James Madison University Women's Lacrosse

Klaes-Bawcombe's Career Coaching: * Five NCAA Tournaments (JMU 2010, 2011, 2015, 2016; Hofstra 2001) * womenslacrosse.com National Coach of the Year (2010) * Three-time CAA Coach of the Year (JMU 2010, 2016; Hofstra 2005) * Three-time Virginia Coach of the Year (JMU 2010, 2011, 2015) * Three-time CAA Champion (JMU 2010, 2011, 2015) * Five-time CAA Tournament Runner-up (JMU 2007, 2012, 2016; Hofstra 2005, 2006) * America East Tournament Champion (Hofstra 2001) * Top-20 National Ranking (JMU 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016; Hofstra 2005, 2006) Playing Career: * All-America (1996, 1997) * JMU Athletic Hall of Fame (2011) * All-South Region (1996, 1997) * All-CAA (1996, 1997) * NCAA Tournament (1995, 1997) * CAA Champion (1997)  A two-time All-American at James Madison University, Shelley Klaes-Bawcombe returned to her alma mater prior to the 2007 season and enters her 11th year at the helm of the Dukes in the 2016 season.   With a 115-67 mark in her previous 10 seasons at JMU, Klaes-Bawcombe needs just four wins in 2017 to become the Dukes' all-time winningest coach, surpassing 1993 JMU Hall of Famer Dee McDonough, who won 118 games at the helm. During her career, she has led Madison to three Colonial Athletic Association championships and her teams have played in six of the past seven CAA championships games. The Dukes won the tournament title in 2010, 2011 and 2015 while dropping two of the four losses by a single goal, which included an overtime loss to top-seeded Towson in 2014. Overall, Klaes-Bawcombe has accumulated a 165-102 record in 16 years as a head coach. Now a three-time CAA Coach of the Year, Klaes-Bawcombe garnered the award last season after guiding JMU to a share of the league's regular-season title with a 5-1 record, which included defeating Towson on the road to earn the top seed for the CAA Championship. JMU earned an at-large bid to the 2016 NCAA Championship for only the fourth time in program history and first since 2000. The Dukes played in lacrosse's first NCAA tournament game on the West Coast against Stanford inside the iconic Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. She coached seven players to All-CAA status in 2016, which included Jaci Gordon being named CAA Player of the Year. Klaes-Bawcombe has coached five Dukes to the league's top individual honor, including four in the past five years. Her most successful season in Harrisonburg came in 2010 when she led Madison to a program-record 17 wins and guided the Dukes to the NCAA Quarterfinals with a win over Stanford before falling to Syracuse. During that season, JMU reached as high as No. 7 in the nation while earning a No. 5 seed in the NCAA Tournament, the second-highest seed in program history.   Following the 2010 season, Klaes-Bawcombe was named national Coach of the Year by womenslacrosse.com. She also added CAA Coach of the Year to the list of accolades before coaching the South Team in the North-South All-Star Game. Additionally, she was voted Virginia Coach of the Year by Virginia Sports Information Directors (VaSID) in 2010 and followed the honor with another Coach of the Year honor in 2011 from VaSID.   In her first season at JMU in 2007, she led the Dukes to as high as No. 5 in the nation while being a mainstay in the national polls every week of the season. Madison was also ranked as high as No. 5 in 2008 and No. 16 in 2009 before the record-breaking year in 2010. In 2011, Madison finished the season ranked No. 11 in the nation while taking the CAA Tournament title before dropping a tough 11-10 decision to Princeton in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.   In 10 years at JMU, the Dukes have only suffered two losing seasons in 2008 and 2009. Madison has won 10 or more games for seven straight years, dating back to 2010. Eight of her past 12 teams (JMU in 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2014 and 2015 and Hofstra in 2005 and 2006) were consistently ranked in the national top 20. Nine of those (JMU 2007, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015; Hofstra 2005 and 2006) were finalists in the CAA Tournament.   