Staff

Kayleigh Hacker, a native of Natick MA, recently finished a stellar career at Babson College. She started every game for the Beavers on defense from 2021-2024, while also leading the team to three NEWMAC Championships, and three NCAA tournament appearances. Kayleigh garnered several personal accolades throughout her time at Babson including:

• 2021 IWLCA All-Berkshire Region first team
• 2022 IWLCA All-Berkshire Region second team
• 2021, 2022 All-NEWMAC first team
• 2023 All-NEWMAC second team
• 2023, 2024 College Sports Communicators Academic All-District
• 2023, 2024 IWLCA Academic Honor Roll
• 2022, 2023, 2024 NEWMAC Academic All-Conference

We are so happy to welcome Gold Star and Natick High alum, Caroline O’Connell, back as a coach! Caroline recently graduated from Assumption College, where she played both lacrosse and field hockey. As a lacrosse defender, Caroline accumulated 79 ground balls and 43 caused turnovers in her career. She is currently studying to become a Physician Assistant.

Sarah Giardino is a native of Foxboro, and a Westfield State alum where she played attack. Sarah has been coaching youth lacrosse in Middleborough for several years, and was recently named the Middleborough High School head coach. We are so excited to have Sarah’s positive attitude and energy on our coaching staff

Marisa Remley is a native of New Fairfield CT and a Western Connecticut State University alum. As WestConn, she played both midfield and goalie, racking up 18 goals, 5 assists and 61 saves. Marisa is in her second year as head coach at Hopkinton High School… we are so excited to have her as a coach at Gold Star!

We are excited to welcome goalie coach Maggie Roberts to our staff! Maggie was a standout goalkeeper for both Bishop Feehan High School and Lehigh University. In high school she was named an Eastern Athletic Conference All-Star in 2017, 2018 and 2019. Maggie was also named an EMGLCA All-Star in 2018.

Maggie excelled in the classroom and was a member of the National Honor Society, graduating seventh in her class. She was honored as a National Merit Scholar student. In college, she was a two time Patriot League Academic Honor Roll student.

We are so happy to welcome former Gold Star player, Katy Garvin back as a coach! Katy graduated from Mansfield High School in 2019. In her senior season, she captained the girls lacrosse team, and earned Hockomock League and Sun Chronicle All Star honors. Katy went on to play lacrosse at Endicott College as an attacker, where she was a consistent starter all four years. In 2022 she was an All-CCC second team member, and in 2023 an All-CCC First team member. Katy also excelled in the classroom as a phycology major and was a 2021-2023 CCC Academic All Conference honoree.

Katy is now the head girls lacrosse coach at her alma mater, Mansfield High School. Welcome back Katy!

Taylor is a native of Rutland VT. She has been involved with lacrosse since 2002 as a player, official, and coach. She started playing in second grade through her recreation department. As a high school sophomore, she was a varsity starter as well as a senior captain.

Taylor attended Mount Holyoke College and graduated with a degree in philosophy and psychology in 2017. She was a four-year starter and two-time captain on the lacrosse team. She was also on the Student Athlete Advisory Committee and a campus tour guide. After Mount Holyoke, she returned to Vermont to start her position as an Assistant Director of Admissions at Norwich University. Taylor was the Assistant Varsity Coach at Rutland High School for 2019, and the head coach of Crystal Springs (CA) from 2020-2021.

Taylor has her masters in Business Administration, and is currently seeking her doctorate in education. She also currently offers private lessons in the RI area.

Bill  has been a youth and high school lacrosse coach in the area for over a decade.  He helped grow the Titans Youth Lacrosse girls program serving K-8 lacrosse players in the greater Attleboro area.  He served as the Titans Girls’ Coordinator and a coach for all ages.  Bill has been part of the Bishop Feehan girl’s lacrosse program for over 7 years, and currently serves as the varsity assistant coach. Bill primarily works with the goalies where he brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise; all three of his daughters played goalie in high school, and two went on to play collegiately at the division 1 level. 

Allie brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to our Gold Star goalkeepers! She is a native of Natick MA, where she played lacrosse in high school for coach Tanner Guarino. She also played basketball, field hockey and track for the Redhawks.  Allie was a lacrosse and field hockey captain, a three-time Bay State All-Star in lacrosse and two-time honoree in field hockey. She was named a USA Lacrosse High School All-American as a junior, and the Natick High Female Athlete of the Year as a senior. 

Allie went on the play at Assumption College where she made an immediate impact on the field. For her freshman season in 2019,  she was named to NE10 All-Rookie Team. She played in all 19 games for the Hound and posted a 13-5 record with a 44.8% save percentage. Allie recorded 165 saves including 16 saves in a win over Bentley in NE10 Quarterfinals. Allie concluded her career in 2022 with a 33-17 record and 48% save percentage. 

Kenzie Pleshaw attended Franklin High School where she was a four-year varsity starter in both lacrosse and field hockey. She was a lacrosse captain for her junior and senior year, and helped lead the Panthers to four undefeated Hockomock league titles, and two East Sectional championships. Kenzie was a two-time Hockomock League all-star, earning league MVP honors as a senior. As a senior she also earned All-America honors and was a Boston Globe and Boston Herald All-Scholastic selection.

Kenzie went on to play at Stonehill College, where she also earned her degree in Marketing.