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Liberty Lacrosse offers premium instruction for over eight months of the year. Liberty Lax boasts the best coaching staff in the

country with an elite coaching staff consisting of top world cup players, excellent high school coaches and former college players as the full-time coaching staff.

Danielle Gallagher
Danielle Gallagher is a household name within the lacrosse world. She graduated from The College of William and Mary, where she finished her collegiate career as a two-time first-team All-American. As team captain her junior and senior year, she landed in the school’s record books, ending her tremendous career as W&M’s third all-time leading points scorer and third in all-time assists.

Post-W&M, Gallagher served as a member of the U.S. Elite Women’s Lacrosse team, beginning in 1987. She participated in four World Cup events, three of which resulted in World Cup Championships (1993 Edinburgh, Scotland; 1997 Edogawa, Japan; and 2001 High Wycombe, England), and one which the U.S. took home the Silver (2005 Annapolis, MD). Gallagher was also a member of the elite U.S. National Team touring squads in 1996 and 2000, where she traveled to

England, Scotland, Wales, and Australia, respectively.

An active member of the lacrosse community, Gallagher dedicates her time to camps and clinics all over the country. She aspires to spread her knowledge and skill to people all over the United States. She also served as the first high school coach for Steamboat Springs High School in 1993, taking them to the playoffs in their first year of existence.

In 1998, Danielle took on a coaching role at Colorado College, where she led them to their first NCAA appearance. Two years later, she accepted an Assistant Coach role at the University of Notre Dame in 2000. During her years, the Irish became nationally ranked for the first time in program history. The team ranked 8th, and also made their first NCAA playoff appearance, losing to the eventual National Champions.

Gallagher is accepted as a powerhouse of the lacrosse world and has been acknowledged by many for her accolades. She was inducted into the National US Lacrosse Hall of Fame, LI Lacrosse Metropolitan Hall of Fame, Nassau County Athletics Hall of Fame, College of William Mary Hall of Fame, and Manhasset High School Hall of Fame.

Danielle Gallagher continues to share her knowledge and love of lacrosse with the world, as she is the founder, President, and Director of Liberty Lacrosse and Black Diamond Lacrosse.

Sandra Alvarez
A veteran staff member of Liberty Lacrosse, Sandra has vast experience both coaching and directing girl’s lacrosse.  Sandra graduated from Binghamton University where she was a three-year starting goalie and is the current record for most overall saves.  She continued to share her love of the game spending 15 years coaching club and over five years coaching high school and middle school. Currently, Sandra is a director of Girls & Youth Lacrosse since 2015 and Founder Fearless Goalie School.  In previous summers, Sandra was an Assistant Coach for Max Seibald Specialty Camps and worked NJY sleep-away camp for grades 3rd – 11th.  Sandra graduated from Paul D Schreiber high school.

Megan Trotta
Megan was an exceptionally talented two-sport athlete during her four years at Saint Michael’s. She was one of the greatest players in women’s lacrosse history at the College. A four-year starter and two-time team captain and Most Valuable Player, she graduated as one of the program’s all-time scoring leaders and was among the team’s leading scorers each season. As a senior, she became the first and only Purple Knight to ever earn Brine/IWLCA Division II First Team All-America honors, and was one of only three women from the New England region invited to participate in tryouts for the U.S. National Team. Her leadership abilities were truly outstanding, as she led the lacrosse team to four consecutive winning seasons, and a win percentage of .600, despite playing for three different head coaches during that span. She was also a three-year starter for the volleyball team at middle hitter and served as the team’s captain in her senior year. Megan played a critical role in the emergence of the program as a quality contender in the Northeast-10 Conference. Purple Knights Volleyball enjoyed one of its most successful spans during her playing career, collecting 31 match victories, and posting the first back-to-back double-digit win seasons in the program’s history. She is the first volleyball player to be enshrined in the Saint Michael’s Hall of Fame.