unh women's lacrosse Coaching Staff
Katie Leland
Assistant Coach Katie Leland, who rewrote the University of New Hampshire women’s lacrosse record book as a four-year letterwinner for the Wildcats, has rejoined the UNH program as an assistant coach this season. Leland – named the America East Women’s Lacrosse Student-Athlete of the Year in 2005 – currently holds four UNH records, including career points with 270, and ranks second on the program’s career assist list (92). She also owns the benchmarks for goals in a game (nine), points in a season (90; in 2004) and goals in a career (179). On New Hampshire’s lists of single-season superlatives, Leland holds three of the top 10 totals in goals, two of the top four in assists and three of the top four in points. Furthermore, Leland is one of only three Wildcats in the program’s history to record double-digit points in a game, which she accomplished with an 11-point effort (nine goals; two assists) during the 2005 season; the nine goals marked the highest by a Division I player that season. Leland recorded team highs in goals (53), assists (29) and points (82) in her senior year to rank No. 12 in the nation in points per game, 20th in assists per game and 22nd in goals per game. She received IWLCA Northeast Region AllAmerica First Team and IWLCA Academic Honor Roll – as well as America East All-Conference First Team accolades – recognition that season. Leland had a record-breaking effort in '04, when she scored 60 goals and assisted on 30 others to shatter UNH's previous single-season benchmark of 68 points with 92. With those numbers, Leland ranked eighth nationally in points as well as 15th in goals and 17th in assists. Leland's 2004 postseason honors included IWLCA All-Region First Team, America East All-Conference First Team and Most Outstanding Player of the America East Championship. In 2005, Leland became the first 'Cat in the program's distinguished history to record 70+ points in consecutive seasons with 72 points on 51 goals and 21 assists. She repeated as an All-Conference First Team selection and was also voted to the All-Region Second Team. Leland, a native of Timonium, Md., earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Kinesiology: Sport Studies from UNH in May 2006.
Michaela Hardy
Volunteer Assistant Coach Michaela Hardy was a four-year women's lacrosse letterwinner at UNH and graduated with a Psychology degree in 2009. She was a two-time IWLCA All-Academic Team honoree (2008 and 2009) and was named to the IWLCA All-America Third Team following her junior season in 2008. Her other collegiate accolades included America East All-Conference First Team in 2008 and 2009; Hardy was also named to the league All-Academic Team both those years and IWLCA Northeast Region First Team in '08. Hardy, a native of Reading, Mass., had a breakout junior season (2008) in which she recorded 52 goals and seven assists for 59 points. The 52 goals is currently the ninth-best single-season mark in UNH history. Hardy ranked 30th in the nation in goals per game (2.74) and scored a goal each of the last 16 games of the season. She led UNH in goals, points, caused turnovers and shots and led the America East conference in both goals per game and caused turnovers per game. Hardy's season highlights included a seven-goal game vs. league rival Stony Brook University, a seven-point performance (five goals, two assists) vs. Oregon and a six-goal performance vs. Harvard. The speedy midfielder finished her career with 109 goals and 15 assists for 124 points in 71 games.
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