Ripcurl Coaches
Heather Chase O'Neill
Hometown: Haddonfield NJ
Sports Played in HS: track, field hockey, basketball, cross country
College: Syracuse University
Athletic Scholarship to play D1 Field Hockey
Years Coaching: 12 years
Head Coach: Sarasota HS
Cofounded The Casey Powell World Lacrosse Foundation (CPWLF) in 2014
Former Executive Director, CPWLF
Full Time: Associate Teacher at CDS
Mom of Conor & Emily
Favorite Quote: "We may not have it all together, but together we have it all."
Director
Heather Ballew
High School Coach
Hometown: Annapolis, MD
Sports Played in HS: Soccer & Lacrosse
College: Clemson University
Club Lacrosse, President of Lacrosse Club
Co-founded Southeastern Women's Lacrosse League (SWLL)
Years Coaching Lacrosse: 20+ years
coaching girls rec and club girls lacrosse
Assistant Coach: Sarasota HS
Full Time: Realtor
US Lacrosse Certified Official
Mom of Kyla, Kellan, Kase & Kora
Favorite Quote: "Be awesome or don’t be awesome, so be awesome." ~Cathy Reese
"Teamwork makes the dream work!"
Ashley McLeod
High School Coach
Hometown: Fairfax, VA
Sports Played in High School: Soccer, Lacrosse, Swimming, Tennis
College: Dennison University
Division III Lacrosse Player
Years Coaching : 9
Head Coach: Riverview HS
Full Time: Teacher with law degree
Mom of Caspian
Favorite Quotes: "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit." ~Will Durant
"You can observe a lot by just watching."
~Yogi Berra
Jeanette Dunnigan
Middle School Coach
Hometown: Long Island, NY
College: University of Delaware
DI Lacrosse Player
Head Defensive Coach, St. Joseph's College Women's Lacrosse; Coach, JV High School Lacrosse; Assistant Coach, Molloy College DII its inaugural year.
Currently: US Lacrosse Certified Official
Favorite Quote: “I've missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed." ~Michael Jordan
Kendall Gay
Middle School Coach
Hometown: Sarasota, FL
Sports Played in HS: Baseball, Football, Surfing, Knee Boarding, Water Skiing
College: University of South Florida
Years Coaching Lacrosse: 10
Assistant Coach: Sarasota High School
Full Time: 29 Years as a Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Marketing Research Professional. Currently, VP, Healthcare – MarketVision Research, Inc.
US Lacrosse, Level 3 Certified Coach
Husband to the ever-patient Melissa Gay for 28 years
Father to Bryce and Brock Gay
Favorite Quote: “If parents want to give their children a gift, the best thing they can do is to teach their children to love challenges, be intrigued by mistakes, enjoy effort, and keep on learning. That way, their children don’t have to be slaves of praise. They will have a lifelong way to build and repair their own confidence.” – Carol Dweck
Barbara Peters
Girls U6 Youth Coach
Hometown: NewCanaan, CT
Sports played in HS: Lacrosse, field hockey
College: Union College
Major in Marketing
Sports Played in College: Field Hockey
Full Time: GM Athletic Republic
Favorite Quote: "The only yardstick for success our society has is being a champion. No one remembers anything else." John Madden
Tyler Liotta
Youth Coach
Hometown - Duxbury, MA
Sports played in High School
IMG Lacrosse
Enjoys fishing, golf and coaching youth lacrosse
Colleges - University of Hofstra and
Quinippiac College Majoring in economics-
* Played lacrosse in Japan as part of the Lacrosse Makes Friends Foundation
Full Time: Project Manager
Christiana Walker
Youth Coach
Hometown: Jarrettsville, MD
Sports Played in HS: Soccer, Lacrosse, Cross Country
College: High Point
Played Club Lacrosse and Rowing
Years Coaching: 6 years
Former Assistant Coach: Cardinal Mooney HS
Full Time: Interior Decorator
Favorite Quote: "You must be the change you want to see in the world." Gandhi
