For the 2011-2012 Season
Coach: Brandie Leach
brandie_leach@hotmail.com
Dr. Brandie Leach is currently in her
seventh
season as head coach of the Women’s Lacrosse Team at The University of
Texas. The past six seasons, the
team finished by playing the Divisional Championship Game and her fourth
season, she took the team to Nationals! Presently, she
also coaches the ATX Laxbats, a high school club team and Westlake High
School Varsity. She continues her
coaching education by attending the national lacrosse convention yearly and
is a Level II Certified Coach. “I will never stop learning and I will
always push my team to the next level!”
Brandie started her playing career at Cherry Hill High School West in NJ.
Among other awards, she was a 2x All-American Center. She continued playing
for three years with the Canadian National Team and the highlight of her
career was playing in the 1993 World Cup in Edinborough, Scotland. She then
decided to further her education while receiving her Bachelor of Science and
Doctrine of Chiropractic.
Currently she has a successful rehabilitation practice with her husband
Chris and loves to spend time with her two children Jaden and Hunter. She
is very passionate about coaching lacrosse and her goal is to positively
motivate players to achieve whatever they set their minds to.
Assistant Coach
Taryn Muchnick
Taryn Muchnick is in her second year as Texas
Women's Lacrosse Assistant Coach. Taryn joins the UT coaching staff from
UCLA where she was a four year starter on the "A" Team, serving as captain
and president her junior and senior years. During her time in college, UCLA
reached the Western Women's Lacrosse League Championships every year and
consistently finished in the Top 15 in the WDIA (now the WCLA) The highlight
of her lacrosse career was a trip to the 2007 WDIA National Tournament. She
graduated from UCLA in 2007 with a degree in Political Science and moved to
Austin in September 2010 to work for the Austin-based non profit
organization, Marathon Kids.
A native of Southern California, Taryn started playing lacrosse at Palos
Verdes Peninsula High School in Palos Verdes on their inaugural girls
lacrosse team in 2003. The first lacrosse game she ever played in was
against the Texas Longhorns at the 2003 Santa Barbara Shootout.
Captains: Jordan Cook, Clayton Crum, and
Sarah Llewellyn
President: Ellice Tan
utlaxpresident@gmail.com
Vice Presidents: Tully Moorhead
and Caroline Schram
utlacrossevp@yahoo.com
Treasurer: Stephanie Roberts
Fundraising Chairs: Amanda Tuzzolino and Lacey Jenson
Publicity Chair:
Taylor Duke and Lindsay Stevenson
utlacrossepr@yahoo.com
Webmaster: Ellice Tan
etan1520@mail.utexas.edu
