top 15 in the country in caused turnovers on four occasions since 2008: No. 7 in 2008; No. 2 in 2009; No. 8 in 2010; and No. 11 in 2013.
JAMES MADISON
Coached JMU to a 51-24 record in four seasons, leading the Dukes to three NCAA Tournament appearances; two of those included trips to the quarterfinals.
Guided the school to Colonial Athletic Association regular-season and tournament titles in 2006; the team captured three CAA titles during her tenure.
Was named the 2006 CAA Coach of the Year after guiding the program to the NCAA quarterfinals.
Coached seven All-America honorees, three CAA Player of the Year award winners, two national player of the year finalists (Tewaaraton Trophy and Honda), and one national defender of the year.
Directed the team to a program-record 16 wins in 2004, including a record-setting 11-game winning streak and a 7-0 league mark.
Led Johanna Buchholz to secure the Aimee Willard Award in 2004, signifying the top collegiate player at the U.S. Lacrosse National Tournament.
Coached the Dukes in 2003, her first season, to wins over No. 1 Maryland and nationally ranked Penn State, Dartmouth, and Yale.
Was tabbed to coach in the 2003 North-South Senior All-Star game.
Had 37 players honored by the CAA with the Commissioner's Academic Award in her first three seasons; 10 were named to the IWLCA Academic Honor Roll.
Sat on the executive committee for the Women's Division Board of Governor's for U.S. Lacrosse from 1998-2005; held the title of vice president in that time, serving as the chair for the competitions committee that oversees the U.S. Lacrosse National Tournament.
GEORGETOWN
Helped Georgetown to NCAA runner-up finishes in 2001 and 2002 and quarterfinal appearances in 1999 and 2000.
The Hoyas had a 57-16 record during her tenure.
Assisted with the development of a pair of All-Americans, who also earned the 2001 IWLCA Defender of the Year and 2001 National Goalkeeper of the Year.
