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Leah Carr

Carr begins her fifth season as head coach of the Bloomsburg University women’s lacrosse team. In her first four seasons, Carr has led the Huskies to a mark of 43-29 and four PSAC playoff appearances. She was also named the 2009 and 2010 PSAC Eastern Division Coach of the Year.

In the 2010 season, Carr earned her second straight PSAC East Coach of the Year award after guiding the Huskies to a school record-tying 13 wins and a berth in the PSAC playoffs. Under her direction, the Huskies have improved every year, posting nine wins in each of her first two seasons and 12 in 2009. The 43 wins over the past four seasons are the most over that stretch in school history since the Huskies won 44 games from 2002-05. The 268 goals scored by Bloomsburg in 2010 were just one short of the school record set in 2009. 

While at East Stroudsburg, Carr was a four-year member of the lacrosse team and earned All-PSAC honors three times. She was also named the PSAC Rookie of the Year and first team All-ECAC in 2002 after scoring 25 goals and assisting on 14 others in her freshman season.

As a junior, she was named an IWLCA second team All-American after scoring 49 goals and assisting on 11 and finished her career by being named to the NCAA Division II North/South Senior All-Star game. Carr, a native of Lansdale, Pa, was also East Stroudsburg’s co-captain and Women’s Lacrosse Outstanding Athlete in both 2004 and 2005. Overall, she had 129 goals and 60 assists in her career.

In the fall of 2005, Carrcoached the junior varsity field hockey team at Methacton High School leading the team to a mark of 11-5-4. She also served as assistant varsity coach and helped the team to a record of 17-3 and the Suburban I League title.

Carr is a 2005 graduate of East Stroudsburg University with a degree in Sport Management. She was married in the summer of 2008 to John Carr and reside in Bloomsburg.

Off the field, she was a member of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC), the PSAC Student-Athlete Advisory Committee and the East Stroudsburg Sport Management Club.