America Coach of the Yr Award is given to a head coach or co-head coaches who made a noticeable distinction within the efficiency of a scholastic lacrosse crew in a selected season. The teaching efficiency is just not restricted to progress made within the 12 months which the award is given.
Listed here are this 12 months’s nominees:
Tim Bosco, Olentangy Liberty (Ohio) — Fifth-year head coach guided to the Patriots to the primary championship the college has ever received in a crew sport
Kim Frantz, Higher Moreland (Pa.) — Regardless of a robust historical past in ladies’ lacrosse, it’s notable that Frantz was capable of information this crew to win a PIAA state playoff recreation. With the win Higher Moreland turned solely the second crew from Decrease Bucks County to win a state match recreation
Michael Haight, Olney Good Counsel (Md.) — After a decade and a half as head coach, he might need had his most interesting crew. Falcons had an undefeated report and a win within the WCAC championship, however the eye-popping consequence was a Spring Fling win over Bethesda Stone Bridge (Md.) aspect
Skip Harris, Essex (Vt.) — Took over two years in the past after the crew received just one recreation and introduced the aspect to the state championship
Sonorah Hunter, Denver Colorado Academy (Colo.) — Former Denver College participant was capable of maintain CA’s place on the high of the heap in Colorado’s 5A bracket, beating some formidable groups in the course of the 2024 season
Gary Jensen, Sayville (N.Y.) — Got here out of a tricky space of the state (Lengthy Island) and received its first state championship with a 9-5 win over Rye (N.Y.)
Carrington King, Charlottesville St. Anne’s-Belfield (Va.) — Taking classes from final 12 months’s season, the Saints beat Alexandria St. Stephen’s/St. Agnes (Va.) within the VISAA state closing
Darcy Messina, South Huntington St. Anthony (N.Y.) — Took a gifted crew on a season-long ramble by league and intersectional video games and completed with an undefeated season
Helen McCutcheon Oliver, Chatham (N.J.) — Received a 3rd straight state championship; on all three events, the Cougars beat a South Jersey legacy powerhouse. In 2024, they bested Moorestown (N.J.)
Amy Orcutt, Tredyffrin Conestoga (Pa.) — A resilient Pioneer crew received by Radnor (Pa.) within the state closing after dropping to the Raptors twice within the common season
Jenny Tran, Arlington Yorktown (Va.) — Having received the 2022 state title, a variety of gamers left to focus on soccer, however the crew bounced again to win the VHSL championship over longtime energy Fairfax James Robinson (Va.)
Kristin Woods, New Canaan (Conn.) — In probably the most aggressive leagues in america, New Canaan was capable of beat its foremost rival, Darien, twice in 4 weeks to take two main trophies
The recipient might be introduced July 25.
