Ambition Lacrosse Coaches

Coaches

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Kathy Bowman Drake

  • Founder/Director AMBITION Lacrosse
  • Head Coach AMBITION 2028’s
  • Assistant Coach AMBITION –PEAK Team 2025
  • St Luke’s School, Varsity Head Coach 2019- 2022
  • Wilton High School Varsity Assistant Coach 2012-2014 years; JV Head Coach 2015-2019. Coached Wilton High School Girls to three State Championship appearances: CT Class M State Finalists, 2012, 2013; CT Class M State Champions 2014; runners up 2015, 2017. 
  • Wilton Lacrosse Association: Youth Clinic Director 2020 – present, WLA Travel Coach 2013-2018
  • Chelsea Piers CT Head Girls Lacrosse Instructor 2019-2020
  • CT Chargers Girl’s Lacrosse Director 2012-2017
  • Past Coaching Experience:  New Canaan Youth Travel Coach 2020-2021; CT Chargers Head coach 2012-2017; New Lax 2020/2021 Head Coach 2011.
  • High School Attended: Ward Melville HS, East Setauket NY
  • High School Honors: Captain & MVP of First ever Long Island Championship team, 1991. 1991 Long Island and Suffolk County Champions. All League & All county honors 1990, 1991, Led Team in Goals and total points 1991
  • College Attended: Colorado State University, 4 year starter at midfield
  • College Honors: Team Captain 2 years, Led team in Goals and total points all four years 

Lauren McAulay

  • Head Coach AMBITION  PEAK Team 2024-2025
  • Head Coach CT Chargers Blue Team 2014-2017
  • Yorktown High School Varsity Head Coach Girls Lacrosse 2017-2021; Varsity Assistant Coach 2014-2017; JV Girls Field Hockey Coach
  • Past Coaching Experience: Assistant Women’s Lacrosse Coach at American International College 2010 – 2012
  • College Attended: Played 4 years Women’s Lacrosse  at Springfield College

Amy Alvord

  • Head coach AMBITION 2029, 2030
  • SONO Field House Girls Lacrosse Director
  • Westport PAL Girls Lacrosse Director
  • Grizzlies Coach

Olivia Franzese

  • Head Coach AMBITION2026
  • Bethel Varsity Head Coach

Carly Schoudel

  • Darien High School  All-state; All FCIAC 2016, 2017
  • Starting goalie at Roanoke College for all 4 years and served as team captain both junior and senior years.
  • CT grizzlies coach since 2016

Alissa Marino

  • Assistant Coach AMBITION 2026
  • Bethel Varsity assistant Coach

Vincent Giannone

  • Assistant Coach AMBITION 2026
  • AMBITION GOALIE COACH
  • Bethel Varsity assistant Coach and goalie coach

Callie Drake

  • Assistant Coach AMBITION 2028’s 
  • Middlebury College Women’s Lacrosse  Attacker Class of 2024; 2022 NCAA DIII National Champions
  • Assistant Coach CT Chargers White Team 2017
  • Berkshire School ALL NEW ENGLAND 2019, MVP, All American nominee, led team in Draw Controls, Goals, Assists and Ground Balls. Berkshire school varsity lacrosse captain 2020,
  • Wilton HS varsity Freshman & Sophomore
  • Berkshire School varsity starter Junior & Senior Year

Connor Drake

  •  Assistant Coach AMBITION 2027
  • Speed and Agility Coach
  • Duke Men’s Lacrosse ’23 
  • US Lacrosse U19 Men’s Training Team
  • Inside Lacrosse 8th Ranked midfielder in 2019 class
  • Under Armor All American
  • All New England at Salisbury School senior season, 2x All State & All FCIAC first Team Sophomore and Junior years, All FCIAC honorable mention as as freshman varsity starter at Wilton HS.
  • 4 year Varsity Starter (Wilton HS & Salisbury School)

Ashton Guilfoile

  • Head coach Ambition 2027
  • Staples JV Coach

Kaitlin Gahghan Gruse

  • Assistant coach Ambition 2027 & PEAK 2024,2025
  • New Fairfield Varsity Assistant Coach
  • Past club coaching experience: Gold Coast Head Coach, LI Yellow Jackets Head Coach

Liv Troy

Gina Driscoll

Lexi Held Ambition 2028 assistant coach