Tracy Bonaccorsi

Getting to know Coach Bono:  Coach Bono has been with us since the start coaching 4 to 18 year old's! She enjoys creating long-term relationships with the young women who look up to her. We couldn't be more lucky to have such a great role model for our young players! When she isn't coaching lacrosse she is working in the athletic department at Fenwick High School, we can't wait to see her grow the Fenwick girls lacrosse program.

Grainne Kelly

Getting to know Coach Kelly: Coach Kelly is the current Head Coach at Illinois Wesleyan University and graduated as one of the most accomplished players in the program's history. Coach Kelly holds records at IWU for goals and points, and holds the top two records for points in a season. Coach Kelly was a two time IWLCA Zag Sports DIII Academic Honor Roll recipient, four time CCIW Academic All-Conference Award Recipient, 2019 Jack Swartz Academic All-Conference Honoree, three time CCIW First Team All-Conference, Great Lakes First Team All Region recipient in 2019, Great Lakes Second Team All Region in 2018, 2018 Google Cloud Academic All District Team honoree, and the recipient of the CCIW Merle Chapman Leadership award. Coach Kelly was named the 2021 Positive Coach of the Year by the IGLCA while serving as the head coach at Lockport High School for the 2020 and 2021 seasons.

Coaching:

Glenbard West

Fenwick Boys Lacrosse - 2018 Sectional Championship, 2018 Wednesday Journal Coach of the year, 3 All-Americans, 5 Academic All-Americans.

Playing:

OPRF High School

Team Illinois

Getting to know Coach Considine: Coach Jerry founded East Ave to provide a quality lacrosse experience to the youth in his hometown while studying finance and math at UIC. After five years coaching at the JV and freshmen level at Fenwick HS Jerry was promoted to the varsity head coach  where the team won the 2018 Sectional Championship. Coach Jerry has over a decade of coaching experience and has been coaching girls lacrosse over the last five years.

Maddie Berni

Travel Team Coach - East Ave

Getting to know Coach Berni: Coach Maddie was on our first ever East Ave girls high school team and is now one of our youth coaches! When Coach Maddie is not in town coaching she is starting at attack for the Carthage Women's Lacrosse team and studying to be a nurse. Maddie's playing experience makes her an incredible role model and resource for our players.

Margaux Giacotto

Travel Team Coach - East Ave

Getting to know Coach Giacotto: Coach Margaux was on our first ever East Ave girls high school team and now is a youth coach for us. Few players can match the passion that Margaux brings to the game and it shows every time she laces up for Carthage College and has resulted in multiple conference defensive player of the week awards! We are so lucky to have such a hard working role model for our players.

Anna Doten

Varsity Assistant at Glenbard West High School

Glen Ellyn Guardians Director

Getting to know Coach Doten: Coach Doten went to Lyons Township high school and was an eight-time varsity letter winner in cross country and lacrosse. Named to all conference and varsity MVP her senior year for lacrosse. Coach Doten then went on to play lacrosse at Allegheny where she had a strong freshmen year. Coach Doten missed her sophomore year with an injury and came back her junior year as team captain. Coach Doten is a literacy teacher focusing on elementary schools.  Coach Doten just moved back to the area from Milwaukee and is excited to start coaching with us!

Getting to know Coach Ristau: Coach Meghan has over 10 years of coaching experience at the high school and youth level! Ristau is the current JV coach at OPRF high school and is excited to start coaching future Huskie lacrosse players and teach them what it takes to compete at the high school level. When Coach Ristau is not coaching she is working as a digital support content specialist.

Jim Moy

Head Coach at Trinity High School

Getting to know Coach Moy: Coach Moy has over a decade of coaching experience at some of the biggest powerhouses in the state! Coach Moy has been with East Ave since the start and helped us to develop into the program that we have become. While we can't thank Coach Moy enough for what he has done for us in lacrosse we are also thankful for all the work he does as a doctor on infectious disease during this pandemic.

Evan McKerns

Goalie Coach

Getting to know Coach McKerns: Evan grew up in Ohio playing lacrosse at Upper Arlington High School where he won the Ohio & Midwest Championship in 1994! Evan went on to play Division 1 Lacrosse at Lehigh University where his team won the Patriot League Championship in 1999. Evan has extensive experience coaching boys lacrosse at the youth, high school and college level including St. Edwards University in Austin Texas. Evan is looking forward to his third spring helping with East Ave youth and watching his daughters grow with their teammates and soon to be friends.