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Welcome
to the home of the Upper Arlington High School Women's
Lacrosse Team.
The
Upper Arlington High School Women's Lacrosse Program
began in 1983 under the sponsorship of UAHS faculty
member and Coach Pete Corey. Tom Stout then
led the Bears for five seasons. In 1992, Wendy
Pinta took the helm of the UA Women's Lacrosse
program for the next fifteen years and led them to
three state championship titles. In 2008, Lynda
McCandlish, a UAHS & Northwestern University
graduate, assumed the head coach position. In her
first and only season as head coach at Upper Arlington,
Coach McCandlish won a state championship. Lynda McCandlish
also made Ohio history by winning the state championship
as both a UA player (2002) and as a head coach (2008).
From 2009-2011, Kim Rocheleau headed the Golden
Bears, taking them to the state finals in each of
her three years as head coach.
For the 2012 season, the Golden Bears see two of its
former coaches to return to lead the team. Head
Coach Wendy Pinta (1991-2007) returns from
a 4-year hiatus to coach youth lacrosse at Hastings
Middle School, and Executive
Head Coach Sue Stimmel (1989-90) returns
after a 23-year leave to coach collegiate lacrosse
at Denison and The Ohio State University.
In
1993, Upper Arlington player Ashley Burkart was
the first-ever UAHS girl's lacrosse player to be named
All-American. Since then,
20 other UAHS players have earned All-American distinction,
and many others have been honored with
All-Ohio and All-League awards.
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