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NewLax MAIN STAFF

CRISTA SAMARAS - 2012 COACH - RECRUITING
Crista is crazy! She graduated from Princeton and played on the 2001 + 2005 World Cup Teams. She has had nearly every job in the lacrosse world including College Coach (YALE), Equipment + Apparel Designer, Women's Editor of Inside Lacrosse Magazine and Consultant to College Teams, High School Teams, Club Teams and Youth Organizations in the US, UK and Japan. A specialist in working with high school aged girls, Crista is most proficient in making girls better, faster.

MERRI ADAMICKI - 2013 COACH - DIR. OF PLAYER DEVELOPMENT
Originally from Northport, NY (Long Island), Merri played 4 years of Division I lacrosse at Towson University where she was a 2x All-America East 1st Team selection. She stayed on and was a graduate Assistant Coach at Towson for the 2002 season and was also a member of the 2001-2002 US Developmental Team. In 2002, she moved to California where she became involved in coaching at the youth, middle, and high school levels. She started the program at Los Alamitos High school in 2007 and made it to the OC championship game in the 2007 and 2008 seasons. Los Alamitos HS has won the CIF OC Championship and the CIF Southern Section Championship for the last 2 seasons ('09 + '10) and they are currently on a 41 game undefeated win streak. Merri has been voted Orange County Coach of the Year for the past two years 2009 and 2010. Lacrosse Magazine has the Los Alamitos Griffins ranked at #24 in the US, #3 in the West, and #2 in California. Her career record since starting the program in 2007 is 61-7-1, with the last loss being the 2008 championship game.

MEGAN BRYANT - 2014 COACH - TRIPLE FLEX COACH
Megan comes to us with a diverse background in sports as a 2010 graduate of Dominican College; managing the women's soccer + basketball teams as well as men's soccer. Originally from Chamblee, GA, she moved to NY where basketball was her specialty and where her White Plains HS team went 24-3 and was runner-up in the State Championship Game! Megan headed to college with the intent to play basketball and fell in love with lacrosse instead! At Dominican, Megan majored in Business Management. She is the most passionate lacrosse coach in the history of the world.

NewLax COACHING STAFF

During the FALL + WINTER PROGRAMS, NewLax subsidized it's CORE STAFF with current college players when their schedule permits!

CAT SERPE
FRANKLIN & MARSHALL ‘12
COLLEGE LAX AWARDS: 2009 DIII National Champions, 2009 Centennial Conference Champions, 2009 F&M Lacrosse Rookie of the Year
FUN FACT: One of my life goals is to somehow help the Trix rabbit finally get a bowl of Trix cereal because Trix aren't only for kids.

EMILY MASON
QUINNIPIAC UNIVERSITY ’13
FUN FACT: I have a twin brother!

AMANDA LAMBERT
ADRIAN ‘12
COLLEGE LAX AWARDS: First Team All-West Region by the IWLCA, Captain 2008-2009, 2009-2010
FUN FACT: I loooooove tye dying!

KIM DAVIS
QUINNIPIAC UNIVERSITY ‘12
COLLEGE LAX AWARDS: NEC All-Tournament Team 2010
FUN FACT: Kate Bosworth was my babysitter!

LEXI DESTEFANO
QUINNIPIAC ‘11
FUN FACT: I am a rowdy dancer. I have competed in dance for over 16 years!

CARLY GRIMM
SEWANEE ’11
FUN FACT: I love to needlepoint! Belts, key chains, anything!