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Director of Coaching - Jaime Williams

Yellow Jackets North Head Coach Jaime Williams recently completed his first year at Danbury High School. At Danbury, Coach Williams, led the team to a 15-5 record including Danbury’s first defeat of Wilton High School in years. Coach Williams was named FCIAC Coach of the Year for Women’s Lacrosse as well as the FCIAC’s Spring Season Coach of the Year

Coach Williams sent nine DHS senior players to the NCAA ranks this season

Prior to this season, Coach Williams served as an assistant coach of the at Western Connecticut State Women's team, leading them to a 12-8 record and the school’s First Ever Appearance in the Conference Championship Game beating the #1 Seed along the way. This followed a 9-9 season in 2011. Prior to his time in the NCAA ranks Coach Williams led Brookfield High School to 30-11 record and made two appearances SouthWest (CT) Conference and State Tournaments.

Coach Williams, a Bedford Hills (NY) native, played his high school lacrosse at Fox Lane High School, was also an assistant at WestConn from 2002 to 2007 and 2010-2012. In 2003, he organized and ran the WestConn Men’s Lacrosse Club and a year later became an Assistant Coach as the team became an NCAA program. His collegiate playing career began as a defenseman at Westchester Community College.

Coach Williams currently works as a teacher and Crisis Team Member at Westchester Exceptional Children’s School, in North Salem, New York.

Allie Arnal - RPI 2013: Started all 20 games at goalie ... Recorded 33 ground balls and caused three turnovers ... Had 158 saves in 1094:24 ... Finished with 7.46 goals against average and .537 save percentage ... Posted 16-4 record ... Equaled her own school record for wins in season, while setting mark for games played by goaltender … Liberty League Defensive Player of the Week 5x ... Liberty League All-Academic ... Liberty League Defensive Player of the Year ... All-Liberty League First Team ... Liberty League	Noelle Mitchell-4X NCAA Champ Maryla Noelle is currently an assistant coach at Danbury High School after serving as athe AC at West Conn for 3 years 2009 Head women’s lacrosse coach at D2, St. Thomas Aquinas College 2008 Assistant women’s lacrosse coach at Division 2, St. Thomas Aquinas College Playing Career 1995-1998 University of Maryland 4 time NCAA Champion 50 Game Win Streak, including 2 undefeated seasons 1992-1994 Yorktown High School 1992-1994 All-league, All- Section, and All-County Selections	Mike Gallop Western Connecticut State - Asst Men's Lacrosse Coach. 11 years Varsity High School Coaching. Over 20 Years Experience Coaching.
Mike Spinner - HC Pace University Pace University Director of Athletics Mark Brown has announced the hiring of Michael Spinner ‘99 as the department’s first-ever Head Women’s Lacrosse Coach. Spinner was a goalie for the Pace Men’s Lacrosse program from 1996-99 and brings more than a decade of experience coaching women’s lacrosse to Pace University’s new program. Spinner will now be charged with fielding the first-ever women’s lacrosse team	Hannah Kaplan - RPI Started 47 Games for 2013 NCAA Quarterfinalist RPI. 60 Career GB's and 15 Caused Turnovers as a Defender. High School: Four-year member of field hockey team ... All-State ... All-FCIAC ... All-County/Area ... Four years of lacrosse ... Captain ... All-Area ... All-FCIAC West ... 2009 Scholar-Athlete ... Team captured State Championship in 2008 ... FCIAC Scholar-Athlete ... Danbury Scholar-Athlete	Samantha Karner -Binghamton At Binghamton University Appeared in 12 games with two starts Scored her first career goal vs. Niagara Recorded 11 DC's and 3 GB's Mahopac HS 4 Year Starter Graduated as Mahopac’s all-time leader in goals tallying 193 points during her career (137g, 56a) 2X all-section and all-league performer US Lacrosse Academic All-American All-Section/All-League in field hockey
Brittney Kenyon UCONN 4 year Varsity Player - Danbury HS. All FCIAC X-Country All FCIAC HM Indoor Track University of Connecticut (2018) 7 Year Player DAYO Lax CT Lightning YJ North Lighthouse Lacrosse	Chyna Hill - Fresno State 2015 (RS Sophomore): Started all 15 games in the defense … finished second on the team in both ground balls (25) and caused turnovers (11) … grabbed 12 draw controls 2014 (RS Freshman): Started all 15 games on defense for the Bulldogs after sitting out a year ... finished second on the team with 10 caused turnovers and fourth with 19 groundballs HS: 3x letterman lacrosse and 4x time letterman in X-Country and indoor track ... All-Section/League/American andMSG first team in lacrosse	Ryann Shaughnessy Virginia Commonwealth University 2019; 2015 US Lacrosse Academic All-American; 2014 Brine All-Amercian (NE), 2013 Under-Armour Uncommitted Game Selection; 4x Captain, 4x All-League Honoree, 3x All-Section 1 Honoree, 3x HS Team MVP. Established NSHS records in goals (195); Assists (78) and Total Points (273) 2 Year Starter Varsity Soccer -All League HM
Melissa Lindine St John Fisher Played varsity lacrosse for four years at Trumbull High School ... Named the captain in 2014 ... Earned All-State Honorable Mention honors in 2014 ... Led the team in goals (48).