CAREER:

Dean of Students: Valley Stream Central HS

COACH:

  • Valley Stream Central HS Varsity Lacrosse (2007-2015)
  • Junior Jesters and 2032 Black Team (2021-2022)
  • 2032 Jesters Zwicker Team (2022-Present)

SUNY ONEONTA:

Four Year Member of the SUNY Oneonta Women’s Lacrosse Team

  • All-American First Team
  • All-SUNYAC 2x
  • North-South Senior All-Star Game
  • Academic All-American
  • Tallied 52 goals, 60 draw controls, and 57 ground balls as a senior at SUNY Oneonta

 

Three Year Member of the SUNY Oneonta Women’s Field Hockey Team

  • NFHCA National Academic Squad 3x
Coaching 
  • Varsity Girls Lacrosse Coach, Long Island Lutheran High School, 2010 to 2020
  • Co-Director and Coach, West Babylon Boys PAL Lacrosse, K-4, 2017 to 2021
  • Coach, West Babylon Girls PAL, K-4, current
  • Varsity Girls Soccer Coach, Long Island Lutheran High School, 2010 to 2013
  • Middle School Lacrosse Coach, Long Island Lutheran Middle School, 2013
  • Assistant Coach, Hicksville High School, 2004
  • Assistant Coach, Defensive, C.W. Post; 2007 DII National Champions, 2004 to 2009
College
  • C.W. Post, 2001 DII National Champions (Undergraduate and Graduate)
    • Undefeated Season in 2004
High School
  • Massapequa High School
    • Scholar Athlete and Unsung Hero 2000
Personal
  • Certified Teacher; teaching at Westbury Middle School; 18 years of teaching experience
  • Live in Babylon with my husband, Bill and our three children; Will, Brody, and Kelsey
  • Two Time Charity Boxer for Long Island Fight for Charity
  • US Lacrosse Certified Coach
  • American Red Cross Certified (CPR/AED)

Coaching Experience

2018- present 

Assistant Varsity Girls Lacrosse Coach – West Babylon High School    

  • Finalists – 2018/2019 Suffolk County Division 2                                                      

2013 – 2017

Head Varsity Girls Lacrosse Coach – Lindenhurst High School                                                                     

2012 

Head Middle School Girls Lacrosse Coach – Lindenhurst Middle School                                                         

2007- 2010 

Head Varsity Girls Lacrosse Coach – West Babylon High School                                                          

  • Quarterfinalists – 2007 Suffolk County Division I
  • Finalists – 2008 Suffolk County Division I
  • Semifinalists – 2009 Suffolk County Division I
  • NYS Scholar Athlete Team Award – 2007-2009

 2005- 2006 

Head Middle School Girls Lacrosse Coach – Lindenhurst Middle School                                                     

2003- 2004

Assistant Varsity Girls Lacrosse Coach – West Babylon High School                                                      

2000- 2001

Head Middle School Boys Lacrosse Coach – Robert Moses Middle School – North Babylon, NY

Related Experience

2007 – Present – Attended US Lacrosse National Convention

2008 – 2010 – Vice President of the Suffolk County Girls Lacrosse Coaches Association (SCGLCA)                          

2008 – 2010 – Director of Girls Varsity Lacrosse Summer League (Lindenhurst, NY)     

2009 – 2010 SCGLCA Awards Dinner Chairperson

2007 – 2009 – Selected to be on the US Lacrosse All-American Committee

2009 – Team selector for US Lacrosse Women’s Division National Tournament – Long Island Region

2009 – In charge of collecting Penalty Points for US Lacrosse All-American Nominees

2006 – 2008 – Team selector for Long Island Empire State Team

 Education

Stony Brook University                                                                                                                                        

May 2003 –   Masters of Liberal Arts and Studies

Long Island University – C.W. Post                                                                                                                                                

May 1998 –  Bachelor of Science in Physical Education

Hi my name is Mikaela Brightman and I am from Bay Shore, New York. I started playing lacrosse in 5th grade and I continued to play throughout middle school, high school, and college. I played summer league for Long Island Top Guns as well as Premier Lacrosse. I committed to LIU Post where I went on to play for two and half years. During my two seasons as a pioneer, we won the ECC Division II Conference Championship in 2015 and 2016.

ABOUT ME

Hi my name is Andrea Ferencsik and I'm from Holbrook, NY. I first started playing lacrosse in 7th grade and went on to play in high school at Sachem North where I spent 3 years on varsity earning captain as well as all county. During high school I played travel lacrosse for Long Island Yellow Jackets. Soon after I committed to LIU Post where I went on to play for two years becoming a part of the division two semifinal team as well as winning an ECC championship. Following LIU, I began coaching with Doc's NYC lacrosse.

2015

  • Played in 15 games
  • scored her first career goal in 20-2 victory over UDC (Apr. 10)
  • added an assist in 18-1 lashing of Queens (N.Y.) on Apr. 26
  • scooped up five total ground balls on the season, including three against the Knights.

2014

Red-shirted the season.

Prior to LIU Post

  • Went to Sachem North High School
  • played three seasons of varsity lacrosse.

Personal

  • Has one brother, Danny
  • daughter of Joe and Theresa Ferencsik
  • majoring in physical and health education.

