Kathryn Gaudreau enters her first season as the interim head coach for the Saint Anselm women's lacrosse program. She takes over the program for the 2010 season after serving as the team's assistant coach for the last two years. In addition to her lacrosse duties, she is also the head coach of the Saint Anselm field hockey team, where she recently completed her third season.
She was the assistant varsity lacrosse coach at St. Bernard's High School in Fitchburg, Mass., where she helped start the program. She was also the program's junior varsity coach in its first season.
Gaudreau came to Saint Anselm from St. Bernard's, where she has served as the varsity field hockey head coach since 2003. In addition to her highly successful field hockey teams, she also coached freshman basketball at St. Bernard's from 2004-2007.
In addition to her coaching success, Gaudreau also enjoyed tremendous success on the playing field. The all-time leading scorer in Saint Anselm history despite playing just two seasons, she is a former team captain for the Hawks and was a Northeast-10 All-Conference First Team selection in 2001 and the recipient of the team's Coach's Award.
A 2003 graduate of Saint Anselm with a bachelor of arts degree in history, Gaudreau went on to earn her master's of arts degree in American history from Providence College in 2005.
Gaudreau resides in Goffstown,
N.H., with her husband, Steve, and their son, Paul. Steve is the
Saint Anselm men's lacrosse head coach.
Holly Drown begins her first season as an assistant coach for the Saint Anselm women's lacrosse program.
A 2009 University of Massachusetts graduate, Drown was a four-year lacrosse player for the Minutewomen. She played 69 career games for UMass, scoring 80 goals and 13 assists for 93 career points.
As a senior, she was selected to the Atlantic 10 All-Tournament team and the All-Conference Second Team. Additionally, she was named to the 2009 All-Conference Academic Team and she was a member of Chi Alpha Sigma, the National College Athletic Honor Society.
A native of Nashua, N.H., she has served as head coach for the
Granite State Elite Lacrosse Club in Amherst, N.H., since the
summer of 2008, where she coached top New Hampshire high school
lacrosse players and assisted them with the college recruiting
process. She also spent two summers working as a lacrosse
camp counselor at the Amonte Sports Camps in Chicago, Ill.
