PERI WEST HIRED AS NEW HEAD WOMEN'S CLUB LACROSSE COACH

Peri West will be entering her first season as Head Women's Club Lacrosse coach and Student Affairs Administrative Assistant. 

West spent two years as assistant coach for the Wheaton College Women's Lacrosse team and helped lead the Lyons to their fifth straight New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) Tournament championship game in 2006.   

In 2005, West was the junior varsity lacrosse coach at Weston High School after a one-year stint at the Westonbirt School in Gloucestershire, England. At Westonbirt, West coached and trained three teams comprised of girls in different age groups.

West was a Wheaton Athletic Mentor (WAM) from 2001-04, during which time she also served as president. The WAMs chose her for the NCAA Leadership Committee in 2003, and West received the Caroline Cutler Metcalfe Leadership Award from Wheaton in 2004.

West, a two-time captain for Wheaton, helped her team capture their first two NEWMAC titles.  She missed only one game during her career and started all 68 games in which she played. She helped the Lyons to a 20-4 mark in NEWMAC play and was Wheaton's co-captain her junior and senior seasons, when the Lyons won the NEWMAC regular season and tournament titles and advanced to the NCAA Tournament.

West totaled 53 goals, 23 assists and 76 points during her career and was twice named to the NEWMAC All-Conference team. She graduated from Wheaton in 2004 with a Bachelor's degree in Philosophy.