The Middlebury women's lacrosse coaching staff has earned Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association (IWLCA) Division III Pilgrim Region and National Coaching Staff of the Year accolades. Head coach Kate Livesay, alongside assistant coaches Dani Ellis and Amy Patton, led the Panthers to their third-consecutive NCAA Championship and 11th NESCAC Title. 

HIGHLIGHTS

• Livesay earns national recognition for the fifth time in her career (fourth at Middlebury) and garners regional honors for the ninth time (fifth at Middlebury).
• Middlebury claimed its ninth NCAA Championship in program history.
• The Panthers finished the season with an undefeated 23-0 record, marking their ninth unbeaten season, while establishing a program single-season record for wins.
• Middlebury has won 15-consecutive NCAA Tournament games dating back to the start of the 2019 tournament and leads Division III with a .809 all-time winning percentage (76-18) during postseason play.
• The Panthers finished the year riding a 28-game winning streak and have won 30-straight contests on the road dating back to 2019.
• The program earned 100 points for the LEARFIELD Directors' Cup Standings, helping propel Middlebury to an eighth-place finish. 

MAJOR AWARDS

• Livesay was tabbed the NESCAC Coach of the Year for the third-consecutive season.
• Jane Earley was named the Division III Honda Athlete of the Year, marking the second-straight season that a Panther women's lacrosse player has claimed the award. The attacker was also selected as the IWLCA National Player and Attacker of the Year and the NESCAC Player of the Year for the second time in as many seasons.
• Erica Barr was lauded as the IWLCA National Defender of the Year.
• Hope Shue earned the Elite 90 Award, given to the student-athlete by honoring the individual who has reached the pinnacle of competition at the national championship level in their sport, while also achieving the highest academic standard among peers with the highest grade point average (GPA) at the finals site.
• The Panthers claimed three College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-Americans (Barr, Earley and Shue).
• Five Middlebury players were named IWLCA All-Americans with four first-team selections, while seven Panthers were IWLCA All-Region honorees.
• Six Panthers garnered All-NESCAC accolades, including four on the first team. 

Livesay, Ellis and Patton will be honored at the IWLCA Convention in November in Tampa, Florida. The IWLCA Board of Directors approved changing the name of the award prior to the 2023 season to recognize the entire coaching staff, rather than individual coaches. The full Coaching Staff of the Year release by the IWLCA may be found here.