Klaes-Bawcombe's players at JMU have earned All-CAA honors 59 times. In addition to her five CAA Players of the Year, JMU has had two conference Defender of the Year and two CAA Rookie of the Year honorees under her tutelage. In 2010, senior midfielder Kim Griffin was among 25 nominees for the Tewarraton Award, which honor's the nation's top player. In 2011 and 2013, Casey Ancarrow was a Tewarraton Award nominee. Other Dukes named to the Tewarraton Award Watch List (a preliminary list to the nominees list) under Klaes-Bawcombe include Mary Kate Lomady in 2011, Ancarrow in 2012 and Jaci Gordon in 2015.   Prior to returning to Harrisonburg, Klaes-Bawcombe spent five seasons at Hofstra from 2002-06. She previously served as an assistant coach with the Pride before assuming the head coaching role. The 2005 CAA Coach of the Year compiled an overall record of 50-35 in five seasons at Hofstra. The Pride was CAA runner-up in 2005 and 2006 and lost to top-seeded JMU in the 2006 league championship game.   Her 2005 Hofstra squad achieved a program-best No. 7 national ranking. The team's 14 victories in 2005 were the second-highest total in school history.   In Klaes-Bawcombe's first season in Hempstead, N.Y., she led the Pride to a 9-8 record and a berth in the CAA Tournament. The 2003 edition of the Pride finished with an 8-8 mark and advanced to the CAA Semifinals.  In 2004, Hofstra was ranked No. 20 in the final national poll after compiling an 8-8 record.   During Klaes-Bawcombe's three seasons (1999-2001) as a Hofstra assistant, she was part of the most-successful season in school history. In 2001, the Pride compiled a 16-3 overall record and a 6-0 mark in America East play, won the America East championship and played in the NCAA Tournament.   Prior to her time at Hofstra, Klaes-Bawcombe spent the 1998 season as an assistant at JMU. During the season, JMU went 11-8, were CAA runners-up and went to the NCAA Quarterfinals.   Klaes-Bawcombe's teams have consistently achieved in the classroom. Her 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2014 JMU teams were named Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association (IWLCA) Academic Squads, a recognition given to teams with a collective grade-point average of 3.0 or above.  Since 2004, 23 of her players have won IWLCA All-Academic individual recognition.   As a player at JMU, Klaes-Bawcombe was co-captain of the 1997 squad that won the CAA Tournament and a member of two (1995 and 1997) NCAA Tournament teams. During her JMU career, the Dukes compiled an overall record of 42-28 and tied a school record with 13 wins in 1997.   In her senior season in 1997, Klaes-Bawcombe set school records for career assists (71), goals by a senior (48) and season points (71) and tied the JMU season record for game-winning goals (4).  That year, she ranked 11th in points per game average (3.94) and 20th in assists per game average (1.28) in NCAA Division I.   Klaes-Bawcombe earned First Team All-America (Brine/Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association) recognition as a senior and was a second-team selection as a junior (1996). She was also a two-time All-South Region (1996, 1997) and All-CAA (1996, 1997) choice. As a senior in 1997, she played in the North-South Senior All-Star Game, was named to the U.S. Womens Lacrosse Association All-America Team and was voted the Dukes Most Valuable Player. She currently ranks in the top 12 in three JMU career categories, including fifth in assists (71), ninth in points (196) and 12th in goals (125).   During her four years as a JMU player, the Dukes were never ranked lower than 10th in the national coaches poll and were ranked as high as third nationally in 1995 and 1997. In 2010, her playing accomplishments were honored as she was first inducted into the Hall of Fame of the Greater Baltimore chapter of US Lacrosse, then inducted into the JMU Athletic Hall of Fame.   A native of Glen Arm, Md., Klaes-Bawcombe earned a bachelors degree in kinesiology with a concentration in exercise science from JMU in 1997. She holds a master's degree in physical education from Hofstra.   Her husband, Andrew Bawcombe, and her sister, Laura Klaes Tourge, are 1995 JMU graduates. Laura is a former lacrosse player and was a two-year starter on defense for the Dukes.   The Bawcombes are parents of Otis Andrew, born in November 2008, and a daughter, Maya Ann, born in February 2012.   