University of Connecticut Athletics
Rosen Named to the 2003-04 US Elite Team
6/9/2003 12:00:00 AM | Women's Lacrosse
STORRS, CT (June 9) – Bonnie Rosen, head coach of the University of Connecticut women’s lacrosse team, was named to the 2003-04 United States Elite Team, as announced by US Lacrosse. Forty-eight of the nation’s top female lacrosse players were named to both the 2003-04 US Elite and Developmental Teams, 24 on each squad.
Rosen was a member of the 2001 US World Cup Team that captured its fourth consecutive world title. Rosen was a starting defender on the 16-member 1997 U.S. Lacrosse World Cup games team, which captured the 1997 World Cup in Tokyo. Rosen is an 11-year member of the United States Lacrosse Elite Team (1992-present), captained the 2000 Touring Team to Australia, and was also a member of the 1996 Touring Team to Great Britain.
Elite team head coach Sue Stahl, who also is the head coach at Old Dominion, Developmental team head coach Sue Murphy, head coach at Richmond, headed up a selection committee that named the teams from a pool of applicants that competed in recent tryouts.
The teams will practice together, play exhibition scrimmages against college teams and serve as clinicians for the US Lacrosse Women’s Division National Clinic Month activities scheduled for February 2004. US Lacrosse conducts clinics for youth players at locations throughout the country to help aid in the growth of the sport.
US Lacrosse, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, is the national governing body of men’s and women’s lacrosse. To learn more, visit its web site at www.uslacrosse.org.
The Elite and Developmental teams
U.S. Elite Team 2003-04
Lauren Aumiller, Virginia, 2003
Quinn Carney, Maryland, 2001
Joanne Connelly, Penn State, 1997
Kara Cooke, Virginia, 1998
Michele DeJuliis, Penn State, 1998
Erin Elbe, Georgetown, 2002
Randall Flynn, Maryland, 1997
Danielle Gallagher, William & Mary, 1989
Cherie Greer, Virginia, 1994
Sarah Hughes, Dartmouth, 2002
Alex Kahoe, Maryland, 2000
Kate Kaiser, Duke, 2003
Lauri Kenis, Virginia, 2002
Sarah Nelson, Harvard, 1994
Kinsley O’Garrow, George Mason, 2000
Bonnie Rosen, Virginia, 1993
Crista Samaras, Princeton, 1999
Gina Sambus, Virginia, 2003
Julie Shaner, Princeton, 2001
Lucy Small, Princeton, 1999
Kristin Sommar, Maryland, 2000
Kellie Thompson, North Carolina, 2002
Acacia Walker, Maryland, 2005
Jessica Wilk, Maryland, 1990
U.S. Developmental Team 2003-04
Amy Altig, James Madison, 2005
Amy Appelt, Virginia, 2005
Rachael Becker, Princeton, 2003
Lindsey Biles, Princeton, 2005
Cary Chasney, Virginia, 2005
Katie Chrest, Duke, 2006
Colleen Christopher, New Hampshire, 2001
Kim Connors, Virginia, 2006
Kelly Coppedge, Maryland, 2004
Delia Cox, Maryland, 2006
Suzanne Eyler, Loyola, 2002
Meg Miller, Duke, 2004
Polly Purcell, Richmond, 2004
Stephy Samaras, Virginia, 2000
Julie Shank, Maryland, 2003
Danielle Shearer, Notre Dame, 2003
Anne Sheridan, Boston University, 2005
Tara Singleton, Loyola, 2004
Lana Smith, Dartmouth, 2004
Steph Sweet, Loyola, 2000
Rachel Szakmary, North Carolina, 2004
Devon Wills, Dartmouth, 2006
Jami Wilus, LaSalle, 2002
Suzanne Wosczyna, Old Dominion, 2004
