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Rhodes College

Rhodes College Athletics
 2000 North Parkway Memphis, TN 38112
Division 3 Tennessee Southeast
Private Small Developing team
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Ellison Sherrill

Sherrill took over as the program's third head coach in September of 2023. In her first season at the helm, the Lynx won the Southern Athletic Association Championship for the 9th year in a row and made it to the second round of NCAA's defeating Transylvania and falling to #7 Washington and Lee. The Lynx remained undefeated in conference play and played a tough out of conference schedule with 5 regionally ranked opponents, finishing the year 12-5.


The 2023-24 squad was led by SAA Offensive Player of the Year, Senior, Avery Burke and SAA Defensive Player of the Year, Junior Bari Pinkett. The two, joined by Senior, Chloe Parker were also honored with First Team All-Region and All-Conference. Sherrill's squad added 5 Second Team All-Conference members and 2 Honorable Mention.


Prior to taking over the lacrosse program at Rhodes, Sherrill spent 4 years at Dickinson College, leading the defensive unit. Goalkeeper, Peyton VanDorpe, whom Sherrill recruited and coached, led the conference in ground balls as a first year. Sherrill also coached 3 2021 IWLCA All-Metro Region, 3 2022 All-Centennial players, 3 2023 All-Centennial and 2 All-Metro Region players at Dickinson.


Prior to joining the Dickinson staff in 2019, Sherrill was an assistant at Babson College for two years. She helped lead the Beavers to a New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) Championship in 2018, advancing to the second round of the NCAA Tournament. Babson made a repeat appearance in the NEWMAC Championship in 2019.


During her two years at Babson, the Beavers received Defensive Player of the Year honors in both 2018 and 2019, adding Offensive Player of the Year in 2019. Head Coach Michelle Smith was named the NEWMAC Coach of the Year last season as Babson produced 11 All-Conference selections with nine players receiving First-team recognition in the past two seasons. Seven players would receive All-Region honors while Lexi Lenaghan was named an All-American during Sherrill's tenure.


A 2017 graduate of Hamilton College, Sherrill was a four-year defender on the Continentals' women's lacrosse team. Competing in the NESCAC conference, Hamilton received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament twice in Sherrill's time.


She graduated with honors from Hamilton, earning a B.A. in Art with a minor in educational studies. She went on to earn a M.A.T. in Art Education from Tufts University in 2019.


In addition to her collegiate coaching experience, Sherrill has coached HS club lacrosse for Queen City Stars (Now Ultimate CLT), Central Mass, and 3D New England.

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Emma Wynne

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