Staff

Meet some of our present and past staff

Shaylyn Blaney

8th grade- All County Honorable Mention
9th grade- All County/Empire State Team

10th grade - All County/All American/Empire State Team, Finalist for the Heather Lee Albert Award

11th Grade - All Tournament/All county/All-American/Empire state team,

12th Grade - All -Tourrnament/All-County/All American/Under 19 national team,finalist for Suffolk county's female athlete of the year.

Katie Rice

North Babylon Varsity Coach, LI express Coach

Kelly Mendelson-Farmer

6 Year Patchogue Medford Varsity Lacrosse Coach, 1 Year Middle Island Coach, Assistant at Cornell University. Four year Starter at Cortland State college, Certified Girls Lacrosse Referee

Jillian Byers

Northport HS (All County, All-American), Empire State Team, National Team, Counselor at the Notre Dame Girls Lacrosse Camp

Notre Dame (2nd Team All-American)

Nicole Mcmahon

Old Dominion University, Captain at Commack High School

Three time All -County Player, Suffolk County Newsday "Player To Watch", Yellow Jacket Galaxy Award, 2 year national team player.

Shannon Smith

All County in 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007, All Long Island Team 2006, 2007, National School Girls Tournament 2005 (ny team 5), 2006 (ny team 1), Member of the US U-19 National Team, All American 2006 and 2007 Academic All American 2007, Holds New York State single season scoring record at 129 goals.

Carissa Hausser

Commack High School four year varsity starter, Two time all county player, Offensive MVP, Empire state team, National team, Yellow Jackets Player & Coach, Notre Dame (2nd Team All-American), Division starter, Attends Sacred Heart University

Brittany Hauser

Commack High School four year varsity starter, Two time all county player, Division 1 Starter, Attends Quinnipiac University, 2nd in caused turnovers & groundballs, NEC Rookie of the Week 3/26, National Rookie of the Week 3/26, NEC All Conference 2nd team, MVP midfield, Yellow Jackets Player & Coach

Lindsay Dunlap

I graduated from SUNY Cortland in the spring of 2006 with a physical education degree, where I played field hockey and lacrosse for four years for Coach Cynthia Wetmore. In field hockey we won the National Championship in 2001, and all four years of my lacrosse career we were successful in the NCAA Tournament. I have coaching experience at all levels. I coached one year of varsity upstate, I started the Center Moriches program in 2007 to finish their first season with a record of 9-2, and currently I am the head varsity coach at Middle Country. Over the course of my playing and coaching experiences I have learned so much about the game of lacrosse.

Daniel Spallina

Daniel was a graduate from Rocky Point High School. He was a four year Varsity Lacrosse Player and received several lacrosse honors. Dan was named Rookie of the Year, three time All-County player, and four time All-League player. After High School, Dan went on to play lacrosse at Nassau Community College were his team earned a National Championship. During his junior year, Dan transferred to Hofstra University to play lacrosse and was coached by Mr. Danowski.

After his lacrosse career at Hofstra, Daniel became the Junior Varsity Girls lacrosse coach at Rocky Point. At this time, Daniel was being mentored by older brother and Varsity Head Coach, Joseph Spallina. At the end of his second year coaching, Daniel became the Assistant Varsity coach to one of the most prestigious programs on Long Island. After a short time as the Varsity Assistant, Daniel was appointed the head coaching position at Rocky Point. He now looks to follow the success of brother Joseph spallina who is now the Head coach of Adelphi University girls Lacrosse team.

Kerri Finn

Kerri Finn is a graduate of West Islip High School where she played soccer and lacrosse. Following high school, she went on to play lacrosse at SUNY Cortland where she earned her degree in elementary education. As a midfielder, Kerri was a 3 year All-Conference Player, a 3 year All-state Player, and a 2005 All-American. During her senior year, she broke 100 career points and as a captain led her team to an almost perfect season after losing in the quarter finals of the NCAAs. Currently, Kerri is a teacher in the West Babylon Junior High School. She coaches the 7^th Grade Girl’s Soccer team and is the Girl’s Varsity Assistant Lacrosse coach.

