Yale

Lauren Taylor joined the Yale coaching staff in the Fall of2008. She is one of the most decorated women's lacrosse players inYale history, having earned three All-America selections whileleading the Bulldogs to a 43-22 record and one NCAA Tournamentappearance over the past four seasons. "I have come to know Laurenover the last few months and am excited to have her join thistalented coaching staff," said Anne Phillips, Yale's Joel E.Smilow, Class of 1954 Head Coach of Women's Lacrosse. "I am lookingforward to having her share her skill and tremendous knowledge ofthe game with a new generation of Yalies. She knows exactly what itis takes to succeed as a student-athlete at Yale. Her new role ascoach will allow her to continue to contribute to the proudtradition of the Yale Women's Lacrosse program." Taylor finishedher career with 198 goals and 246 points, placing second to TracyBall '81 on Yale's all-time lists in both categories. She receivedthe Nellie Elliot Award as the top senior female student-athlete atYale last spring. Taylor was a first team All-Ivy League selectionfor the fourth straight year in 2008, becoming just the fourthplayer in league history to accomplish that feat. She won theBarbara Bowditch Award as Yale's team MVP for the second straighttime, leading the Bulldogs with 41 goals and 59 points. This wasthe fourth straight season she has led Yale in both of thosecategories. Taylor, who was named ESPN The Magazine AcademicAll-District for the second time this year, received her B.A. inhistory of science/history of medicine this past spring. She ispart of a unique five-year academic program at Yale and willreceive a Masters degree in public health from Yale in 2009. Priorto Yale Taylor attended Manhasset High School. PlayingCareer

2008: Recipient of NellieElliot Award as Yale's top senior female student-athlete ...Received third IWLCA/US Lacrosse All-America selection (secondteam) ... Second team WomensLacrosse.com All-American ... ESPN TheMagazine Academic All-District I first team ... Academic All-IvyLeague ... Tewaaraton Trophy watch list ... IWLCA All-NortheastRegion first team for the third time ... Unanimous first teamAll-Ivy League selection, becoming fourth player in league historyand second in Yale history to be named first team All-Ivy fourtimes ... Won second straight Bowditch Award as Yale's mostvaluable player ... Finished career second to Tracy Ball '81 onYale's career goals list (198) and career points list (246) ... Ledteam in goals (41) and points (59) for the fourth straight season.2007: Tewaaraton Trophy nominee ... ESPN TheMagazine Academic All-District I second team ... IWLCA AcademicHonor Roll ... Named All-American by three different organizations,including first team IWLCA/US Lacrosse All-American ... IWLCAAll-Northeast Region for the second time ... Ivy League Player ofthe Year, Yale's first Ivy Player of the Year in the award's27-year history... Unanimous First Team All-Ivy ... Lead country ingoals per game (65 in 17 games, 3.82 per game) ... Third TeamInside Lacrosse Preseason All-American ... Sixth in country andfirst in Ivy League in points per game (77 in 16 games, 4.81 pergame) ... Had 24-game point scoring streak and 16-game goal-scoringstreak in progress at end of season ... First Yale player to break70 points in a season in 27 years ... 61 goals place her third onYale's single-season record list, and 77 points place her fifth ...Four-time Ivy League Offensive Player of the Week selection ...womenslacrosse.com National Player of the Week Mar. 26 ... Scoredgame-winning goals against both Dartmouth and Princeton, helpingYale beat those two teams in the same season for the first time in16 years ... Game-winner against Princeton came with 10.4 secondsleft, giving Yale a 6-5 victory ... Had seven game-winners overall... 16 assists doubles her previous career high ... Had four groundballs twice, at Fairfield and vs. BC ... Had three caused turnoverstwice, vs. BC and at Fairfield ... Had five draw controls vs.Dartmouth ... Had three assists twice, at Fairfield and vs. Cornell... Had four or more points in a game 11 times, including each ofthe first four games of the season ... Improved conditioningenabled her to move from attack to midfield. 2006:Second team IWLCA All-Northeast Region ... First team All-Ivy ...Led the Ivy League in goals with 45 and had a Yale-best 53 points... Scored five or more goals in a game three times, including an8-point (7 goals, 1 assist) effort in Yale's 15-8 win over NewHampshire ... Ivy League Offensive Player of the Week Mar. 13 ...womenslacrosse.com Honor Roll Mar. 20 ... Third team preseasonAll-American. 2005: Third team IWLCA/US LacrosseAll-American ... First team IWLCA/USLacrosse North All-Region ...First team All-Ivy ... Led team in points with 53 (47 goals, sixassists) ...... Was named the Ivy League Offensive Player of theWeek on April 4 after she picked up 10 points in two games againstFairfield and Harvard ... At Brown on April 20 had six tallies andscooped up four ground balls ... selected for the 2005-06 U.S.Women's Lacrosse Developmental Team. Academics:History of science/history of medicine major ... One of sevenstudents selected to be part of a five-year academic program inpublic health, taking graduate-level courses starting her junioryear ... After getting her B.A. in 2008, she will receive a Mastersdegree in public health from Yale in 2009 ... Was selected forYale's Directed Studies program, a one-year honors program inhistory, literature and political science, as a freshman.Community Involvement: Will work for BoundlessPlaygrounds, the first national nonprofit dedicated to helpingcommunities create barrier-free playgrounds where children with andwithout disabilities can play together, in Summer 2008 ... Based inBloomfield, Conn., company was founded by former Yale footballcaptain Fred Leone '82 ... Selected as a freshman counselor for herresidential college, Silliman, in her senior year ... Counselorsare responsible for easing the transition of incoming freshmen tothe academic, social and cultural life of Yale College ... Has alsoserved as a Yale Female Athlete Mentor and has been a member of thestudent focus group for Yale's Women's Intercollegiate SportsEndowment and Resource (WISER) ... One of 34 students selected forthe Yale Alumni Community Service Fellowship in Summer 2007 ... Aspart of that program, spent the summer of 2007 running the FordFellowship Program at the 92nd Street Y (a cultural center) in NewYork City ... Ford Fellowship Program was designed with the goal ofenhancing efforts of emerging leaders in communities throughout theworld ... Worked for the Red Cross in New York City in Summer 2005... Revived the organization's children's programs, which had beencut because of funding redistribution after Sept. 11 ... Spoke withmore than 1,000 children about health issues and created aninstructional handbook on how to start similar programs.Before Yale: Enjoyed three dominant years in NewYork scholastic athletics ... Earned all-state recognition in fieldhockey twice and was a lacrosse All-American in 2004 ... As asenior, captained her team to a Long Island championship and wasthe leading scorer and assister in Long Island ... In 2003, helpedManhasset to a state championship.