HUNT VALLEY, Md. -- Susquehanna University women's lacrosse's
Head Coach Laura Moan will be inducted into The
Greater Baltimore Chapter of the US Lacrosse Hall of Fame on Jan.
23, 2010, at the Grand Lodge of the Masonic Home. The ceremony will
take place from 5:30 to 10:30 p.m.
The upcoming 2010 season will mark the second year that
Moan has been at Susquehanna. Before SU, she
previously coached women's lacrosse at SUNY Oneonta from 2001 to
2007, at Marymount University from 1999 to 2001 and at St. Mary's
College of Maryland from 1997 to 1999. Moan was
also the head coach of the Selinsgrove, Pa., girls' lacrosse club
team in 2008.
Over her 11 seasons of coaching women's college lacrosse, she
has compiled a 97-80 overall record, including three straight
double-digit-win seasons from 2002 to 2004 at Oneonta. The Red
Dragons were 11-4 in 2003, with the 11 wins being the highest
single-season total in program history. Her 2004 team qualified for
Eastern College Athletic Conference postseason play.
Moan coached Marymount to seven wins in 2000,
which was more wins than the team's previous three seasons
combined. Her 1998 and 1999 St. Mary's teams posted a combined 28-7
record and made two trips to the NCAA Division III championships.
The 1998 team was ranked as high as No. 9 in Division III, while
the 1999 Seahawks got as high as No. 5. Moan was
the Capital Athletic Conference and an Intercollegiate Women's
Lacrosse Coaches Association regional Coach of the Year for both of
those seasons and coached the 1998 and 1999 CAC Rookies and Players
of the Year.
She played lacrosse for four years as the starting goalkeeper for
Division I Boston College. She graduated from Boston College in
1993 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in elementary education and
earned a Master of Education degree in athletic administration and
leadership from Goucher College in 2000.
Moan will be one of 10 members honored at the
ceremony. The other honorees include Shelly Klaes-Bawcombe, Joe
Breschi, Teresa Ingram Kuhar, Cathy Nelson Reese, Rob Shek, Mitch
Tullai, Brian Voelker, Matt Wilson and Peggy Boutlier Williams.