Coaches

Chad Donnelly

Donnelly was a two-time USLIA All-America selection, as well as a two-time WCLL All-League selection for Chapman University. He helped lead Chapman to a WCLL Division II Championship in 2003, a WCLL Division I Final Four appearance, and a USLIA National Championship Playoff appearance. He was selected by his peers as the Most Valuable Player, the Most Inspirational Player and he was recently inducted into the Chapman University Lacrosse Hall of Fame.

Rory Burke

Rory Burke is a native of Colorado. He played his High School Ball at Sweat Ridge High School, and went on to play at the University of Colorado, Boulder. As a CU Buff he was a 3 time All America Selection at Defense. He went on to coach the defense for one year at CU before moving to California to coach at Chapman University. He is Currently in his fourth season at Chapman as Defensive Coordinator.

Michael Clayton

Michael Clayton is originally from Oregon where he played at Lakeridge High School. While at Lakeridge he was part of 2 state championship teams, including the undefeated season of 2005. He was captain during his junior and senior seasons. Clayton was also twice selected as an All-American midfielder in ’04 and ’05. He then went on to play college lacrosse at Chapman University where he currently is a junior captain. He was an All – WCLL midfielder during his freshman and sophomore year. Michael is the current JV lacrosse coach at Newport Harbor high school. He has coached at several camps including Mainline lacrosse camps, and Lorne Smith Lacrosse camps. Clayton also played on the USA – California lacrosse team that went to Prague and Berlin during the summer of ’07.

Armen Sarkisian

Armen Sarkisian grew up in Denver Colorado and has been playing and coaching lacrosse for 14 years. He was captain of Varsity Lacrosse at Cherry Creek High School in Englewood CO., won the State Championship in 2002, and was selected to 1st team all-league that year. He played for Team Colorado from 1998-2000. He went on to play all four years of college lacrosse at Chapman University where he was captain his senior year and specialized in face-offs and defensive mid-field. His coaching and administrative experience includes head coach of several youth programs in Denver and Orange County, CA, as well as currently advising both men’s and women’s lacrosse programs at Chapman University.

Dylan Sheridan

Dylan Sheridan enters his second season as Assistant Men’s Lacrosse Coach for the Pfeiffer Falcons. Sheridan graduated from Claremont McKenna College in 2006. While there he double majored in Psychology and Film Studies, in addition he completed the Leadership Studies Sequence. Prior to attending the Claremont Colleges, Sheridan was a standout student-athlete at Western Reserve Academy in Hudson, Ohio. He played varsity lacrosse for four years, and captained the football team his junior and senior seasons. During that time he appeared in three Ohio State Lacrosse Championship games, winning one, and also helped guide his team to back-to-back league titles in football. In college, Dylan continued to pursue both football and lacrosse: playing strong safety for the CMS Stags and attack for the Claremont Cougars.

On the lacrosse field Sheridan was named to the MCLA All America and All West Coast team his sophomore, junior, and senior seasons. During his senior year he lead the MCLA in scoring with 114 points en route to earning the title of 2006 West Coast Offensive Player of the Year. Dylan finished his college career with over 300 points. In 2005 Sheridan traveled to Osaka Japan as a member of Team USA West, and in 2007 he traveled to Berlin and Prague as a member of Team USA California.

Rick Sheinin

Rick is a former University of Arizona and Chapman lacrosse player. He was a coach during an undefeated season for the Oregon High School Dynasty, Lakeridge in 2002, and has been involved in lacrosse in Oregon and California ever since. He is the Director of the Oregon Starz Lacrosse Club, and is in his third season as a coach at Chapman University, where he serves as the Assistant Head Coach.

Carlos Trujillo

Coach Trujillo played college lacrosse at Army from 1990 to 1994 including a trip to the NCAA Division I Quarterfinals in 1993. His coaching career began at Stanford where he was the Defensive Coordinator from 1999 to 2002, helping lead that team to its first and only USCLA National Championship game in 2001. He then took over as Head Coach at Chapman University, again taking that team to its first National Championship appearance in 2003. Coach Trujillo spent 2005 as the Defensive Coordinator for Div II NDNU and has been the Assistant Head Coach at Bellarmine College Prep from 2006 until present.

Lauren Uhr

Saint Mary's Director of Athletics Mark Orr announced Lauren Uhr as the new head women's lacrosse coach at Saint Mary's College on September 7, 2006 as the fourth head coach in the program's seven-year history.
Uhr joined Saint Mary's after serving as head women's lacrosse coach at Claremont McKenna College from 2003-06. In her first season at Saint Mary's, the Gaels posted a 3-12 overall record. Under Uhr's leadership at Claremont McKenna, her team went 34-13 the last three seasons. She enters the 2008 season with a career coaching mark of 37-25 overall.
She has coached the Southwest Pacific Regional Team over that time and was a member of the Regional National Team from 2004-06. Prior to coaching at Claremont McKenna, Uhr was the assistant women's lacrosse and soccer coach at Limestone College in South Carolina.
Along with coaching at SMC, Uhr has been and will continue to be the Selection Chair for the Regional National Tournament team that competes at Women's Division National Tournament (WDNT), the Pacific Region in 2007 and the SoCal (05-06). She coaches the America International Sports Tours (AIST) women's team which travels and competes in the Prague Cup in the Czech Republic. While at Claremont, she served on the Regional Advisory Comittee and the Regional All-American Committee.
Uhr received her bachelor's degree in Marketing and Information Systems from Fairfield University. While at Fairfield, Uhr was a member of the Division I lacrosse team and received several awards, including Regional All-American, Conference Player of the Year and First Team All-Conference honors.

Sarah Queener

Sarah Queener took over the reigns of the women's lacrosse program after a successful collegiate career at Yale University and made an immediate impact. In her first season, the team had its best record and qualified for the NCAA Championships for the first time. She was a four-year starter for the Bulldogs and was an important contributor during their 2003 Ivy League title as well as their NCAA tournament appearance. During her years at Yale, Queener scored 76 goals and recorded 66 assists, was a two-time All-Ivy pick, IWLCA All-American, and a North-South Senior All-Star.

Queener has grown up with lacrosse all her life. Both parents are high school lacrosse coaches. Her brother, Brice, also coaches on the collegiate level and plays professional lacrosse. Her other brother, Brett, and her sister, Sylvia both play collegiately.

 

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