Year at JMU:  11th JMU Record:  115-67 Career Year:  16th Career Record:  165-102 Highlights of Klaes-Bawcombe's Career Coaching: * Five NCAA Tournaments (JMU 2010, 2011, 2015, 2016; Hofstra 2001) * womenslacrosse.com National Coach of the Year (2010) * Three-time CAA Coach of the Year (JMU 2010, 2016; Hofstra 2005) * Three-time Virginia Coach of the Year (JMU 2010, 2011, 2015) * Three-time CAA Champion (JMU 2010, 2011, 2015) * Five-time CAA Tournament Runner-up (JMU 2007, 2012, 2016; Hofstra 2005, 2006) * America East Tournament Champion (Hofstra 2001) * Top-20 National Ranking (JMU 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016; Hofstra 2005, 2006) Playing Career: * All-America (1996, 1997) * JMU Athletic Hall of Fame (2011) * All-South Region (1996, 1997) * All-CAA (1996, 1997) * NCAA Tournament (1995, 1997) * CAA Champion (1997)  A two-time All-American at James Madison University, Shelley Klaes-Bawcombe returned to her alma mater prior to the 2007 season and enters her 11th year at the helm of the Dukes in the 2016 season.   With a 115-67 mark in her previous 10 seasons at JMU, Klaes-Bawcombe needs just four wins in 2017 to become the Dukes' all-time winningest coach, surpassing 1993 JMU Hall of Famer Dee McDonough, who won 118 games at the helm. During her career, she has led Madison to three Colonial Athletic Association championships and her teams have played in six of the past seven CAA championships games. The Dukes won the tournament title in 2010, 2011 and 2015 while dropping two of the four losses by a single goal, which included an overtime loss to top-seeded Towson in 2014. Overall, Klaes-Bawcombe has accumulated a 165-102 record in 16 years as a head coach. Now a three-time CAA Coach of the Year, Klaes-Bawcombe garnered the award last season after guiding JMU to a share of the league's regular-season title with a 5-1 record, which included defeating Towson on the road to earn the top seed for the CAA Championship. JMU earned an at-large bid to the 2016 NCAA Championship for only the fourth time in program history and first since 2000. The Dukes played in lacrosse's first NCAA tournament game on the West Coast against Stanford inside the iconic Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. She coached seven players to All-CAA status in 2016, which included Jaci Gordon being named CAA Player of the Year. Klaes-Bawcombe has coached five Dukes to the league's top individual honor, including four in the past five years. Her most successful season in Harrisonburg came in 2010 when she led Madison to a program-record 17 wins and guided the Dukes to the NCAA Quarterfinals with a win over Stanford before falling to Syracuse. During that season, JMU reached as high as No. 7 in the nation while earning a No. 5 seed in the NCAA Tournament, the second-highest seed in program history.   Following the 2010 season, Klaes-Bawcombe was named national Coach of the Year by womenslacrosse.com. She also added CAA Coach of the Year to the list of accolades before coaching the South Team in the North-South All-Star Game. Additionally, she was voted Virginia Coach of the Year by Virginia Sports Information Directors (VaSID) in 2010 and followed the honor with another Coach of the Year honor in 2011 from VaSID.   In her first season at JMU in 2007, she led the Dukes to as high as No. 5 in the nation while being a mainstay in the national polls every week of the season. Madison was also ranked as high as No. 5 in 2008 and No. 16 in 2009 before the record-breaking year in 2010. In 2011, Madison finished the season ranked No. 11 in the nation while taking the CAA Tournament title before dropping a tough 11-10 decision to Princeton in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.   In 10 years at JMU, the Dukes have only suffered two losing seasons in 2008 and 2009. Madison has won 10 or more games for seven straight years, dating back to 2010. Eight of her past 12 teams (JMU in 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2014 and 2015 and Hofstra in 2005 and 2006) were consistently ranked in the national top 20. Nine of those (JMU 2007, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015; Hofstra 2005 and 2006) were finalists in the CAA Tournament.   