Washington College Women's Lacrosse

Meghan Keelan Lewis was named the head coach of Shorewomen Lacrosse in July 2023.   In her first season at Washington College, Keelan guided the team to its 12th straight trip to the Centennial Conference Tournament, a school record for any WC team that must qualify for the conference tournament, while coaching three All-Centennial and a pair of IWLCA All-Metro Region players.   The Shorewomen in the 2025 season set the record for most goals in a single game in a 25-9 over McDaniel on April 5. The team had three all-conference selections.  Washington earned a spot in the 2026 Centennial Conference Tournament, its 16th overall. Keelan Lewis had four players earn All-Centennial Conference honors and three land IWLCA All-Metro Region recognition. In her first two seasons at the helm of the team, Keelan Lewis has coached the Centennial Conference’s Scholar-Athlete of the Year, Abby Laubach in 2024 and MaryCate Anson in 2025.    Keelan, a Maryland native, came to the Eastern Shore after serving as head coach at Rhodes College from 2017-23. She guided the Lynx to the Southern Athletic Association title in six of her seven seasons at the helm (there was no conference title in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic). In total, Keelan finished with a 97-23 record at Rhodes, including a 47-0 mark in SAA play. The Lynx qualified for the NCAA Division III Tournament six times under Keelan, advancing past the first round five times with two trips to the Sweet 16.      Rhodes regularly dominated the postseason awards under Keelan with dozens of All-Conference and IWLCA All-Region selections during her time. This past season, Rhodes racked up four IWLCA All-Region first team selections, three second team All-Region selections and ten All-Conference selections with six first team nods. Keelan's group also finished with five IWLCA Honor Roll selections and was named an IWLCA Honor Squad with a 3.41 team GPA. In 2022, the Lynx earned an IWLCA All-American selection, just the third in SAA Conference history.     Keelan Lewis played collegiately at UMBC and served as the Retrievers captain during her senior season.  She led the team in assists twice in four years. After graduating from UMBC with a degree in Psychology in 2008, Keelan Lewis served as an assistant coach at Bucknell University for three seasons.     In 2011, Keelan Lewis was named head coach at Division II Shepherd University. Over the course of four seasons as the Rams head coach, Keelan Lewis racked up a program record 43 wins and a Mountain East Conference title during her final season. After leaving Shepherd, Keelan Lewis was named Assistant Coach at Division I Arizona State University before taking over at Rhodes in 2017.    

Gillian Hanson was named assistant women's lacrosse coach in August 2024.   In her first season with the Shorewomen, the team set the mark for goals in a single game with a 25 in a victory over visiting McDaniel on April 5. The team had three players land All-Centennial honors. In season two with the program, Hanson helped the Shorewomen reach their 16th Centennial Conference Tournament as the squad had four all-conference players and three All-IWLCA Metro honorees.   Hanson coached at Manhattanville University during the 2023 and 2024 seasons, while earning a master's degree in Sports Business and Entertainment Management. While coaching, she helped the Valiants achieve the most wins in program history in 2023. During her tenure in Purchase, N.Y., she coached multiple All-Skyline Conference, All-ECAC and All-IWLCA Academic Team Athletes.     Hanson played lacrosse at Ithaca College from 2018-2022 and graduated with a degree in Environmental Studies and a minor in education.     Hanson is a three-time NCAA Tournament Participant and made it to the Elite Eight in 2021. In 2022, her team made it to the Sweet Sixteen of the Tournament and recorded the most wins in program history.