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Athletes & Sports Performance Training | Perfect Performance NOVA

GIRLS LACROSSE ACADEMY

The PP Girls Lacrosse Academy is a comprehensive training program that develops elementary, middle school, high school, and college lacrosse players to perform at the highest level possible.  The program will focus on fundamental, intermediate and advanced lacrosse skills and techniques, as well as speed, footwork, and strength specific to female lacrosse players.  Our mission is to produce competitive female athletes that love the game and are prepared to seize the many opportunities that lacrosse offers.
Our comprehensive curriculum is administered through training programs, clinics, and camps.
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  • Stick Fundamentals
  • Shooting
  • Dodging
  • Defensive Footwork & Positioning
  • Small Sided Drills
  • Injury Prevention
  • Mobility & Flexibility
  • Core Strength & Stability
  • Acceleration
  • Agility & Quickness
  • Strength & Power​
  • Conditioning

OUR LEADERSHIP

Emily Dees | Director of Girls Lacrosse | Perfect Performance NOVA
Courtney Hamm
Director of girls lacrosse
Courtney Hamm was raised in Raleigh, North Carolina where she was a 4 year varsity lacrosse starter at Wakefield High School.  As team captain her senior year, Courtney led Wakefield to its first  conference championship, and a #10 ranking in the state. With 74 goals in her senior season, she secured 1st team all conference honors and was ranked the #12 player in North Carolina. At the club level Courtney played with Carolina Fever Lacrosse Club. 

Courtney continued  her education and lacrosse career at Ferrum College where she became one of the most decorated athletes in Ferrum history. In her Freshmen Campaign Courtney was named to the USA College Rookie All-American Team. Courtney went on to be a 4x USA South All-Conference Team Selection, an All Tournament team selection, a VaSID All-State selection, and received multiple Player of The Week honor. She remains on top of the Ferrum record books as she holds the records for Goals Scored in a Season (67), Goals Scored in a Career (256),  and Game-Winning Goals in a Career (14)

In 2015 Courtney graduated with a Bachelor's of Science degree in Human Health and Performance and has been working in every aspect of lacrosse ever since. Courtney worked as a Head Coach for battle Lax before accepting her first college coaching position. 

Courtney has served as an Assistant Coach for West Virginia Wesleyan (NCAA D2), Kenyon College (NCAA D3), and UVA-Wise (NCAA D2). During her time at UVA-Wise the Cavaliers went on to win back-to-back conference regular season, and conference tournament championships (2018 & 2019), while also posting a program record of 13  wins. Most recently, Courtney worked with the National Scouting Report as a Lacrosse Scout. 

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El Gollob
Coach
Coach El Tydings Gollob has been coaching and developing players for over 25 years. Her top priority for all the girls she coaches is to instill a deep love of lacrosse and total belief in oneself to carry with them in lacrosse and in life.

Coach El grew up outside of Baltimore, Maryland where she was a high school standout at midfield and defense.  She took her talents to Princeton University to play both D1 Lacrosse and Ice Hockey. During her time with Princeton Lacrosse, she made it to the NCAA Final Four in  1989. The following year, Coach El was named the Daily Princetonian "Athlete of the Year".

Following her graduation from Princeton, Coach El found a love for coaching and developing young lacrosse players. She began coaching at the high school level, where she coached Varsity Lacrosse for several years at the Phillips Academy, The Thacher School, and The Menlo School. 

In 1999, Coach El and her husband moved to McLean, Virginia where she soon began to volunteer for McLean Youth Lacrosse. She took over as the McLean Youth Girls Lacrosse Commissioner for several years before eventually founding PRIDE Lacrosse Club in 2012. Coach El ran and coached PRIDE until 2018.

She resides in McLean, VA with her husband and 3 children, who are all college athletes. 
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Cat Leighty 
COACH
Cat Leighty grew up in Fairfax, Virginia where she was a dual-sport athlete at  Fairfax High School and Oakton High School. As a high school lacrosse standout, Cat, was named a two-time Brine All-American, received All-Conference honors, and received the Coaches Award as a senior. Cat also led her high school Field Hockey team to back-to-back conference championships and a regional title. She was a two-time 6A All-Tournament team selection, received All-Conference honors, and was named Team MVP as a senior.

