Achieve Lax Director’s and Staff

Paula Evans

• Founder, Director and Head Coach, Achieve Lacrosse and Mass Elite All Star Lacrosse
• Head Varsity Coach, Scituate High School Girls Lacrosse 1999-2004, Scituate Youth Lacrosse 1998 - current
• Coach, Bay State Games 1999-2001
• Founder and Coach of Scituate Girls Youth and High School Lacrosse
• Director, Achieve Lax Summer Lacrosse Leagues and Quick Sticks

Email Paula at achievelax@aol.com  

Leslie Frank

• Director and Head Coach, Achieve Lacrosse and Mass Elite All Star Lacrosse
• Head Varsity Coach, Westwood High School, State Champs 2003 and 2005
• 2002, 2005 Boston Globe Coach of the Year
• National Tournament Coach, Lower New England Regional Team
• Coach, Bay State Games 2001-2005
• Coach, Westwood High School Girls Varsity Soccer
• Director, Achieve Lax Summer Lacrosse Leagues and Quick Sticks

Email Leslie at lfrank3@comcast.net

Brain McLaughlin, Boy’s League Director Canton

• Head Coach, Dover Sherborn;
• Coordinator of Boys Programming
• Mass Elite Coach
• Started the Dover Sherborn boys program in 1996
• Boston Globe Coach of the year 2005
• Tri-Valley coach of the year 03, 05
• D3 Finalist 2004, 2006

Email Brian at boysinfo@achievelax.com

Greg Clements, Boys League and Gear Up Director at the JunglePlex in Plymouth MA

• Head Coach Barnstable High School (coach of the year '04); 
• 9 years college coaching experience
• 5 year veteran of the Major Indoor Lacrosse League; All
  American 1990 & 91 at Springfield College.

 
Email Greg at capecodlax@yahoo.com

Rocky Batty, Boys Tournament Director

• Mass Elite Boys Varsity Division Co-Director/Coach
• Assistant Varsity Coach – Wellesley High School, 2007-currentt
• Varsity Coach -– Brookline High School, 1992-2006

Rocky grew up at Northfield Mount Hermon School, where he stood out as an All-Prep defenseman, honing his skills for a Division One collegiate career under Dom Starsia at Brown University. He began coaching lacrosse in 1991 at Brown, where he served as the Head JV Coach for the Bears. Rocky has since coached at numerous camps, assisted with many all-star teams, and came on board last year as a strong addition to our Mass Elite staff. You can almost always find him at Baggataway, the lacrosse store in Brookline that he has co-owned with other coaches since 2003.
Email Rocky at rocky@baggataway.net

Robert Buckley

• Head Coach Mass Elite and Achieve Lax
• JV lacrosse coach Xaverian High School
• Board of Directors - Walpole Youth Lacrosse
• Head Coach - Walpole Youth Lacrosse
• Walpole Youth Lacrosse, Coordinator of Boys Youth Programming
• Head Coach - NEDLL Southwest
• Certified Personal Trainer

Stacey Freda

• Pinkerton Academy and Plymouth State College Athletic Hall of Fame
• Head Coach Framingham High School
• Framingham HS: Division 1 North Sectional finalists 2004, 2005
• Boston Globe Coach of the Year 2003
• Mass Elite North director for girls
• Division 1 State Champions 2006, 2007

Carla Gigon

• Honorable Mention High School All American
• Boston Globe and Boston Herald All Scholastic
• Syracuse University, 4-year starter
• Coach, Hingham High School Freshman Girls Lacrosse
• Mass Elite Coach
• Wellesley College Asst Coach 2005
• Harvard University Asst Coach 2006

Jodi Dolan

• Head Varsity Coach Hopkinton H.S. 2001-present
• Division 2 Coach of the Year 2006
• Mass Elite Head girls coach
• Metro West Daily News Coach Of the Year, 2004
• Tri-Valley League liason to the Boston Globe and EMGLCA
• Youth Lacrosse Coach U11-U15, 2002-present
• NESLL Head Coach 2004, 2005
• J.V. Field Hockey coach Hopkinton H.S. 2001-present
• Graduate of Tufts University, class of 1985
• 4 year varsity field hockey (captain) and lacrosse player at Tufts
• Recipient of the Tufts University Senior Award for excellence in academics and athletics
• Loves to run, play sports and garden

Nicole Evans

• Scituate High School, League All Star 2001-2002
• 2000 & 2001 – Bay States, Southeast Lacrosse Team
• University of New Hampshire 2002-2003
• Plymouth State University 2003 -2006
• Mass Elite Coach, Club Player
• Achieve Lacrosse Quick Stick director
• 2004 – 2005 All-LEC Second team
• 2005 – ECAC Champions
• 2006 Pilgrim Region Second Team All-Star
• 2006 All-LEC First Team
• 2006 - LEC Champions
• PSU Team Captain 2006
• LEC Offensive player of the year 2006
• Selected to play at the 2006 Division III North-South Senior All-Star game
• Currently working at Atlantic Sportswear as an Eastern MA sales rep

Meredith Frank

• Northwestern University, Conference Rookie of the year
• US Elite team member
• Mass Elite Alumni, Coach
• Westwood High School
• Awards:  All American, All Scholastic, League All Star, Player of the year 06

Missy Nash

• Nash Head Varsity Lacrosse Coach, Algonquin High School
• 4th grade teacher at Neary School in Southborough.
• Helped to start the Southborough Youth Lacrosse League for girls in 2001.
• Coached the Varsity Girls' Lacrosse Team at Poly Prep Country Day School in Brooklyn, NY for three years (1997-1999).
• Play year round for the Boston Club Team and act as Coach and Player/Coach for Mass Elite.
• Four-year starting attacker/midfielder at Brown University and graduated from there in 1996.
• Received the team's Rookie of the Year award my Freshman year. Ran the Boston Marathon in 2002.

Mike Vitelli

• Head Coach, King Phillip High School, 2004-current
• Assistant Coach, Stonehill College
• 2003 NCAA D II National Champions
• Head Coach, Walpole High School
• Bay State Games Coach
• Certified Personal Trainer

Guest Coaches

• Beth O’Brien, Needham High Varsity Coach
• Kelly Trahon, Boston University, Weston High School Varsity Lacrosse Coach
• Rachel Stevenson, Boston University, Ashland  High School Varsity Lacrosse Coach
• Jen Kent, Norwell High School D2 State Champs 2005-2006
• Kristen Kjellman, Northwestern University
• Eugene Zanella, Framingham Lacrosse, Mass Elite
• Matthew Caple, Wellesley Lacrosse, Tufts University, Mass Elite
• Angelo Macchiano, Wellesley High Asst Varsity Lacrosse Coach, Mass Elite
• Chuck Jaffe, Cohasset High School
• Kevin O’Brien, Rochester; Atlantic Sportswear
• Christine Ryan, Trinity College 06
• Jason Andalo, Walpole High School Varsity Lacrosse