JULIET MITTLEMANN:
A native of Long Island, NY, Coach Mittlemann has been playing lacrosse since her freshman year at The Loomis Chaffee High School in Windsor, CT. Coach Mittlemann continued to play lacrosse while she was attending Brown University, where she was also granted the opportunity to coach a local high school team in Rhode Island, Barrington High School, for her remaining 3 years at Brown. Her love for the game, both as a competitor and as an educator, has been a constant and integral part of Coach Mittlemann's life. After graduating from Brown University in June of 2004, Coach Mittlemann moved to Santa Monica, CA to become an English and Math teacher at Le Lycee Francais de Los Angeles. Upon her arrival to California, Coach Mittlemann made it an immediate priority to become involved in the lacrosse community of Los Angeles. Quickly, she found her place as Director and Head Coach of the Youth Girl's Lacrosse Program of Los Angeles Lacrosse League. She continued her involvement in the community with lacrosse camps, clinics, and private lessons. In the winter of 2005, Coach Mittlemann became the Assistant Coach of the inaugural Girl's Varsity Lacrosse Team at Pacific Palisades Charter High School, where she became head coach the following year. Simultaneously, Coach Mittlemann was asked to assist the Women's Lacrosse Program at Pepperdine University. That summer, Coach Mittlemann was also asked to be the assistant coach for the 2007 women's elite lacrosse travel team, Team USA California. The team traveled to Japan to compete in the 2007 International Friendship Games, playing different teams from the cities of Osaka, Nagoya, and Kyoto. After the 2007 season as Assistant Coach at Pepperdine University, Coach Mittlemann became the Co-Head Coach of the Women's Lacrosse Program. That following summer, she was asked again to coach the 2008 Team USA California, which traveled and competed in both China, the 2008 Beijing Games, and in Japan, Tokyo and Sapporo, the 2008 International Friendship Games.
After the 2008 season at Pepperdine University, Coach Mittlemann decided to narrow down her focus and commit more of her time to broadening and developing the availability and possibility of women's lacrosse, at any and every level, throughout Southern California. Coach Mittlemann has stayed on as the Head Coach of the Girl's Lacrosse Program at Palisades High for the past 5 seasons, and will continue to do so!
ALISON BRITTAIN:
Alison Brittain has been involved in lacrosse since her high school years playing varsity defense for William Mason High School in Mason, Ohio. After graduation, she moved to Southern California, where she studied to receive a BA in psychology from Pepperdine University. During her four years there, Brittain played midfield for the Pepperdine women's lacrosse team, serving over those years as captain, vice-president, president and various other roles. She also competed overseas in cities across southern Germany during a year long study abroad in Heidelberg. During her four years at Pepperdine and following years, Brittain became interested in principles of athletic training and sports medicine, leading her to pursue outside studies in sports and medical sciences at University of Cincinnati and
UCLA.
Brittain began coaching during the spring season of 2004, as head coach of the Malibu developmental lacrosse team. In 2008, she was asked to serve as head coach of the Agoura High School women's lacrosse team, which she has grown from a struggling start-up to a thriving full rostered team in just two seasons. Starting in the 2009 season, she acted as assistant coach of the Pacific Palisades High School team in collaboration with Juliet Mittlemann and Kristina Villamil. To supplement her skills as sports coach, Brittain also is a NASM certified personal trainer, training youth and adult clients around her home in the San Fernando Valley. Her training methods implement a combination of science and sports medicine techniques coupled with fun, up-tempo exercises learned from her experience in lacrosse, triathlon, yoga, martial arts and various other sports. Through Los Angeles Women's Lacrosse, Brittain hopes to expand the opportunities available to young female lacrosse players and push women's lacrosse to a higher level.
STACI WILLIAMS
A Staci hails from the Northeast and has a very impressive lacrosse resume. She played college LAX at Canisius Collge in Buffalo, NY where she was voted most valuable attach player 3 years running. She continued to pursue her love of lacrosse post-college first as head coach of Buffalo State College's DIII women's lacrosse team, then as assistant coach with DI Villanova University in Pennsylvania. More recently, she has coached high school girls lacrosse at Nansemond Suffolk Academy in Suffolk, VA before relocating to Southern California. Staci also holds a Master's degree in sports adminstration, and serves a vital role in sustaining the high school programs for Los Angeles Women's Lacrosse.
KRISTINA VILLAMIL:
Kristina Villamil began her lacrosse career with the Pacific Palisades High School, under the instruction of coach Juliet Mittlemann. Shortly after graduation, she became involved in coaching youth and high school lacrosse.
