(Story courtesy of Oglethorpe University)
ATLANTA, Ga. - The Oglethorpe University
athletics department is pleased to announce the hiring of Lee Ann
Tutchton to the position of head women’s lacrosse coach,
effective immediately. Tutchton, the first women’s head
lacrosse coach in school history, will spend 2011-12 recruiting and
scheduling to build a program ready for play in the spring of
2013.
Hailing from a family of lacrosse players and coaches from the
Philadelphia, Penn. area, Tutchton brings a wealth of lacrosse
experience to the Stormy Petrels’ staff. She starred in
college at James Madison University in both women’s lacrosse
and field hockey before moving to Georgia to begin her coaching
career. As women’s lacrosse began to spread in the South in
the late 1980’s, Tutchton started the first under-11
girl’s lacrosse team in the state. Most recently, Tutchton
has served as the Varsity Community Coach at Lassiter High School
where she helped guide the program to the state championship.
“Lee Ann has been around the sport of lacrosse her entire life and brings immeasurable experience to a program that will be built for play in 2013,” said athletics director Jay Gardiner. “With her longstanding relationships with countless young players in the state, she is the perfect fit to construct this team and I look forward to watching them excel on the field.”
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