Westminster College (PA)

Westminster College Department of Athletics
319 South Market St. New Wilmington, PA 16172

Division 3 Pennsylvania Northeast

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Bria Braddock

Bria Braddock is in her second season leading the Westminster women's lacrosse program. After spending the 2023 season as the program's interim head coach, she was named its full-time head coach in May 2023.

A Beaver Falls native, Braddock stepped into the interim role in September 2022 after spending time as an assistant coach at Blackhawk High School in 2021 and 2022. She helped lead the Cougars to a 27-4 overall record, a Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League (WPIAL) Class 2A runner-up finish in 2021 and a semifinal finish in 2022. Braddock has also been coaching with the girls program at True Lacrosse Pittsburgh since 2019.

Braddock earned a bachelor's degree in psychology and minor in child development from Westminster in 2020. A three-time First Team All-Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) selection, she was named the league's defensive player of the year after helping Westminster claim the conference's first-ever women's lacrosse title in 2019. The Titans finished the season 15-3 overall and 7-0 in the PAC while going on to earn a 16-8 win over Notre Dame of Maryland University in the opening round of the NCAA Division III Championship. Braddock continued her playing career at Chatham University in the spring of 2021, earning the league's defensive player of the year award for the second time.

Braddock earned a master's degree in clinical mental health counseling from Geneva College in December 2023.

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Olivia Johnsen

Olivia Johnsen joined the Westminster coaching staff for the 2023 season after a four-year career at Central Michigan University. She played two seasons before suffering a career-ending injury in 2020. Johnsen then became a student assistant under head coach Sara Tisdale for the remainder of her career in Mount Pleasant. She graduated with a bachelor's degree in psychology in 2022. She was a Southern Conference Honor Roll selection in 2019 and 2020 and an Academic All-Southern Conference Team honoree in 2020.

Johnsen is enrolled in Westminster's master of education program in school counseling with certification.

A native of Hillsborough, N.J., Johnsen graduated from Hillsborough High School in 2018. A two-year starter with the Raiders, she played club lacrosse for Ultimate Lacrosse in Princeton, N.J. under U.S. National Lacrosse Hall of Famer Michelle DeJuliis.