ABOUT ME

My name is Shea Weber and I am from Wantagh, New York. I was on the Wantagh Varsity team for three years and a captain my senior year...

Position: Defense
Hometown: Wantagh, NY
College: Adelphi University

High School

  • honored with All conference as a sophomore
  • All County my junior and senior year.
  • As a senior my team and I took home the County title, making program history.

After high school

  • started my first year at Adelphi as sophomore last year.
  • named IWLCA All-North Region team and First Team All American.
  • started as a defender 21 out of 21 games.
  • My team and I won the National Championship last May.
  • I was a first year starter on the Adelphi Womens Lacrosse team and my career highs were. . .
    • Assists: 1, multiple times
    • Points: 1, multiple times..
    • Ground Balls: 5, vs AIC 3/8/17
    • Caused Turnovers: 4, multiple times,
    • Draw Controls: 7, vs Saint Michael's 3/18/1.
    • led my team with the highest caused turn overs(41)
    • tied with my sister for draw controls.(61).
    • trailed my sister by one with the highest number of ground balls (51).

College: NYIT

AS A FRESHMAN IN 2018-19: 

Second-team All-ECC … Scored first collegiate lacrosse goal in the season-opening win against Holy Family on Feb. 27 … Started all 18 games, tallying one goal, 41 ground balls, 19 caused turnovers, and 48 draw controls … ECC Commissioner’s Honor Roll … Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for achieving at least a 3.2 GPA during the spring 2019 semester.

AT WEST BABYLON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL:

Suffolk County Class AA all-conference in soccer in 2017 while tallying five goals and nine assists … All-division in 2018 and all-league in 2017 in lacrosse  … Played four seasons apiece of varsity soccer and lacrosse and three seasons of varsity basketball … Member of National Honor Society, Foreign Language Honor Society and Math and Science honor Society as well as DECA.

PERSONAL:

Also plays soccer at New York Tech … Daughter of Maria and Harry Guglielmo … Has two sisters, Melissa and Rae-Anne … Melissa is a Tech soccer assistant and played soccer and lacrosse at Dowling College for current Tech coaches Karim Diallo and Kerri Handras … Majoring in life sciences/physician assistant studies … Born Nov. 1, 2000.

Draw Control Coach

  • Northwestern all-time, and single season draw control record holder -third all-time in assists at Northwestern University
  • Tewaarton Top 25 nominee
  • 4th overall draft pic for the UWLX 2018 collegiate draft

Four-year letterwinner in High School

Also a four-year letterwinner in basketball and cross country

First Team All- American in 2012

Honor Roll student

Member of National Honor Society and an Academic All-American.

2015

Starting attacker that returned after missing final eight games of 2014 season ... Finished second on the team and sixth in the Big Ten with a career-high 46 goals ... Added six assists to finish second on the team and 11th in the Big Ten with 52 points ... Scored at least two goals in 16 games, including 12 straight from March 29 to May 10 ... Capped the run of consecutive multi-goal games with a career-high five goals in the NCAA Tournament Second Round against Notre Dame on May 10 ... Scored four goals on three other occassions and three goals three times ... Scored game-winning goal with 13 seconds left in overtime to give the Wildcats a 9-8 win over No. 11 Penn on April 5 ... Academic All-Big Ten Selection.

2014

Dynamic offensive scoring threat who moved from midfield to attack over the course of the season ... Named a second-team All-ALC honoree despite missing the last eight of 2014 games with an injury suffered on April 13 ... Was the team leader with 27 goals at the time of her injury ... Scored three points (2g, 1a) in NU's season-opening 13-12 victory over No. 8 Virginia ... Against Duke, set a career high with four goals, including the eventual game-winner ... Named the ALC Offensive Player of the Week on Feb. 25 ... One goal and one assist vs. Notre Dame with a career-best three draw controls ... Recorded her second four-goal game and set a personal best with five points at Michigan ... Scored twice at Syracuse ... Scored three goals on three shots at No. 10 UMass ... Pair of goals in NU's upset of No. 1 North Carolina ... Scored a hat trick vs. Vanderbilt and netted two against Johns Hopkins ... Academic All-Big Ten.

2013

Kayleigh Craig Regular contributor in Northwestern midfield, playing in 22 games with one start ... In her collegiate debut, contributed two ground balls and two caused turnovers to win over UMass ... Scored her first career goal off an 8-meter attempt vs. USC ... Notched a goal and first career assist in win at Johns Hopkins ... Recorded a ground ball and her first draw control at Navy ... One goal in win over No. 8 Penn State ... One caused turnover vs. Virginia ... Scored her fourth goal of the year in win over Duke and scored for a second straight game against Stanford ... Two ground balls at Florida ... Goal at Notre Dame ... Scored one goal vs. Penn ... Scored NU's first goal in her NCAA Tournament debut vs. Stanford ... Secured a draw control in NCAA quarterfinal victory over Penn State.

Personal

Born Kaleigh Anne Craig ... Daughter of Scott and Joan Craig ... Father played lacrosse (defense) at the University of Massachusetts and was a teammate of Northwestern volunteer assistant coach Scott Hiller ... Chose Northwestern over Princeton ... Played against current Wildcats Christina Esposito and Kara Mupo in high school ... Majoring in communications.

College

  • Northwestern University