Megan Huether Named Assistant Tribe Lax Coach

Former Duke All-American Joins First-Year Coach Halfpenny at W&M

08/30/06 5:15PM

Williamsburg - William and Mary lacrosse head coach Christine Halfpenny announced an addition to the Tribe coaching staff on Tuesday, naming former Duke All-American goalkeeper Megan Huether an assistant coach.

Huether rounds out Halfpenny’s first staff at the College, which includes third-year assistant Tara Hannaford. Halfpenny, a former Blue Devils’ assistant, was named the sixth head coach in the College’s 37-year varsity history earlier this summer.

“I am pleased to announce the addition of Megan Huether to our lacrosse staff,” said Halfpenny. “The experience and knowl-edge she brings to our program, having played at such a high level, is invaluable.”

Huether will begin her collegiate coaching career under her former position coach after completing a standout four-year career at Duke last spring. A two-time All-Atlantic Coast Conference selection, Huether was named a First-Team All-American and the National Goalkeeper of the Year by the IWLCA in 2005 after helping lead the Blue Devils to an ACC title and the semifi-nals of the NCAA Lacrosse Championship.

Halfpenny added, “Although this will be Megan's first college coaching position, she has already proven herself as an outstand-ing player, a student of the game, and a tremendous leader.

“Megan has incredible passion for the game of lacrosse and I am excited to see this pass onto our athletes here at William & Mary. I feel Megan will be one of the best young assistant coaches in the country and we are very lucky to have someone of Megan's integrity and character join our staff.”

With Huether, a four-year starter, in goal, Duke recorded three consecutive trips to the NCAA Championship (2004, 2005, 2006) with another semifinal appearance this past season and posted an overall record of 61-18 during her career, which in-cluded a school-record 18 victories in 2006.

A native of Lutherville, Md., Huether graduated in May with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Psychology and was a three-time ACC Academic Honor Roll selection and a three-time Dean’s List member at Duke.

Active off the field as well, Huether served as the program’s summer office assistant in 2005 and was the team’s council repre-sentative from 2004-06. She also spent time as a student intern with the KidScope Early Intervention Program in Hillsborough, N.C., served as a classroom assistant with the Duke School for Children and was a student assistant with Duke’s Children’s Campus.

A member of the U.S. National Developmental team since 2004, Huether also has experience coaching high school goalkeepers and working at a number of lacrosse camps, including Stanford Lacrosse Camp, the Bryn Mawr School Lacrosse Camp in Bal-timore and the Between the Pipes Goalie Camp in Reisterstown, Md.