Wilson Selected to 2025-26 IWLCA Aspire Class

NORTHBOROUGH, Mass. – The IWLCA announced Friday morning the 30 coaches selected to take part in this year's IWLCA Aspire Assistant Coach Program, which included Radford women's lacrosse assistant coach Elizabeth Wilson. This professional development program which launched in 2024, was designed to align with the IWLCA's vision to offer an intensive, high-quality continuing education opportunity for current assistant coaches. The inaugural Aspire class of 17 spots has been expanded to feature two cohorts of 15 coaches each for 2025-26.

"We're so pleased the Board approved funding for the expansion of the Aspire program for this year, allowing us to serve a greater number of total coaches in the two cohorts," said IWLCA Director of Internal Operations and Programming, Danie Caro. "Last year's program was very successful, and our hope is that strategically scaling the program to impact more coaches will result in improved professional development and increased retention rates."

The IWLCA has contracted e.t.c. coaching consultants to plan and execute the program's curriculum, and Sarah McQuade and Julie Muller will again serve as the lead facilitators. The parallel cohorts will partake in virtual and in-person programming throughout the fall semester, wrapping up in January 2026 to allow the participants time to focus on their teams and put their coursework to use during their competitive season.

The class of 2025-26 consists of the following individuals in two cohorts:

"Aspire to Inspire" Cohort
Lauren	Chong	Presbyterian College	Division I	Assistant Coach
Caroline	Curnal	Notre Dame	Division I	Assistant Coach
Ginnabeth	Day Sheppard	Berry College	Division III	Assistant Coach
Emerson	Foster	Randolph Macon College	Division III	Assistant Coach
Kaitlin	Frederick	UConn	Division I	Associate Head Coach
Kaelin	Hogan	East Carolina University	Division I	Assistant Coach
Sara	Kilian	Gannon University	Division II	Assistant Coach
Katie	McAllister	Gettysburg College	Division III	Assistant Coach
Hilary	McFadden	Grand Valley State University	Division II	Assistant Coach
Lyndsey	Muñoz	Towson University	Division I	Assistant Coach
Kyra	Schwartzman	Colby College	Division III	Assistant Coach
Abby	Tepper	Merrimack College	Division I	Assistant Coach
Tori	Vernau	Denison University	Division III	Assistant Coach
Elizabeth	Wilson	Radford University	Division I	Assistant Coach
Taylor	Woolard	Colgate University	Division I	Assistant Coach

Elevate Cohort
Grace	Cobaugh	Seton Hill University	Division II	Assistant Coach
Grace	Coon	American University	Division I	Assistant Coach
Emily	DiGaetano	Hartwick College	Division III	Assistant Coach
Emilee	Heffner	Transylvania University	Division III	Assistant Coach
Ally	Moir	Bridgewater College	Division III	Assistant Coach
Danielle	O'Meara	Lee University	Division II	Assistant Coach
Marlo	Peck	John Carroll University	Division III	Assistant Coach
Zoë	Pekins	Tusculum University	Division II	Assistant Coach
Rachel	Robb	Young Harris College	Division II	Assistant Coach
Josey	Shaffer	Widener University	Division III	Assistant Coach
Alyssa	Suchan	University of Alabama Huntsville	Division II	Assistant Coach
Ally	Washburn	Smith College	Division III	Graduate Assistant
Landyn	White	Clemson University	Division I	Assistant Coach
Jacqueline	Wolford	Grand Valley State University	Division II	Graduate Assistant
Sophia	Zegar	Missouri Baptist University	NAIA	Assistant Coach

About the IWLCA:
The Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association is a 501(c)(3) non-profit educational organization representing over 1,200 coaches and staff at NCAA Division I, Division II, Division III, and NAIA collegiate programs. The mission of the IWLCA is to lead, serve, and honor the game of women's lacrosse and those who coach it.

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