Erin Lovett -

Graduated Kellenberg Memorial High School - Class of 2008. Will be attending and playing lacrosse for Coach Ricky Fried at Georgetown University. Under Armour All-American 2008; Catholic High School Player of the Year - 2007; MVP at Kellenberg - 2006, 2007, and 2008; All Catholic High School League - 2006, 2007 and 2008. Hold school record at Kellenberg for goals and assists.

Katie Keagins-

Kate Keagins graduated from Bay Shore High School where she played Soccer, Lacrosse, and winter track. As a track star for Bayshore, she received All -League, All-County, All-State, and All-American honors . She was also an outstanding lacrosse player who earned All- league and All-County honors. Katie was also a member of the 2007 Empire State Travel team. She also played for the Long Island Yellow Jackets for 4 years. Katie was a member of the Team 2 National School Girls Team. Athough Katie received such high honors in track, her true passion was to play college Lacrosse. Katie will be attending the University of New Hampshire on a Lacrosse Scholarship.

Alyssa Kildare -

Defenseman Captain registered 30 goals and 32 assists for Coach Tracy Wiener of Farmingdale… Alyssa Led team to the 2008 and 2007 New York State Finals after they captured the Long Island and Nassau County titles and 2006 State Semifinalists, Long Island and Nassau County Champion… She was named to the NY State All-Tournament team as a junior and a senior … She was twice named 1st Team All Galaxy, two-time Empire State Team Gold Medalist and chosen to the NY Schoolgirls team for two years … Alyssa was a member of the Long Island Yellow Jackets undefeated blue team.. She is a three-time All-American and 2008 Under Armour All-American of the victorious North team… Alyssa is two time All-Long Island, two-time All-County and All-Conference selection … She also played soccer, where she was a two year captain and chosen to the All-County, All-Class and All-State teams and ran winter track, where she was named All-Conference, and varsity basketball … Her 4x800 track relay team broke the school record … Scholar Athlete, High Honor Roll, member of the National Honors Society, Spanish NHS and Business NHS … Maintains a 95 unweighted average … will play for Johns Hopkins.

Jackie Pandolf -

Attending Hofstra University

2007 All American Hon.Mention

Two time National Schoolgirl Team Member

Two time All Suffolk County 1st Team

Christine Grueniger-

Christine is a graduate from Lindenhurst high school where she is excelled both on and off the lacrosse field. She was a 2005 Lindenhurst High School Academic All - American. Christine was a three time All-County player, and scored 58 goals and 28 assists her senior year, with a total 98 goals and 59 assists in her high school career. She was her team MVP and captain. She was also a member of the 2005 empire state team. Currently, Christine Plays for the University of Albany. As a freshman she appeared in all 17 games and was named American East rookie of week twice . In 2008 christine started in all 17 games. She finished 3rd on the team in both scoring and goals assists.

Lacey Vigmostad:

This two-time US Lacrosse All-American has netted 47 goals and registered 54 assists and 114 groundballs this season for Coach Carol Rainson-Rose … She also caused 86 turnovers and controlled 66 draws for the 2008 season ... The senior defender has totaled 78 goals, 79 assists and 184 groundballs in her career … She was named team MVP in 2008 and midfield MVP in 2007 ... Named to the National Draw All-Tournament team in 2007; 1st team All-Galaxy (2007, 2008); All-Tournament in Suffolk Division 1 (2007, 2008) … Named All-County and Newsday All-Long Island in both 2007 and 2008 … Four year starter for her High School team: Northport, who were Suffolk County D1 Champions in both 2006 & 2008 ... Member of the LI Yellow Jackets Blue Team 2005-2007 who went undefeated ... Maintains 101 average; named an Academic All-American twice; member of the National Honors Society; graduated top 5% of her class; Scholar-Athlete Award 2004-2008 … Named Most Outstanding Senior Scholar-Athlete (2008) ... Lettered four years in soccer … Committed to Northwestern University.

Kara Mupo:

- Varsity lacrosse, 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th.

- All Tournament in 7th grade

- 3x All County Player

- 2x Empire State Team Player

- National School Girls team 4, 2007

- National School Girls team 1, 2008

- 2nd Team All Long Island 2007, 2008

- All American Honorable Mention 2008