Staff
Leslie Frank, Achievelax Founder and Programs Director
Westwood High School Varsity Lacrosse, Head Coach: 1999-2016 – MIAA DI State Champion: 2003, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014 & 2016 – MIAA Coach of the Year, 2012 – Boston Globe Coach of the Year: 2002, 2005 Lower New England National Tournament Team Coach: 2003-2015 Under Armour New England Coach: 2011, 2014 – Team Selector: 2011-2018 EMGLCA Board, Eastern Mass Girls Lacrosse Coaches Association US Lacrosse Board and EMASS Lacrosse Board Bay State Games Coach
Meredith Frank McGinnis, Achievelax Programs Director
Notre Dame Academy (Hingham) Varsity Lacrosse, Head Coach: 2011-Present – MIAA DI State Champion, 2013 – Boston Globe DI Coach of the Year, 2013 – MIAA Coach of the Year, 2017 Lower New England National Tournament Team Coach: 2011-13, 2015, 2017 – Onondaga Flight National Champions and Val Walchak Trophy Winners, 2017 Northwestern University: 2005-2009 – DI NCAA National Champion: 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 – IWLCA All-American: 2007-2009 – US National Team Member, 2007 Westwood High School: 2001-2005 – MIAA DI State Champion: 2003, 2005 – Boston Globe Player of the Year: 2005
Carla Gigon Farkes, Achievelax Tournament Director
Hingham High School Varisty Lacrosse, Head Coach: 2019 Buckingham, Browne & Nichols Varsity Lacrosse, Head Coach: 2018 Harvard University, Assistant Coach: 2010-2017 – Regional All-American Committee 2014-2017 Lower New England National Tournament Team Coach: 2008-2010 Syracuse University: 1999-2003 – Team Co-Captain & 2nd Team Regional All-American, 2003 – Four-year starter & NCAA Qualifiers: 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 – Whitman School of Management, B.S. Marketing Hingham High School: 1995-1999 – Boston Globe & Boston Herald All-Scholastic, 1999 – Honorable Mention High School All-American, 1999 – Team Captain, Team MVP & Patriots League All-Star: Basketball & Lacrosse, 1999 – Inducted into the HHS Athletic Hall of Fame, 2015 – HHS Athletic Hall of Fame Committee member: 2016-Present
Margot Spatola
Westwood High School Varsity Lacrosse, Head Coach: 2017-present Westwood High School Varsity Lacrosse, Assistant Coach: 2012-2016 – MIAA DI State Champions: 2012, 2014, 2016 Boston College: 2005-2009 – Northeast Regional All-American: 2006, 2009 – Lynch School of Education; Master of Art in School Counseling Hingham High School: 2001-2005 – Boston Globe and Patriot Ledger All-Scholastic, 2005 – Team Captain, MVP & Patriot League All-Star, 2005
Lisa Parsons
The Rivers School Varsity Lacrosse, Head Coach, 2017 – present The Rivers School Varsity Lacrosse, Assistant Coach, 2016 Needham High School Varsity Lacrosse, Assistant Coach, 2015 Loomis Chaffee School (CT) Varsity Lacrosse, Head Coach: 1993-2013 – 3 New England Championships – 7 Western New England Championships – 10 Founders League Championships – Founders League Nadal Award, 2014 Lower New England National Tournament Team Coach: 1999-2014 Under Armour Underclassmen Games New England Coach: 2009, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 – Command Division Champions, 2016 Connecticut Lacrosse Hall of Fame, 2016 Connecticut Chairperson, US Lacrosse All-American Committee Middlebury College
Pam Williams
Duxbury High School Varisty Lacrosse, Assistant Coach: 2001-2014, 2016-present Duxbury High School, Varsity Lacrosse, Head Coach, 2015 Duxbury Youth Lacrosse, Program Director, 7 years Mass Elite, Coach: 2005-Present Brown University – Lettered in Lacrosse and Ice Hockey
Beth O’Brien
Needham High School Varsity Lacrosse, Head Coach: 2003-2017 – MIAA DI State Champion, 2017 – MIAA DI South Sectional Champion, 2017 – Boston Globe DI Coach of the Year: 2008, 2017 – ESPN Boston Coach of the Year, 2012 – MIAA DI South Sectional Finalists: 2003, 2008 2009, 2010, 2011,2012, 2016 Lower New England National Tournament Team Coach: 2012-2013, 2017 – Onondaga Flight National Champions and Val Walchak Trophy Winners: 2012, 2017 Under Armour All-America, New England Team Coach, 2013 US Lacrosse Coaches Education Committee
Anne Sheridan Quigley
US Women’s National Tournament, MA/RI Sub-Regional Director: 2016-present Boston Storm, UWLX Professional Women’s Lacrosse, Assistant GM, 2016 Milton Academy Varsity Lacrosse, Head Coach: 2012-2015 – Independent School League Most Improved Team, 2012 Lower New England National Tournament Team Coach, 2013 University of Louisville, Assistant Coach: 2010-2011 Boston University, Assistant Coach: 2005-2010 – 5X America East Regular Season and Tournament Championships & NCAA Appearances – America East Coaching Staff of the Year, 2009 Boston University: 2002-2005 – Tewaaraton nominee, US Lacrosse 1st Team All-American & America East Player of the Year, 2005 – America East Champions: 2002, 2003, 2005 US Women’s Lacrosse Developmental Team: 2003-2004 Assistant Director of Admission at Milton Academy
KATHERINE MCDONOUGH
Stonehill College, Associate Head Coach: 2017-Present Wellesley High School Varisty Lacrosse, Assistant Coach: 2015-2016 Mass Elite, Coach: 2014-Present Stonehill College: 2010-2014 – Team Captain, 2014 – IWLCA All-North Region second team Westwood High School: 2006-2010 – MIAA DI State Champions 2008, 2009
Michelle Smith
Head Coach, Babson College, 2012-present – NEWMAC Champions, 2017, 2018 – NEWMAC Coach of the Year, 2016 Assistant Coach, Trinity College, 2010-2011 Assistant Coach, Dickinson College, 2009 Trinity College, 2004-2008 – C. Kelly Markland Award, DIII Goalie of the Year, 2007 – 1st Team IWLCA All-American, 2007 – NCAA Tournament Appearances: 2007, 2008
Samantha McMahon
Lawrence Academy Varsity Lacrosse, Head Coach: 2013-2018 Lower New England National Tournament Team Coach, 2015 Mass Elite, Coach: 2013-Present Harvard University: 2007-2011 – Team Captain, 2011 Groton School: 2004-2007 – High School All-American: 2006, 2007
Achievelax Guest & Seasonal Coaches
Paul Morrison, Concord-Carlisle Varsity Lacrosse Head Coach Kara Connerty, Norwell Varsity Lacrosse Head Coach Erin Massimi, Dover-Sherborn Varsity Lacrosse Head Coach Carla Manganaro Curley, Lincoln-Sudbury Varisty Lacrosse Assistant Coach Minnie Doherty, South Shore RVT Varsity Lacrosse Head Coach Kathryn Egizi, Emerson College Head Coach Jennifer Kent, Boston College Assistant Coach Nicole Evans, Duxbury Varsity Lacrosse Assistant Coach Kim Egizi, University of Richmond Sarah Biron, Johns Hopkins Becca Moore, Stonehill College
