Coaches
Justine (Reeber) Button
Justine (Reeber) Button grew up playing several sports and always had a passion for fitness and team sports. As a young girl growing up in Honolulu, HI, she spent most of her time playing outside and remained very active. After moving to Rhode Island for middle school and high school, Justine was introduced to a variety of new sports, her favorite being lacrosse. As a high school athlete at Portsmouth Abbey School in Portsmouth, RI, she was a three sport most valuable player award winner in field hockey, ice hockey and lacrosse. She is a 2003 graduate of Holy Cross in Worcester, MA where she played four years of NCAA Division I lacrosse and one year of Division III ice hockey. As a senior at Holy Cross, she was selected as the offensive player of the year for the lacrosse team and ranked among the team’s leading scorers in three of her four seasons.
She was also an all-Patriot League academic selection. After graduating from Holy Cross, she became the head women's lacrosse coach at NCAA Division III King’s College for two seasons and led King’s to one of its best seasons in school history. In 2006 King’s College competed in the Middle Atlantic Conference playoffs. Justine is currently the head coach at Virginia Episcopal School and in the past years has sent players to play at the Div. III and Div. I levels.
In past summers, she has traveled to coach lacrosse in Prague, Czech Republic and Australia. Justine understands the amazing benefits that sports have on young women. She continues to encourage all girls to get involved in sports. Justine is married to Chris Button, a former college lacrosse player and avid mountain biker. They have a four six year old son, Wyatt and a three year old daughter, Campbell.
She was also an all-Patriot League academic selection. After graduating from Holy Cross, she became the head women's lacrosse coach at NCAA Division III King’s College for two seasons and led King’s to one of its best seasons in school history. In 2006 King’s College competed in the Middle Atlantic Conference playoffs. Justine is currently the head coach at Virginia Episcopal School and in the past years has sent players to play at the Div. III and Div. I levels.
In past summers, she has traveled to coach lacrosse in Prague, Czech Republic and Australia. Justine understands the amazing benefits that sports have on young women. She continues to encourage all girls to get involved in sports. Justine is married to Chris Button, a former college lacrosse player and avid mountain biker. They have a four six year old son, Wyatt and a three year old daughter, Campbell.
Lindsay Pieper was a four-year-starter at Virginia Tech and during her career was named the team’s Rookie of the Year and twice the Most Valuable Player. She was also the first lacrosse player from Virginia Tech to be named to the All-Atlantic Coast Conference team.
After college, Pieper coached for the English Lacrosse Association at Caterham School in Surrey, England, and played for Purley Blues Lacrosse Club. When she returned to the U.S. to pursue a PhD in Sport Humanities at Ohio State, she served as the head varsity coach of Columbus School for Girls, leading the team to two district finals.
Alexis Waggoner is the head women’s lacrosse coach at NCAA Division III Randolph College.
Wagoner has coached at both the college and high school level in her coaching career. She served as an assistant coach at NCAA Div. II Merrimack College in Andover, Massachusetts from 2004-2007.
After college, Pieper coached for the English Lacrosse Association at Caterham School in Surrey, England, and played for Purley Blues Lacrosse Club. When she returned to the U.S. to pursue a PhD in Sport Humanities at Ohio State, she served as the head varsity coach of Columbus School for Girls, leading the team to two district finals.
Alexis Waggoner is the head women’s lacrosse coach at NCAA Division III Randolph College.
Wagoner has coached at both the college and high school level in her coaching career. She served as an assistant coach at NCAA Div. II Merrimack College in Andover, Massachusetts from 2004-2007.
Maddie Koontz played four years of Div III. lacrosse at Lynchburg College. Upon her midfield career, she was captain her senior year, ODAC All-Academic all four years and was recently named to the IWLCA Academic Honor roll.
Maddie has been playing lacrosse since the second grade and says she loves the sport because of it's "team environment and lifelong skills it has provided her". Throughout her college years she has coached youth and high school lacrosse and loves sharing her passion of the game with future lacrosse athletes.
Additional Coaching Staff include players and coaches from the NCAA Div. I and Div. III levels
Holly Hudson University of Mary Washington
Maddie Koontz Lynchburg College and VES
Aubrie Tarris Liberty University
Kaitlyn Cassidy-Fischetti Liberty University
Melanie Vie Liberty University