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Danielle Schwan-Tetreault
Danielle Schwan-Tetreault was named the program's eighth head coach on August 17, 2023.
“We are pleased to promote Danielle as our new women’s lacrosse head coach,” said Siena College Vice President and Director of Athletics John D’Argenio. “Danielle has been an integral part of our success over these past six years and we’re looking forward to reaching new heights under her leadership. During her tenure at Siena, she progressed through the coaching ranks from part time assistant, to full time assistant to associate head coach. She has been instrumental in the team's development and the recruitment of outstanding student athletes.”
From 2018-2023, Schwan-Tetreault served on staff for the duration of former coach Abigail Rehfuss' tenure.
Schwan-Tetreault spent her first five years on staff as assistant coach before being promoted to Associate Head Coach on August 11, 2022. A local product, Schwan-Tetreault graduated from nearby Guilderland High School in 2009 before starring on the field at Harvard University.
Schwan-Tetreault - alongside Rehfuss - has thrice guided the Saints to the MAAC Championship game (2019, 2021, 2023), producing 25 All-MAAC selections over her tenure. She has helped produce two MAAC Players of the Year in Sammy Horton (Goalkeeper, 2018) and Nicole McNeely (Offensive, 2022) as well as the 2023 MAAC Preseason Player of the Year Mary Soures and the 2018 MAAC Rookie of the Year Kerry Gerety.
"I am extremely grateful and excited to be appointed as the head women's lacrosse coach for Siena College. I want to thank John D'Argenio and the Siena administration for this opportunity. I also want to thank Abby for her passion and dedication to this program and for allowing me to grow beside her for the past six years. The Siena lacrosse program is incredibly special to me and I cannot wait to lead the Saints toward a MAAC Championship. Go Saints!"
Academically, the program tied a single-season high for the 2023 season with 20 student-athletes on the MAAC All-Academic Team and five student-athletes on the College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District Team, which recognized Hannah Field, Grace Dobrzynski, Colabufo, Bentley, and Kelly Logue. Additionally, Laura Bonomo was named an Arthur Ashe Junior Sports Scholar. As a whole, the team achieved a spring cumulative GPA of 3.65.
In 2022, Siena played host to the MAAC Championships for the first time in program history as they held a share of the MAAC Regular Season Championship for the first time in 17 years.
In 2021, she would help lift the Saints to an 11-3 record, putting up the highest single-season win percentage in program history (.786) while also setting a program-record with eight straight victories through the MAAC Semifinals. Despite the 2020 season being unexpectedly shortened, Schwan-Tetreault helped the Saints finish the year ranked second in the nation in fewest turnovers per-game and the MAAC leaders in clearing percentage.
One of the most standout notes of her Siena career so far, Schwan-Tetreault helped bring the Saints from a one-win MAAC team in 2018 to a new program record 12 wins in 2019 and a win away from the program's first MAAC Championship. Under her guidance, the Green and Gold had seven selected to All-MAAC teams, which is the program's second highest total in the team's 23 year history. Also under her watch, Kerry Gerety and McNeely would each break the single-season scoring record en route to the program's second appearance in the MAAC Championship game and first since 2005.
In the classroom, Schwan-Tetreault has helped promote a strong academic showing from the Saints. Siena was selected for IWLCA Academic Awards each of the last four years, with 2022 being the most successful. The Saints would have 15 individual players named to the IWLCA Division I Honor Roll, a new program record. Siena would also post a 3.67 team GPA. In 2022, the team also set a program record for most selections to the MAAC All-Academic Team and the highest team GPA of any Siena program.
Prior to entering the collegiate coaching field, Schwan-Tetreault played lacrosse at Harvard from 2009-2013, earning Preseason All-American accolades prior to her final two campaigns. A star midfielder, she was recognized as a two-time Ivy League Second Team selection, Ivy League Honorable Mention selection in 2013 and an All-Region First Team member in 2011. Schwan-Tetreault ranks 9th all-time in Crimson program history with 114 goals in her career and ranks 11th with 139 career points.
Tetreault is no stranger to Capital Region lacrosse, having served as the Head Coach for the Albany Elite Lacrosse Organization in Albany, New York. She also previously coached for the New York University Club Lacrosse team and the Brooklyn Lacrosse Organization. Currently, she also assists as an assistant coach of Rehfuss' lacrosse club team, 518 eXcelerate.
A standout at GHS, Schwan-Tetreault lettered all four years in soccer and lacrosse. She earned U.S Lacrosse All-American honors as a senior and honorable mention as a junior. Schwan-Tetreault was a two-time first-team Suburban Council All-Star along as well as Times Union and Troy Record All-Star. Schwan-Tetreault earned U.S Lacrosse Academic All-American status twice at Guilderland. She was the State Tournament Brine Choice Award winner. Schwan-Tetreault was named both the Times Union and Troy Record Offensive Player of the Year in 2009, also earning a spot on the New York State Tournament All-Tournament Team.
While at Harvard, Schwan-Tetreault spent 2012 and 2013 in Arusha, Tanzania in the Support For International Change (SIC) group. In 2012, she was a volunteer, where she taught and increased awareness of HIV/AIDS to people of all ages in rural villages. Schwan-Tetreault served as the program coordinator the following year, managing over 40 volunteers during a three-month community HIV education program.
Following graduation, she spent two years as a senior research assistant at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York, New York, identifiying eligible patients for clinical trials and leading those patients through all the necessary procedural time points. Currently, she works for CapitalCare Family Practice as a Quality Initiatives Coordinator, helping to develop initiatives to improve performance in chronic disease management and prevention.
Schwan-Tetreault earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Neurobiology in 2013 with a minor in global health and healthy policy.
She resides in Latham with her husband Ian and their dog Koda.
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