Colleen DeRonda

UCONN ’12

Colleen played college lacrosse at the University of Connecticut as a defender. She now teaches high school English, and has stayed involved with lacrosse on multiple fronts while teaching in Maryland, Virginia, and finally, Buffalo, NY. Her coaching experience includes numerous college recruiting camps around the country, such as Amonte Sports Camps at Northwestern University and Northstar Invitational in Lake Placid, several summers with the youth travel team at her high school alma mater in Carthage, NY, and head Varsity coach for the first high school she taught at in Maryland. Colleen also started officiating lacrosse while in college, and has since been selected to referee three state championship games, including two in Virginia and one in Maryland, in addition to reffing at the college level.