Tanner Guarino

Tanner was a 3 sport varsity athlete at Framingham High School. She earned captain of all 3 sports senior year, as well as her junior year for basketball. She was awarded Framingham High female athlete of the year for her grade all four years.

Tanner started playing lacrosse her freshman year, earning a spot on varsity and getting to play with senior captain Kristin Igoe. She started on defense her freshman year and went on to win a state championship in 2007. Fast forward MANY years, Kristin is now Tanner’s best friend, business partner & sister-in-law.
Tanner had book end state championships – capping one her senior year by scoring the game-winner with a second remaining on the clock in the State Championship against Longmeadow. She was named All-American as a senior and was a two-time All-Scholastic. Tanner completed her high school career earning over 300 points. She was inducted into the inaugural Hall of Fame class for the Framingham Flyers in 2018…and with who else, but Kristin!

After high school, Tanner moved on to play at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where she was a senior captain for the Minutewomen. Tanner helped lead UMass to four Atlantic 10 Conference championships, and four NCAA tournament appearances, three of which lead to the sweet 16. She was a major contributor for UMass, and played in every game. She broke the UMass record for most games played during her time there. Her freshman year in 2011, she was named to the A10 All-Rookie team and in 2012 she made the A10 2nd team. In 2013 & 2014 Tanner landed on the A10 1st team, as well as the North East All-Region team. In 2014, she was selected to the A10 all-tournament team and was selected as a senior to play in the North-South All-Star game.  Tanner graduated in 2014 with a degree in Communications and a minor in Education.

In 2014 right out of college, Tanner became the Varsity Head Coach at Holliston High School from 2014-2016. In each of her two seasons coaching the Panthers the team improved its winning percentage under her leadership.

In 2017, Tanner was named the head coach of the varsity girl’s lacrosse team at Natick High School. Coaching in one of the toughest leagues, the Bay State Conference, she has lead the Red Hawks to the state tournament each year. Over the last eight seasons Tanner has helped coach many players who have earned league all-stars, EMass all-star, and All-American recognition. 

In 2016, Tanner got drafted to the Boston Storm for the inaugural UWLX professional women’s lacrosse league. She played in the UWLX league for 2 years.The summer of 2017 Tanner finished playing her second season for the Boston Storm in the UWLX professional women’s lacrosse league. The Storm made its second straight appearance in the UWLX Final, where Tanner finished the game with a hat trick.

In August of 2017 the Women’s Professional Lacrosse League (WPLL) was created. Tanner was drafted 9th by the New England Command where she played midfield for the team in the first 2 seasons. She again got to play along side Coach Kristin for the first year and they were both on the WPLL Command team which won the league’s first championship in 2018.

Tanner currently lives in Medway with her husband, daughter and 2 sons.