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Lee University

Lee University Athletics
 PO Box 3450 - 1120 North Ocoee St Cleveland, TN 37320
Division 2 Tennessee Southeast
Private Small Competitive team
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Megan Smith

Megan Smith begins her first official year as head coach after being the interim coach for the 2024 season. She is the third head coach in the history of Lee University women's lacrosse. When former head coach Derrel Martin took over the program five years ago, Coach Smith was hired as his assistant coach to help build a competitive program in the Gulf South Conference.


She helped Coach Martin build a competitive program in the Gulf South Conference. Coach Smith played a vital part in establishing a zone defense for the Lady Flames as well as heading up the recruiting efforts. She was promoted to Associate Head Coach in July of 2023.


Under her guidance, goalie Kaleigh Bernard was named the GSC Defender of the Year in 2021 as the Lady Flames won the program's first GSC Regular Season Title.

Nothing came easy for Lee's interim lacrosse leader in 2024. The schedule was loaded with Florida teams. The Lady Flames finished the slate with a 9-9 mark and seven of the nine defeats came to colleges from the Sunshine State. It was Flagler College, a powerful Florida squad that finished 18-3 that knocked the Lady Flames out of the GSC tournament.

Coach Smith was a standout player for Limestone College from 2011-15. She was a captain her senior year and helped lead the Saints to four straight Conference Carolinas regular-season titles, three league tournament titles, an appearance in the NCAA D2 Quarterfinals (2013 and 2015) and a berth in the national championship match in 2013.


After graduating from Limestone in 2015 she served on staff as an assistant coach working with the goalies while overseeing aspects of recruiting and player development. Coach Smith then took over the Converse College women's lacrosse program for one season before joining the staff of Chowan University as an assistant coach for one year. She is also a Committee Chair for the IWLCA Annual Meetings.


Coach Smith also works overtime with extra projects. She helped lead the Student Athletic Advisory Committee for the Lee Athletic Department. She received the prestigious IWLCA Service Award in 2021 and again in 2023. Through her leadership the Lady Flames won the IWLCA Community Awareness Award in 2022 and 2023.

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Dani O'Meara

O'Meara is entering her first year as the assistant coach for the Lee University women’s lacrosse team. Originally from Canton, GA., she graduated from North Greenville University in 2023 with a bachelors degree in sports management.


On the field for NGU, she was a team captain for two years. She was a All-Conference member for Conference Carolinas her junior and senior year and second team all-conference her sophomore year. She scored 149 goals and had 29 assists for 178 points in her career while also winning 122 draw controls.


After graduation, she worked in ticket sales for the Atlanta Gladiators, the professional hockey team in Duluth, GA for one season.

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