Dana Dobbie (born September 30, 1984) is a Canadian women’s
lacrosse
Lacrosse is a team sport played with a lacrosse stick and a lacrosse ball. It is the oldest organized sport in North America, with its origins with the indigenous people of North America as early as the 12th century. The game was extensively ...
player and coach. Having played with the
Maryland Terrapins
The Maryland Terrapins, commonly referred to as the Terps, consist of 19 men's and women's varsity intercollegiate athletic teams that represent the University of Maryland, College Park in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Divis ...
at the collegiate level, she has also competed with the Canadian national team, winning the silver medal at the 2013 FIL World Cup. In 2016, she was selected by the
Baltimore Ride
The Baltimore Ride were a United Women's Lacrosse League (UWLX) professional women's field lacrosse team based in Baltimore, Maryland. They played in the UWLX since the 2016 season. In the 2016 season, the four teams in the UWLX played in a ba ...
as their first-ever selection in the inaugural
United Women's Lacrosse League
The United Women’s Lacrosse League (UWLX) was a women's lacrosse league in the United States. It was co-founded in Boston, Massachusetts, by Digit Murphy and Aronda Kirby of the Play It Forward Sports Foundation, under the ownership of United ...
Draft. She also coaches at
Loyola University.
Playing career
NCAA
Having originally competed with
Ohio University
Ohio University is a Public university, public research university in Athens, Ohio. The first university chartered by an Act of Congress and the first to be chartered in Ohio, the university was chartered in 1787 by the Congress of the Confeder ...
, she would register 34 goals in her freshman campaign. The following season (2005), she would improve on her total with 37 goals for the Bobcats. As a freshman, she had sprained both of her ankles, and discovered that by the end of the 2005 season, she has actually been playing with torn ligaments. After two reconstructive surgeries, she was a redshirt in 2006.
Transferring to the
Maryland Terrapins
The Maryland Terrapins, commonly referred to as the Terps, consist of 19 men's and women's varsity intercollegiate athletic teams that represent the University of Maryland, College Park in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Divis ...
in 2007, she would graduate from the program in 2008 as the NCAA's all-time leader in draw controls, gaining a record 334. In addition, she would set the NCAA single-season record for draw controls with 126 during the 2008 campaign.
Of note, Dobbie was the first Canadian to win the
Atlantic Coast Conference
The Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) is a collegiate athletic conference located in the eastern United States. Headquartered in Greensboro, North Carolina, the ACC's fifteen member universities compete in the National Collegiate Athletic Associa ...
Player of the Year Award. Along with
Jen Adams
Jen Adams (born 1980) is the head women's lacrosse coach at Loyola University Maryland and was an All-American lacrosse player at the University of Maryland from 1998 to 2001, leading the Terrapins to national titles for four straight years, i ...
and
Katie Chrest, she became the third Terrapin to win the award twice. She would also lead the ACC as a senior with 70 goals.
Canadian National team
Raised in
Guelph, Ontario
Guelph ( ; 2021 Canadian Census population 143,740) is a city in Southwestern Ontario, Canada. Known as "The Royal City", Guelph is roughly east of Kitchener and west of Downtown Toronto, at the intersection of Highway 6, Highway 7 and Welli ...
, Dobbie served as the captain of the 2003 Canadian Junior U-19 team, winning a bronze medal at the U19 World Championships. With the senior team, Dobbie would capture a bronze medal in the aftermath of the 2009 FIL World Cup. She would follow it up four years later with a silver medal, the greatest showing for a Canadian team in World Cup history. With the
2013 FIL Women's World Cup hosted in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada, she would score four goals in the semifinals, an 11-7 win against Australia, advancing to the gold-medal game. For her efforts, Dobbie was named to the 2013 World Cup All-World Team.
UWLX
Drafted by the
Baltimore Ride
The Baltimore Ride were a United Women's Lacrosse League (UWLX) professional women's field lacrosse team based in Baltimore, Maryland. They played in the UWLX since the 2016 season. In the 2016 season, the four teams in the UWLX played in a ba ...
with their eighth pick overall in the
United Women's Lacrosse League
The United Women’s Lacrosse League (UWLX) was a women's lacrosse league in the United States. It was co-founded in Boston, Massachusetts, by Digit Murphy and Aronda Kirby of the Play It Forward Sports Foundation, under the ownership of United ...
, Dobbie was reunited with
Jen Adams
Jen Adams (born 1980) is the head women's lacrosse coach at Loyola University Maryland and was an All-American lacrosse player at the University of Maryland from 1998 to 2001, leading the Terrapins to national titles for four straight years, i ...
, her former coach at Maryland. Of note, Adams was named head coach of the Baltimore franchise. Dobbie would finish the inaugural UWLX season as the regular season scoring champion, culminating with a nod to the league's All-Star Team.
WPLL
Dobbie joined the
Women's Professional Lacrosse League
The Women's Professional Lacrosse League (WPLL) was a women's lacrosse league in the United States. The league was formally composed of five teams: the Brave, Command, Fight, Fire, and Pride. The league announced on February 27, 2020, that it woul ...
for their inaugural season in
2018
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as a member of the
Baltimore Brave. She tied for the league lead in goals with 8.
Coaching career
In 2009, Dobbie joined former
Maryland
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assistant coach
Jen Adams
Jen Adams (born 1980) is the head women's lacrosse coach at Loyola University Maryland and was an All-American lacrosse player at the University of Maryland from 1998 to 2001, leading the Terrapins to national titles for four straight years, i ...
on the
Loyola Greyhounds
The Loyola Greyhounds are the athletic teams that represent Loyola University Maryland. The teams include men and women's basketball, cross country, lacrosse, rowing, soccer, swimming & diving, and tennis. Men's sports also include golf, while wo ...
coaching staff. During their time as coaches with the program, the Loyola Greyhounds would win consecutive
Big East
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crowns in 2011 and 2012 along with a
Patriot League
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championship.
Awards and honors
*2004, 2005 All-ALC honoree for the Bobcats
*2005 WomensLacrosse.com Freshman All-America Team laurels.
*2007 and 2008 All-American
*2007 and 2008Tewaaraton Trophy finalist
*2007 and 2008Atlantic Coast Conference Player of the Year
*2008 IWLCA Midfielder of the Year
*2013 FIL World Cup All-World Team
*2016 UWLX Regular Season Scoring Champion
*2016 UWLX All-Star Selection
Personal
Dobbie and Jen Adams are both owners of Seven Lacrosse Training .
References
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1984 births
Maryland Terrapins women's lacrosse players
Living people
20th-century Canadian women
21st-century Canadian women
Competitors at the 2017 World Games
Competitors at the 2022 World Games
World Games gold medalists
World Games silver medalists