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Sarah Franey, Co-Founder
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Sarah Franey - Since 1994 Sarah Franey has coached JV and Varsity Field Hockey and Lacrosse. Starting as an assistant while in college at McDonogh School, coaching JV and Assistant to Varsity field hockey, basketball and lacrosse. After graduating from Towson University in '98 she moved to Montgomery County and started coaching at Paint Branch (Field Hockey) and the brand new Blake High School (Lacrosse). With only freshman and sophmores playing in the Varsity league she compiled a 3-9 record. With no clinics or leagues to send her teams she and her childhood neighbor (the Head coach at Catholic University) decided to start one. And PlayHer Sports was born.
The following year Franey moved to coach JV field hockey and varsity lacrosse at Walter Johnson.
During Franey's four years, the Wildcats compiled a 42-15 record along with the program's first and only appearance in the 4A/3A West Region championship in 2002. Walter Johnson lost that game, 9-8, to powerhouse Whitman. The Wildcats also saw two records broken that year.
Walter Johnson won a school-record 13 games and senior standout Lisa Furst (University of Delaware) scored 90 goals to lift her career total to 257, the most by a Wildcat.
In 2004 Franey moved to Baltimore to attend graduate school and became a school counselor. Now after many years working in the school systems and at a private school in Crownsville she is working PlayHer full time. In hopes we can continue to meet the needs of girl athletes through out the country. Expansion into other states is starting in 2017 and we hope to be in as many states as possible by 2022. She lives in Odenton with her son Liam.
Kristine Manning-Pennington, Co-Founder
- B.A. Villanova University
4 year Division 1 Women's Lacrosse
-M.A The Catholic University of America
- George Mason University- Assistant Lacrosse Coach
- Lynchburg College- Head Lacrosse Coach
- The Catholic University of America- Head Lacrosse Coach, Assistant Field Hockey Coach, Associate Athletic Director, Interim Director of Athletics
- Trinity University, DC- Director of Athletics, Head Lacrosse Coach
Carly Stefanelli, Program Director, Coach
Coach Stef started playing lacrosse in 4th grade. She played club lacrosse throughout middle school and high school for Jackals. She attended Good Counsel High School, where she played lacrosse, field hockey and track. Stefanelli went on to attend West Virginia University, where she played lacrosse and graduated with a B.S. in advertising. Throughout her career, she played every position except goalie. Following college, Stefanelli immediately began coaching girls lacrosse while starting a career in marketing. She has been coaching for 10 years. The players she has coached have been recruited to Notre Dame, Stanford, Virginia Tech, Drexel, Bucknell, Longwood University, Shepherd University, Delaware State University, Bridgewater College, McDaniel College and more. She has worked in education for the last 6 years serving in administrative roles. She is currently the Social Media Director for Good Counsel Football and the Varsity Lacrosse Head Coach at Georgetown Visitation. She is USA Lacrosse certified.
Georgetown Visitation, Varsity Lacrosse Head Coach - Current
Georgetown Visitation, Varsity Lacrosse Assistant Coach - January 2024-June 2025
*9-1 in the ISL, ISL AA regular season champs, Championship appearance
M&D DC 28 Assistant Coach - July 2024-Present
PlayHer Sports Coach, Trainer, Program Director - 2017-Present
Pride 27 Head Coach - Summer 2024
Concordia Prep School
Varsity Lacrosse Coach - 2019-2023
*IAAM C Conference 2023 Champions (first school title)
*Undefeated 2023 season
*Concordia Prep School Team of the Year 2023 Award
MS Soccer Coach - 2021 - Undefeated season
Quince Orchard Varsity Lacrosse Coach - 2017-2019; JV FH coach in 2018
Blake High School JV Lacrosse Coach/Varsity Assistant - 2014-2017
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