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Fran Pochily
| Title: | Head Women's Lacrosse Coach |
| Phone Number: | 757.455.3137 |
| Email Address: | famasia@vwc.edu |
| College: | Syracuse University '02 |
- 2002 graduate of Syracuse University with a BA in Psychology; minored in Sociology
- Earned her MSEd in Counselor Education--Agency Track from St. Bonaventure University in 2005
- 8th season at Virginia Wesleyan in 2012-13; has guided the Marlins to a 63-60 record
- VWC's most successful women's lacrosse coach
- Guided VWC to the second-best record (14-4) in program history in 2006 and the runner-up finish in the Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) championship tournament
- Has coached VWC players to 37 all-conference awards, including 10 first team honors, and eight all-region honors, including two first-team honorees
- Has coached three Old Dominion Athletic Conference Rookie of the Year recipients and two North-South All-Star game participants
- Member of Chi Sigma Iota, Phi Rho Honor Society at St. Bonaventure
- Four-year assistant woman's lacrosse coach and defensive coordinator at Division I St. Bonaventure, working for two-time Atlantic-10 Coach of the Year, Tony Zostant
- Helped to guide St. Bonaventure to its first three winning seasons in program history and to the A-10 championship berths in 2003 and 2004
- Served St. Bonaventure as an intern in the University Counseling Center, working with student-athletes and other college students
- Four-year member of the Syracuse University women's lacrosse team, which compiled a 44-19 record in those four years, including NCAA tournament appearances in 2000, 2001, and 2002, and a first place finish in the ECAC tournament in 1999
- Two-year team captain at Syracuse
- Big East Academic All-Star for two years
- Syracuse Athletic Director's Honor Roll member four years
- 2002 recipient of the Verhulst Award for Courage
- Girls camp director and lacrosse coach of Tribe Lacrosse in Bel Air, Maryland, for three years
- Husband Matt and Coach Pochily welcomed daughter Anna Marie to the world on April 30, 2012
