Centre College

Centre College Athletics
600 West Walnut Street Danville, KY 40422

Division 3 Kentucky Midwest

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Monica Scott

Monica Scott (career record: 57-35, through the 2023 season) joined the Centre Athletics staff as women's lacrosse coach in the summer of 2017.

The 2021 season put Scott and the Colonels back on track to success, holding a 9-4 record and qualifying as the second seed in the Southern Athletic Association Women's Lacrosse Championship Tournament. Centre was able to route the third seed, Oglethorpe, in the semifinal 23-5 before falling to top seed Rhodes in the championship game.

Scott's women's lacrosse team hoisted several postseason accolades after their 2021 campaign concluded, including honors from both the IWLCA and the SAA. A pair of seniors, Mary Katherine Hardy and Clare Heaney, were selected the the IWLCA All-West Region First, while freshman Lily Gahm was one of three rookies honored on the Second Team. Heaney and Gahm would also collect a couple major SAA postseason awards for the Colonels, the former being named the SAA Defensive Player of the Year and the latter being nominated as the conference's Newcomer of the Year honoree. Centre ended up with four student-athletes among the All-SAA First Team, three more on the Second Team and an extra two on the Honorable Mentions list.

The Colonels success didn't stop on the field in the 2021 season, as four members of Scott's squad were nominated and honored as individuals on the IWLCA Academic Honor Roll. Katy Haering (Behavioral Neuroscience major), Hardy(Economics and Finance), Heaney (Behavioral Neuroscience) and McKenna Hulette (International Studies) each brought home the award. The entire Centre women's lacrosse team was also selected on the IWLCA Academic Honor Squad, posting a 3.2 or higher team GPA for the academic year.

During the shortened 2020 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Scott's squad ended with a 3-5 record, including two dominant SAA victories against Berry (17-1) and Hendrix (21-6).

In 2019, Scott's Colonels finished 14-5 overall while reaching the SAA Championship game for the second season in a row. Hannah and Mary Katherine Hardy were IWLCA All-Region players for Coach Scott, and as a team Centre placed seven on the All-SAA teams.

The Colonels put together a stellar season in Scott's inaugural campaign (2018), going 15-3 overall. The Colonels won a program-best 13 games in a row during one stretch, all by 10 or more goals. Along with her own SAA Coach of the Year honor, Scott helped mentor 2018 SAA Defensive Player of the Year Natalie Marek. Marek joined Hannah Bellamah, Colleen Jackson and Haden Gibbons on the IWLCA All-Region squad, as well.

Scott arrived at Centre after having coached the previous three seasons at Division II Emmanuel College in Franklin Springs, Ga. Scott guided Emanuel to a 10-5 record – the best mark in school history – in 2017, the program's third full season of women's lacrosse.

Before working at Emmanuel, Scott served as a student-athlete mentor at the University of Georgia, where she earned her Master's degree in Sport Management and Policy in December of 2014.

Originally from Roanoke, Va., Scott is a 2013 graduate of the University of Kentucky, where she was a player and coach on the school's women's lacrosse club team.

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Nicole Ellin

Nicole Ellin joined the Centre women's lacrosse coaching staff in the summer of 2021.

Ellin joined the Colonels after two years as a Graduate Assistant at Western New England University in Springfield, Mass., where she was responsible for developing the goalies and defenders. She was also involved with recruiting, scouting and practice planning, among other duties.

A native of Franklin, Mass., Ellin was a two-sport student-athlete at Bard College, playing both lacrosse and soccer. She served as a captain for both squads throughout her career, and for the lacrosse team was a four-year starter.

Ellin enjoyed a prolific career as a midfielder, graduating as the fifth-leading scorer in program history with 104 points, fourth in career goals with 71, fifth in career assists with 33, third in career ground balls with 140, and third in career caused turnovers with 69.