Klaes-Bawcombe's players at JMU have earned All-CAA honors 59 times. In addition to her five CAA Players of the Year, JMU has had two conference Defender of the Year and two CAA Rookie of the Year honorees under her tutelage. In 2010, senior midfielder Kim Griffin was among 25 nominees for the Tewarraton Award, which honor's the nation's top player. In 2011 and 2013, Casey Ancarrow was a Tewarraton Award nominee. Other Dukes named to the Tewarraton Award Watch List (a preliminary list to the nominees list) under Klaes-Bawcombe include Mary Kate Lomady in 2011, Ancarrow in 2012 and Jaci Gordon in 2015.   Prior to returning to Harrisonburg, Klaes-Bawcombe spent five seasons at Hofstra from 2002-06. She previously served as an assistant coach with the Pride before assuming the head coaching role. The 2005 CAA Coach of the Year compiled an overall record of 50-35 in five seasons at Hofstra. The Pride was CAA runner-up in 2005 and 2006 and lost to top-seeded JMU in the 2006 league championship game.   Her 2005 Hofstra squad achieved a program-best No. 7 national ranking. The team's 14 victories in 2005 were the second-highest total in school history.   In Klaes-Bawcombe's first season in Hempstead, N.Y., she led the Pride to a 9-8 record and a berth in the CAA Tournament. The 2003 edition of the Pride finished with an 8-8 mark and advanced to the CAA Semifinals.  In 2004, Hofstra was ranked No. 20 in the final national poll after compiling an 8-8 record.   During Klaes-Bawcombe's three seasons (1999-2001) as a Hofstra assistant, she was part of the most-successful season in school history. In 2001, the Pride compiled a 16-3 overall record and a 6-0 mark in America East play, won the America East championship and played in the NCAA Tournament.   Prior to her time at Hofstra, Klaes-Bawcombe spent the 1998 season as an assistant at JMU. During the season, JMU went 11-8, were CAA runners-up and went to the NCAA Quarterfinals.   Klaes-Bawcombe's teams have consistently achieved in the classroom. Her 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2014 JMU teams were named Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association (IWLCA) Academic Squads, a recognition given to teams with a collective grade-point average of 3.0 or above.  Since 2004, 23 of her players have won IWLCA All-Academic individual recognition.   As a player at JMU, Klaes-Bawcombe was co-captain of the 1997 squad that won the CAA Tournament and a member of two (1995 and 1997) NCAA Tournament teams. During her JMU career, the Dukes compiled an overall record of 42-28 and tied a school record with 13 wins in 1997.   In her senior season in 1997, Klaes-Bawcombe set school records for career assists (71), goals by a senior (48) and season points (71) and tied the JMU season record for game-winning goals (4).  That year, she ranked 11th in points per game average (3.94) and 20th in assists per game average (1.28) in NCAA Division I.   Klaes-Bawcombe earned First Team All-America (Brine/Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association) recognition as a senior and was a second-team selection as a junior (1996). She was also a two-time All-South Region (1996, 1997) and All-CAA (1996, 1997) choice. As a senior in 1997, she played in the North-South Senior All-Star Game, was named to the U.S. Womens Lacrosse Association All-America Team and was voted the Dukes Most Valuable Player. She currently ranks in the top 12 in three JMU career categories, including fifth in assists (71), ninth in points (196) and 12th in goals (125).   During her four years as a JMU player, the Dukes were never ranked lower than 10th in the national coaches poll and were ranked as high as third nationally in 1995 and 1997. In 2010, her playing accomplishments were honored as she was first inducted into the Hall of Fame of the Greater Baltimore chapter of US Lacrosse, then inducted into the JMU Athletic Hall of Fame.   A native of Glen Arm, Md., Klaes-Bawcombe earned a bachelors degree in kinesiology with a concentration in exercise science from JMU in 1997. She holds a master's degree in physical education from Hofstra.   Her husband, Andrew Bawcombe, and her sister, Laura Klaes Tourge, are 1995 JMU graduates. Laura is a former lacrosse player and was a two-year starter on defense for the Dukes.   The Bawcombes are parents of Otis Andrew, born in November 2008, and a daughter, Maya Ann, born in February 2012.