Staff
Hannah Heller
High School:
West Babylon 2019
College:
University of Massachusetts
- Named Second-Team All-America in 2019
- Played on the Under Armour All-America Senior Game 2019
- Selected to the 2019 U19 USA Training Team ‘
- Scored 29 goals and added 23 assists as a senior
- Finished career with 126 goals and 45 assists
- Wow the High School State Championship title in the 4x4 relay in 2017
Taylor Kruter
2014
2013
2012
2011
High School/Personal
Sydney Pirreca
Two-time All-American Sydney Pirreca served as an assistant coach for Syracuse University in 2019 and 2020. Pirreca graduated in May 2019 from the University of Florida where she ranks as the sixth-leading scorer in school history.
The Mount Sinai, N.Y. native was a four-year starter and two-time captain for Florida. She became just the seventh player in program history to reach 200 career points, ending her career ranked sixth on the school’s all-time scoring list with 215 points. Pirreca was named an honorable mention All-American by Inside Lacrosse in 2019 and was an IWLCA third-team All-American in 2018. In addition, she earned the 2018 BIG EAST Midfielder of the Year award and was a two-time member of the Tewaaraton Award Watch List.
Pirreca was also recognized for her work in the classroom. She was a two-time member of the SEC Academic Honor Roll and a 2018 BIG EAST All-Academic Team honoree.
Pirreca served as a volunteer coach at Mount Sinai High School for three summers.
Chris Kalinoglu
Coach:
-Current: Bellmore-Merrick PAL Lacrosse (2014-Present)
-Current: 2025 Jesters Pink Coach
-Past: Lightning Girls Lacrosse Coach- Independent tournaments
-Coached >50 current and former Jesters players
Lacrosse:
-Played at Calhoun HS. Team 2x County rumner-up
-Hofstra University Men’s Lacrosse Sports Performance Coach (1996-2004)
Personal:
-Merrick resident
-Supported by wife Christie and 3 Jesters daughters; Samantha, Sophia, and Kayla
-US Lacrosse Certified Coach
-Physical Therapist, Athletic Trainer, Strength and Conditioning Specialist
Kayla Downey
I am from Babylon, New York and I attended West Babylon High School. I began playing lacrosse when I was in second grade for the youth program in West Babylon. I haven't put my stick down since then. I was a five year varsity starter at West Babylon where I was named captain and earned 3X All County, along with being named All American in my Senior year. During the summer I played for LI Top Guns for eight years. I decided to continue my lacrosse career at Stony Brook University where I am currently a freshman on the team.
Cara Scanio
Currently plays at Hofstra University on the women’s lacrosse team as a junior. A psychology major with a minor in community health and planning to attend nursing school after Hofstra. I have two brothers one of them being my twin. I am the Vice President of a non-profit organization that I founded and also a mental health advocate for Morgan’s Message. I am a catering manager at a restaurant and country music is my favorite kind of music!
Paula Schmidt
Career:
Special Education Teacher at West Babylon Middle School
Coach:
- West Babylon Middle School Field Hockey
- West Babylon High School JV Basketball Coach
- West Babylon High School JV Lacrosse Coach
University of North Carolina
Four Year Member of the University of North Carolina Women's Lacrosse Team
High School:
Wantagh High School
- High School 2x All American
- Played on the Senior 2011 Under Armour All-America game,
- Tallied 59 goals, 39 assists and 45 ground balls as a senior at Wantagh HS in Wantagh, N.Y.
Emily Heller
High School:
West Babylon 2019
College:
University of Florida
- High School All American 2019
- Invited to try-out for U.S. Under-19 women’s lacrosse team
- Named a “On the Rise” recruit by ILWomen
- Selected as one of Newsday’s Top 100 girls lacrosse players for 2018
- Finished the 2018 season with 31 goals and seven assists
- Played for West Babylon High School
- Played club for LI Top Guns
- Started in all 2020 games as a Freshman Midfielder at the University of Florida where she has logged 7 goals and 3 assists in 8 games.
Leigh-Ann Zimmer
Coach
- Massapequa High School Varsity girl’s lacrosse coach (2005-2019)
- 4X Nassau County Champions
- Coached and developed numerous HS All-Americans
- Physical Education teacher at Massapequa HS for over 15 years
College: Syracuse University
- 2X IWLCA All-American
- 2004 Big East Attacker of the Year
- 4X IWLCA Division 1 North Region All-America First Team
- 4X All-Big East Selection
- 2X Tewaaraton Top 20 Candidate
Megan Zimmer
Postseason honors candidate 2001
Named to the America East Academic Honor Roll 2000
1999
High School
Personal
STATS
Year | GP | G | A | Pts. | GB |
1999 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 14 |
2000 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 48 |
2001 | 19 | 17 | 7 | 24 | 38 |