McDaniel College

McDaniel College Athletics
Gill Center - 2 College Hill Westminster, MD 21157

Division 3 Maryland Northeast

Private Small National competitor

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Kristin Ramey

Ramey, a 2005 graduate of McDaniel, returned to her alma mater as head coach and now enters her 10th season in 2022.

Ramey’s debut season started with four straight wins. Over her first eight years in charge of the program, the Green Terror has posted 57 wins to go with two ECAC tournament appearances and a Centennial Conference (CC) semifinal appearance in 2014.

She spent the previous two seasons as the head coach at Denison, where she amassed a 28-8 record. She made a pair of North Coast Athletic Conference tournament appearances, including winning the championship in her debut season. Ramey led the Big Red to an NCAA tournament win in her initial appearance, defeating Adrian 11-10 in double overtime before falling to CC-champion Gettysburg in the second round to finish 15-5 on the year.

For an encore, her Denison team opened this past season with 12 straight wins en route to a 13-3 campaign and another conference tournament appearance.

After a successful playing career in both lacrosse and field hockey at McDaniel and graduating with a degree in exercise science and physical education, Ramey spent a year as a lacrosse coach and physical education teacher at Bedford High School in Bedfordshire, United Kingdom.

Following her oversees experience, Ramey returned to her alma mater as an assistant on the sidelines of both the Green Terror women’s lacrosse and field hockey teams, spending four years on staff before spending one year as an assistant at Bridgewater (Va.) immediately prior to her stint in Granville, Ohio.

As a student-athlete at McDaniel, Ramey was the recipient of McDaniel's Women's Athletic Alumnae Award for the most outstanding senior athlete as a four-year member of the Green Terror field hockey and women's lacrosse teams.

She was twice named to the CC first team in lacrosse and also earned third-team All-America honors from insidelacrosse.com following her senior campaign. She led the squad in goals (40), assists (13), points (53) and caused turnovers (25). An all-region selection after her junior season, Ramey was the team's MVP after pacing the team in ground balls (64) and caused turnovers (30).

During her four years, she amassed 73 goals and 26 assists for 99 points to rank among the all-time leaders in each category. Her 150 career ground balls still ranks fourth all-time while her 76 caused turnovers is third and her 86 draw controls ranks ninth.

On the field hockey squad, she earned the team's most improved player award in 2003. During her four years, she totaled 11 goals and four assists for 26 points.

In addition to her collegiate coaching accomplishments, Ramey has also served as the director for numerous lacrosse camps and presented at various seminars, including three times at the CC’s Snell-Shillingford Coaching Symposium.

In addition, at all three institutions, she has not only coached but also served as an instructor in exercise science.

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Emma Legacy

Legacy joins the coaching staff for her first season as a graduate assistant in 2025.

A 2024 graduate of McDaniel with a bachelor's degree in graphic design and a minor in marketing. She is currently working on her master of science in kinesiology with an emphasis in sports management.

Legacy appeared in 52 career games while making 43 starts for the Green Terror from 2021-24, totaling 88 goals and 14 assists for 102 points. She also added 70 ground balls, 36 caused turnovers and 126 draw controls.

As a senior in 2024, Legacy was an All-Centennial Conference Honorable Mention selection after totaling 47 goals, six assists and 53 points, all career highs. She started all 17 games and totaled 11 hat-tricks, including one in each of the team's final six games.

Legacy scored a career-high six goals the final game of career on April 27, 2024 against Washington College at home. Her third goal of the game with 4:51 left in the first quarter marked the 100th point of her career.

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Heather Burnham

Burnham begins her first season as an assistant women's lacrosse at McDaniel in 2023. She brings a diverse background of experience and skill sets.

Following her graduation from local Winters Mill High School, Burnham attended Messiah University where she not only majored in Psychology, but was also a standout Goalie in lacrosse. During her time at Messiah, she helped lead them to an Elite Eight appearance in the 2020-2021 season, earning national recognition in a season where she recorded a perfect 12-0 record, totaled 63 saves, and had a save percentage of .457.

Burnham also has experience mentoring younger student-athletes through internships with the Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA). Here, she was able to mentor younger student athletes to help further develop their character, athletic involvement, and skills. She also helped to organize and lead ministry-related events for players and coaches on a local, national, and international level.

In addition to her internship opportunities with the FCA, Burnham also spent some time as an intern for the Dauphin County Criminal Investigation Division. Here, she was able to gain experience in forensics, documentation, and effective means of communication.