Kelly Amonte Hiller is the head women's lacrosse coach at
Northwestern University
Northwestern University is a private research university in Evanston, Illinois. Founded in 1851, Northwestern is the oldest chartered university in Illinois and is ranked among the most prestigious academic institutions in the world.
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She has coached
Northwestern to eight
NCAA Women's Lacrosse Championship
The annual NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship tournament has determined the top women's lacrosse team in the NCAA Division I since 1982. The Maryland Terrapins are the most successful team with fourteen titles. The most recent champion ...
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Amonte Hiller played for the
University of 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 ...
, and won two national championships as a player. She was named the
ACC Female Athlete of the Year in 1996.
In 2012, Amonte Hiller was inducted into the
National Lacrosse Hall of Fame.
Amonte Hiller is the sister of former
National Hockey League
The National Hockey League (NHL; french: Ligue nationale de hockey—LNH, ) is a professional ice hockey sports league, league in North America comprising 32 teams—25 in the United States and 7 in Canada. It is considered to be the top ranke ...
player
Tony Amonte.
She attended high school at
Thayer Academy
Thayer Academy (TA) is a private, co-educational, college-preparatory day school located in Braintree, Massachusetts, United States. The academy, conceived in 1871 at the bequest of General Sylvanus Thayer, known as the father of the United ...
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Head coaching record
References
External links
Kelly Amonte Hiller - Official biography on Northwestern University Sports
People from Hingham, Massachusetts
Maryland Terrapins women's lacrosse players
Living people
Northwestern Wildcats women's lacrosse coaches
Year of birth missing (living people)
Sportspeople from Plymouth County, Massachusetts
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