Cat continued her academic and lacrosse career at Christopher Newport University where she continued to excel on the field. While at CNU Cat earned second-team All Conference, All-State, All-Region, All-tournament, multiple CAC Player of the Week, and two Academic All-Conference honors.

In her freshman campaign Cat tied the school’s single-season record with four man-up goals. In her first two seasons she led the conference with a shot-on-goal percentage of .937 with 59 of 63 shots on target in 2018, and .910 with 61 of 67 shots on target in 2019.  As a sophomore cat led the team with 67 points on the season.​ Despite only playing 6 games her junior season due to COVID, Cat managed to put up 12 points on 9 goals and 3 assists. As a senior Cat led the conference with 15 free-position goals.
Cat Ranked 15th in the NCAA with 36 assists, and ranked 17th with 82 points.

In 62 games and 52 starts, Cat put up 200 career points with 121 goals and 79 assists. Cat finished 5th in school history with 32 free-position goals, sixth in assists, and ninth in points. 

Alumni and Current Athletes

Kaitlyn Arcari-Sacred Heart University

Caroline Bean-University of Michigan 

Gabby Brisbin-Mercer University  

Avery Burke​- Rhodes College  

Gabby Byrne-  Christopher Newport University 
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Keelin Byrne- Virginia Tech  
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Lilly Byrne-James Madison  

MC Byrne-Virginia Tech 

Katie Calvo-Duke University  

Jennifer Canfield-Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 

Lauren Cerretani-George Washington University 


Jane Chen- University of Chicago  

Jordan Condon - University of Pennsylvania 

Cameron Counts- Radford University 

Paige Counts- University of 
Cincinnati 

Laura Crawford- University of Pennsylvania
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Emma Crooks-Virginia Tech

Dani Dahl- University of Akron

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Sareena Dhillon-William & Mary

Logan Dougherty-Army

Halle Duenkel-James Madison University

Kelsey Dunn-Yale University

Zoe Dyer-Christopher Newport University
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Lindsey Ellison-Navy

Maddie Garner-Kenyon College

Ashley Go-American University

Jill Gollob-Yale

Kaia Goodiel-Lynn College

Claire Harris-VCU 

Gabriella Henson-Vendrell-Villanova University 

Isabella Henson-Vendrell-Villanova University

Kate Himes-University of Maryland Baltimore County

Claire Hiscott-William & Mary

Anna Hofgard-UC Davis

Eva Howell- Davidson College 

Corryn Jones- Old Dominion University 

Lilly Kishore-Skidmore
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​Elli Kluegel- Loyola University of Maryland

Courtney Kuligowski- University of Southern California 

Taylor Lawrence-Stanford University 

Sarah Lubnow-Virginia Tech

Sydney Martin - High Point University

Olivia Naughton-William & Mary

Zenie Newsome- Longwood University

Emma Norris-Rhodes College 

Emma Nowakowski-High Point University


Molly  O'Brien-Radford University 

Megan O'Hara-Hamilton College

Kaitlyn Pham-Johns Hopkins University

​Mia Pisani-Furman University 


Victoria Rankin-San Diego State University 

​Elena Ricci-Virginia Tech

Emmie Ridgeway-Butler University 


Amy Roche-Bucknell

Bella Rosato-William & Mary 


Morgan Salvato-Wofford College
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Ella Sangree-Columbia University

Caroline Senich-Drexel University 

Katherine Senich- Drexel University 

Sarah Senich- VCU 

Molly Shapiro-University of Tampa 

Kelsey Shea-Brown University

London Simonides-William & Mary

Cassidy Slavik-East Carolina

Charlotte Smith-James Madison University

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Marina Smith-California Berkley

Sophie Smith- Gettysburg College

Abby Soltys-Mercer University 

Ellen Stark-Randolph-Macon College

Evelina Swigart- University of Chicago


Emma Vinall-American University
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Aubrey Williams-University of Virginia 
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Location

8504 Tyco Road, Tysons Virginia, 22182
Walking distance to the Spring Hill Metro Station on the Silver Line.

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