KING'S NAMES LAURIE ANTHONY HEAD WOMEN'S LACROSSE COACH
WILKES-BARRE -- King's
College director of athletics Cheryl Ish has announced the appointment
of Laurie Anthony as the new full-time head women's lacrosse coach at
King's College.
Coach Anthony brings with her a highly successful background in
lacrosse. She takes over the Lady Monarch program following the
resignation of Justine Reeber who stepped down from the position in June
after two seasons at the helm.
A 2006 graduate of Drew University, Anthony was a four-year varsity
player and served as a team captain as a junior and senior. She was
named to the All-Middle Atlantic Conference team in 2005 and 2006 while
earning IWLCA Regional All-American honors both seasons. Additionally,
she was selected to play in the 2006 IWLCA North-South Senior All-Star
Game. Anthony was twice named the Middle Atlantic Conference "Player of
the Week".
As a sophomore, she helped Drew to a Middle
Atlantic Conference championship in 2005 along with an Eastern College
Athletic Conference title in 2004. She was also a four-year member of
the Drew women's soccer team. Coach Anthony has also taught lacrosse and
soccer at numerous camps and clinics since 2002.
"We are excited to have Laurie join the King's athletic department," Ish
stated. "She is young, dynamic, and was an accomplished player
possessing a great deal of experience in the sport. Laurie is someone
who we believe has the ability to not only effectively teach the sport,
but will bring an enthusiasm to our developing women's lacrosse
program."
Anthony earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Drew in 2006 with degree
in Political Science while adding a minor in Women's Studies. She was a
two-time member of the Dean's List and earned the Drew Recognition Award
all four years. She was also a member of the Drew Student-Athlete
Advisory Committee during the 2005-06 year.
Coach Anthony comes to King's after spending the past year as the head
lacrosse coach, physical education teacher, and personal health and
safety education teacher at Haileybury College, a private school in
Hertford Heath, England. She directed
the lacrosse program, teaching the sport to girls ranging from 11-to-18
years of age, coaching three teams in the process.
"After coming back from England I realized that I wanted to coach at the
collegiate level," Anthony stated. "Being the women's lacrosse coach at
King's allows me to reach this goal. In addition, this position gives me
the opportunity to lend my knowledge and skills of lacrosse to a program
that is continuing to improve and grow each year that passes. My short
term goals for women's lacrosse at King's are to improve the overall
skills of the players and hope that each person that participates enjoys
their time on the team. My long term goals are to become a competitive
element in the conference and to have each player take away skills that
they can use for the rest of their lives."
