Washington College

Washington College Athletics
300 Washington Avenue Chestertown, MD 21620

Division 3 Maryland Northeast

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Meghan Keelan Lewis

Meghan Keelan was named the head coach of Shorewomen Lacrosse in July 2023. In her first season at Washington College, Keelan guided the team to its 12th straight trip to the Centennial Conference Tournament, a school record for any WC team that must qualify for the conference tournament, while coaching three All-Centennial and a pair of IWLCA All-Metro Region players.

Keelan, a Maryland native, came to the Eastern Shore after serving as head coach at Rhodes College from 2017-23. She guided the Lynx to the Southern Athletic Association title in six of her seven seasons at the helm (there was no conference title in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic). In total, Keelan finished with a 97-23 record at Rhodes, including a 47-0 mark in SAA play. The Lynx qualified for the NCAA Division III Tournament six times under Keelan, advancing past the first round five times with two trips to the Sweet 16.

Rhodes regularly dominated the postseason awards under Keelan with dozens of All-Conference and IWLCA All-Region selections during her time. This past season, Rhodes racked up four IWLCA All-Region first team selections, three second team All-Region selections and ten All-Conference selections with six first team nods. Keelan's group also finished with five IWLCA Honor Roll selections and was named an IWLCA Honor Squad with a 3.41 team GPA. In 2022, the Lynx earned an IWLCA All-American selection, just the third in SAA Conference history.

Keelan played collegiately at UMBC and served as the Retrievers captain during her senior season. She led the team in assists twice in four years. After graduating from UMBC with a degree in Psychology, Keelan served as an assistant coach at Bucknell University for three seasons.

In 2011, Keelan was named head coach at Division II Shepherd University. Over the course four seasons as the Rams head coach, Keelan racked up a program record 43 wins and a Mountain East Conference title during her final season. After leaving Shepherd, Keelan was named Assistant Coach at Division I Arizona State University before taking over at Rhodes in 2017.

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GillIan Hanson

Gillian Hanson was named Assistant Women's Lacrosse Coach in August of 2024.

Hanson coached at Manhattanville University during the 2023 and 2024 seasons, while earning a Masters Degree in Sports Business and Entertainment Management. While coaching, she helped the Valiants achieve the most wins in program history in 2023. During her tenure in Harrison, NY, she coached multiple All-Skyline Conference, All-ECAC and All-IWLCA Academic Team Athletes.

Hanson played lacrosse at Ithaca College from 2018-2022 and graduated with a degree in Environmental Studies and a minor in education.

Hanson is a three time NCAA Tournament Participant and made it to the Elite Eight in 2021. In 2022, her team made it to the Sweet Sixteen of the Tournament and recorded the most wins in program history.

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Suzie Friedrich

Suzie Friedrich re-joins the Shorewomen Lacrosse coaching staff in February 2021 for her second stint with the program. She served as head coach of the team from 2004-08.

During her first stint with Washington College, the Shorewomen had 14 All-Centennial Conference selections and four all-region picks.

Friedrich, who also coached Shorewomen Soccer from 2003-07 is a 1985 graduate of Penn State. During her time at Penn State, the Nittany Lions reached the 1982 NCAA Championship game.