Dartmouth College

Dartmouth Athletics
6083 Alumni Gym Hanover, NH 03755

Division 1 New Hampshire Northeast

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Alex McFadden

Alex (Frank) McFadden was announced as the head coach of the Dartmouth women’s lacrosse team on July 2, 2019.

McFadden becomes just the fifth head coach in the program’s 48-year history and comes to Hanover after spending the previous four seasons as a member of the coaching staff at Colorado. After her second season on the Buffaloes’ sideline, Frank was promoted to associate head coach under Ann Elliott Whidden.

McFadden closed her sixth season with the Big Green in 2025, highlighted by program and league records. With her guidance, Dartmouth finished 9-6 and had its best season since 2019. Maya Kendall had a historic season for the Big Green, breaking program and Ivy League records for single-game draw controls with 22 and single-season draw controls with 188. Additionally, Kendall became the first Dartmouth women's lacrosse student-athlete to earn an All-American nod since 2019. McFadden also led Gisele Todd to a career milestone, as she surpassed 500 career saves this season, putting her at fourth all-time in saves.

McFadden wrapped up her third year with the Big Green in 2022. Under her tutelage, the Big Green had four players receive All-Ivy recognition for their play as Katie Elders was named to the second team while Katina Christensen, Maja Desmond and Gisele Todd were named to the honorable mention team. She picked up her first career Ivy League win when the Big Green defeated Columbia, 22-6, on April 9. The 22 goals scored by Dartmouth was one shy of their record for goals in an Ivy League game. In the same game, Elders tied the program record for points in an Ivy game with nine.

In her first season at the helm in 2020, McFadden led the Big Green to a 5-0 record prior to the cancellation of the remainder of the season. Dartmouth defeated two ranked opponents in the shortened season, including a 13-9 victory over No. 5 Florida at Scully-Fahey Field.

In 2018, Frank and the Buffaloes finished as the Pac-12 Tournament runner-up and made it to the second round of the NCAA Tournament, narrowly defeating the Big Green in a first-round contest. Under Frank’s guidance, Colorado reached the NCAA Tournament in each of the last three years, winning in the first round in both 2018 and 2019.

Prior to her time in Boulder, Frank spent three seasons as an assistant with Boston College from 2013 to 2015. The Eagles posted a 42-18 mark in her three years on the Heights, reaching the national tournament three times, including a 2013 first-round game against Dartmouth in Syracuse.

At both Colorado and BC, Frank served as the recruiting coordinator, responsible for bringing in some of the nation’s best players at both schools that have turned each program into a power on the national stage. She has experience coaching in each area of the field as she was the Buffs’ offensive coordinator after working with the midfield and defense at Boston College.

Her coaching career followed a stellar playing career with Northwestern where she won three national titles (2009, 2011, 2012), was named an All-America player three times (2010, 2011, 2012) and was voted team captain as both a junior and senior. She graduated from Northwestern’s School of Communications in 2012 with a degree in radio, television and film and a minor in business institutions.

Frank was named to the Academic All-Big Ten Team three times (2010-12) and, as a senior, she was honored as a Big Ten Distinguished Scholar and nominated for NCAA Woman of the Year.

Frank played two seasons with former Big Green head coach Danielle Spencer as members of the Wildcats, winning the 2010 national title together.

“The Dartmouth women's lacrosse program is rich in tradition. Previous coaches have created an incredible foundation for success, and I am excited to carry on the tradition of excellence. Dartmouth provides the student-athlete with an unparalleled college experience,” Frank said. “With the support of the athletic department, academic advisers and the passionate Dartmouth alumni, I will honor these traditions as well as bring new innovations to the Dartmouth women's lacrosse program.”

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Kelsey Fee

Kelsey Fee joined the Dartmouth women's lacrosse program as an assistant coach in August of 2023.

She enters her third season with the Big Green in 2026.

Fee comes to Hanover after spending the past two seasons as an assistant women’s lacrosse coach at New Hampshire. In her role with the Wildcats, Fee served as the goalkeepers coach and implemented specific individual plans for each player as well as aiding in the defensive game plan and execution.

Prior to UNH, Fee spent two and a half years at Amherst as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator. During her time with the Mammoths, she also served as the defensive coordinator and led goalkeeper development. Fee’s experience includes a three-year stint as an event and operations intern for the East Coast Region of the United Women’s Lacrosse League.

Fee began her collegiate career at Ithaca before transferring to Wagner. As a goalkeeper for the Seahawks, Fee led Wagner to three Northeast Conference championships and was named the Tournament MVP in 2019, posting nine saves in a 7-6 victory in the final. She was named to the Northeast Conference All-Academic team all four years with the Seahawks.

Fee earned her bachelor’s degree in business administration with a minor in film studies from Wagner in 2019.

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Shonly Wallace

Prior to Dartmouth, Wallace spent time as an assistant coach at Central Michigan. Before that, she was a coaching assistant at UAlbany, where she played for one season before returning to the sidelines with the Great Danes. She is also an assistant coach for the U17 Lacrosse Canada West National Development Team.

Wallace enters her second season with the Big Green in 2026.

Most recently, Wallace played for Team Canada at the 2024 Box Lacrosse World Championships in Utica, NY. She helped her team earn a silver medal, making it the first ever silver in the Women's Box World Cup. She has also played Sixes, an Olympic model of lacrosse, for Canada since the inception in 2021.

As a player at UAlbany, Wallace scored 51 goals and added five assists for a total of 56 points in her lone season as a Great Dane. Wallace appeared and started in 18 of UAlbany's 20 games in 2023, including both games in the NCAA Tournament, the upset of #12 Virginia and the Second-Round matchup at #5 Denver.

Before arriving at UAlbany, Wallace played three seasons at the University of Oregon, where she led the Ducks in scoring in 2022 with 40 goals. In 36 total games at Oregon, Wallace scored 65 goals and recorded 16 assists, earning Pac-12 All-Tournament honors in 2022.

Wallace began her collegiate career at Stony Brook, winning the America East title with the Seawolves in the 2019 season. Wallace, a 2018 Under Armour All-American, has also made multiple appearances for the Canadian National Team, including winning a silver medal at the U-19 World Cup.

“We are so excited to welcome Shonly to the Dartmouth lacrosse family. She has so much love and passion for the game, and we can’t wait for her to share it with the team. Shonly brings a wealth of experience to our team. Her playing career and coaching background provide her with a unique perspective that will undoubtedly benefit our student-athletes. We are excited to see the impact she will have on our program,” said Josie Harper Head Coach of Women’s Lacrosse, Alex McFadden.