St Marys Lacrosse Guide Girls 2024

ST. MARY’S

Championships for Lacrosse. Coach Christina is a strong defensive coach, with creativity and a passion for the game. Connor Murphy- Offensive Assistant Coach Murphy is in his first year with the Saints. Connor was a starting attackmen at Rutgers, and named a Big Ten Sportsmanship honoree his senior year. Prior to Rutgers, he was a US All American and 4 year varsity starter at Paul IV. Coach Muphy’s offensive insights will be invaluable this season. Grace Griffin – Offensive/ Transition Assistant Coach Grace joins us after coaching D1 lacrosse at St. Joes. Grace had an extremely successful playing career, winning both NCAA and Big Ten championships at the University of Maryland. Amazingly, was the program’s first ever 3-time captain for the Terps. We are looking forward to Coach Grace sharing her knowledge and championship mentality with our team. Junior Varsity Staff: The St. Mary’s Junior Varsity team is led by Coach Linda Brogan who is entering her 17th season for the Saints. Coach Brogan has been actively involved in youth lacrosse in the Annapolis area for over 16 years. Prior to her coaching career at St. Mary’s, Coach Brogan was a four year field hockey and lacrosse player for the University of Delaware. While at Delaware, Coach Brogan won three lacrosse National Championships. Coach Cara Manas enters her fourth season as a JV Assistant will be the Offensive Assistant to Coach Brogan. Cara coaches locally with a few different clubs as well as with BCA. Coach Bridget Zimmerman returns to the JV coaching staff after taking a few years off. She will be the Defensive Assistant for Coach Brogan. We are glad to have her back in the Saints program. GO SAINTS!! GIRLS LACROSSE

Tom DeMaio – Head Varsity Coach As I enter my first season as the St. Mary’s Varsity Head Coach, I am very excited to be a part of the St Mary’s community. I look forward to instituting a winning culture at this great academic institution, which has a legacy for success in the IAAM conference. I bring extensive girls and boys lacrosse coaching experience at the collegiate, high school, and club level to our athletes. I started my coaching career on the men’s side in New England with Northeastern University (MCLA) and have since coached both boys and girls Varsity lacrosse for over 20 years. As we look ahead to this season, there is a great deal of enthusiasm among the coaching staff and the players. These student athletes have been working extremely hard and have embraced the vision of the St. Mary’s program. We are excited to put a product on the field that can compete with the iron of the best conference in the nation. The foundation of our program is developing our players on and off the field. We want our athletes to get better every day and to recognize their potential. We believe that the best part of our athletes’ day should be when they show up to lacrosse practice. Our staff will do everything in our power to contribute to that goal, and to ensure that the St. Mary’s high school lacrosse experience is the absolute best it can be. We are excited to build on the great Saints tradition of lacrosse this Spring! I am thrilled to introduce a new Varsity staff for the 2023-24 season: Christina Lilly – Defensive Assistant Coach Christina graduated from Fallston High School where she excelled in Field Hockey and Lacrosse. She went on to Gettysburg College where Christina served as captain for both during her senior year. During her time at Gettysburg, she won three Conference

Dr. Andrew Moore | St. Mary’s Schools President Dr. Andrew Moore began his role as the President of St. Mary’s Schools on January 31, 2022. Prior to joining St. Mary’s, Dr. Moore was an Associate Professor in the School of Education at Notre Dame of Maryland University (NDMU) in Baltimore, Maryland where he taught and advised doctoral students while serving as the Coordinator of NDMU’s pioneering graduate programs in gifted and talented education. During his time at NDMU, Dr. Moore has worked closely with the School Sisters of Notre Dame (SSND), the foundresses of St. Mary’s Schools.

Before taking the position at NDMU, Dr. Moore spent 21 years at Calvert Hall College High School in Towson, Maryland as a teacher of French Language, History, and Humanities, and as director of Calvert Hall’s renowned McMullen Scholars Program. In recent years, he returned to serve as a consultant, adviser, and instructor in that program. In addition to his academic credentials, Dr. Moore has a notable record in high school athletics as a baseball and soccer coach for twenty years at Calvert Hall. He was the Head Coach of the Varsity Soccer program for 14 seasons, coaching multiple nationally ranked teams and winning two A Conference titles. In 2002, he was named Maryland State Boys Soccer Coach of the Year and, as the All-South Region Coach of the Year, was one of eight finalists for National Coach of the Year. A native of Massachusetts who has lived in the Annapolis area for three decades, Dr. Moore earned a Bachelor of Arts with honors in History and French from Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, a Master’s Degree in French History from York University in Toronto, Canada, and a Ph.D. in Atlantic History from The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. He is married to St. Mary’s alumna Jeanne (Ruane) Moore ’88, and they have three children, two of whom graduated from St. Mary’s High School, Emma Moore ’16 and Grace Moore ’18.

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