Kelly Munroe is in her second season as the American University lacrosse team's assistant coach. A former All-American at Boston University and member of the U.S. Developmental National Team, Munroe works primarily with American's defensive unit.
In her first season at American, Munroe helped the Eagles to the second-best caused turnover average (7.50) in the Patriot League. Individually, Emma Larkin held the highest caused turnover average in the conference at 1.88 per game.
Munroe is a 2009 graduate of Boston where she helped lead the Terriers lacrosse program to four straight America East conference championships and NCAA Tournament appearances. In 2008, her junior season, Munroe played a key role in leading Boston to the quarterfinals of the NCAA Tournament.
Individually, Munroe earned All-America honors in her senior season, and was a Regional All-American in both 2008 and 2009. Munroe was a three-time All-America East selection, and was named the America East Championship Most Outstanding Player in 2008. She completed her career with 61 caused turnovers, 12th in school history.
Additionally, in each of the last two years, Munroe has been selected to compete for the prestigious United States Lacrosse Developmental National Team.
"I am very excited to have Kelly as a part of our lacrosse program," commented Head Coach Katie Woods at the time of Munroe's hiring in August 2009. "I think she's going to be a great coach and teacher. She has tremendous energy on the field and will help take our defense to a new level."
Munroe graduated from Boston with a Bachelor's degree in communications, and a concentration in public relations.
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