Sacred Heart Academy is pleased to announce that Danielle Etrasco will assume the role of new head coach of the Varsity lacrosse team!
Etrasco spent six years coaching Division I lacrosse at Georgetown (3), Army West Point (2), and Virginia Tech (1). From 2016-2019, Danielle played professionally for the United Women’s Lacrosse League and Women’s Professional Lacrosse League. She serves as Coordinator of Player Development for the team, and served as a volunteer assistant coach in the Spring 2022 season.
An All-American from Massapequa High School, she went on to a standout playing career as an attacker for Boston University. Along with serving as team captain as a junior and senior, she led the Terriers in scoring during her sophomore, junior and senior campaigns, including team bests of 79 points, 59 goals, and 20 assists as a senior. A two-time Intercollegiate Women’s Lacrosse Coaches Association (IWLCA) All-American, Danielle earned IWLCA All-Northeast Region first team and All-America East Conference first-team honors in each of her final three seasons at Boston University.
Etrasco says, “It is an honor to be the next head varsity lacrosse coach at Sacred Heart Academy. I have always considered SHA one of the premier catholic high schools in New York, and my time volunteering in the 2022 season confirmed my belief. There is a tradition of excellence matched with high expectations within the lacrosse program that I look forward to building upon.”
Danielle was a member of the United States National Team from 2011-2017, earning a spot on the 2013 World Cup squad. She won a gold medal with Team USA at the 2013 Federation of International Lacrosse (FIL) World Cup in Oshawa, Ontario, totaling 17 goals and three assists in the seven-game tournament.
Etrasco succeeds Morgan Molinari O'Connor, who built SHA’s program to a US Lacrosse top 20 nationally ranked program. In her 14 year coaching career, O’Connor coached 78 players who moved to play collegiate lacrosse, 16 All-Americans, 40 Academic All-Americans, and 2 Jackie Pitts Award winners. She will continue to serve as the Athletics Director, overseeing SHA’s 24 teams, 60 coaches and over 500 student-athletes.
O’Connor says, “it is a pleasure to hand over a program that has taken hard work, time and dedication to build to a person who knows what it takes to get to the top and remain there. I have known Danielle since coaching her as a high school player. I have seen her develop as a player, coach and professional. She is poised to lead the program in the right direction.”