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Head Coach Maria Bustin 570-208-5900, ext. 5270 maria.bustin@gmail.com Entering his first season as the new head coach of the King's College women's soccer program is Maria Bustin who was hired early in the summer of 2008. Bustin is a native of the Wyoming Valley where she was a standout soccer and field hockey player at Bishop O'Reilly High School. In soccer, she was a three-time Wyoming Valley Conference all-star who also gained all-state recognition. During her junior year, she finished first in the WVC with 52 points (20 goals, 12 assists) and earned Pennsylvania All-State honors. Her senior year she was second in the WVC with 44 points (17 goals,10 assists) while serving as team captain.  She graduated from Bishop O'Reilly as the fourth all-time leading scorer in Bishop O'Reilly girl's soccer history. Bustin was also active with a variety of youth teams and was a three-year participant in the Keystone State Games where she won two gold medals and one bronze medal. She began her collegiate soccer career at King's where she was a a two-year letter winner with the Lady Monarchs, playing in 31 games.  In the spring, Bustin served as an assistant coach at Wyoming Valley West High School. She then elected to move on to Division II Bloomsburg University to complete her eligibility and education. However, injuries and illness kept her off the field for her junior year.  She would later return to the field as a member of the Bloomsburg Women's Soccer Club Team. She was unable to play varsity or club soccer her senior year due to student-teaching obligations. Bustin graduated cum laude from Bloomsburg with a dual degree in Elementary/Special Education. While at Bloomsburg she was a Dean's List student with an overall 3.93 GPA. Bustin was inducted into Who's Who Among American College and University Students, while also being inducted into the Phi Sigma Pi National Honor Society for Education; and the Alpha Phi Omega National Community Service Fraternity. Upon graduating form Bloomsburg, she served one year as a long-term substitute teacher in the Lewisburg Area School District.  She is currently employed as a learning support teacher at nearby Dallas Area High School in Dallas, Pa. Contact Coach Maria Bustin at:  maria.bustin@gmail.com   Assistant Coach Laurie Anthony, 1st year 570-208-5900, ext. 5443 laurieanthony@kings.edu Laurie Anthony was hired as King's new head women's lacrosse coach in July of 2007. Coach Anthony brings with her a successful background in lacrosse. A 2006 graduate of Drew University, Anthony was a four-year varsity player in both soccer and lacrosse. In lacrosse, 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 lacrosse championship in 2005 along with an Eastern College Athletic Conference title in 2004. 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 has also taught lacrosse and soccer at numerous camps and clinics since 2002. Coach Anthony came to King's in 2007-08 after spending the previous 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. since June 24, 2008

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