Former University of Delaware women's lacrosse standout Corrine Drost will serve as a volunteer assistant coach during the 2011-12 season, head coach Kateri Linville has announced.
“I am thrilled to start my coaching career at Delaware. As a player, I learned a lot from Kateri and Kristin (Hopson) and I am eager to be back and learn from them from a coaching standpoint,” said Drost of her appointment. “I want to see Delaware winning championships and this team is capable of achieving just that. I am excited to get started and to help the team grow and realize what they are capable of achieving.”
Linville knows that Drost continue to bring her passion to the game as well as serve as an ambassador for the University and the lacrosse program as an alumna. She believes in the new leadership of the program, now in its second season under Linville.
“From the first day that I met Corrine, she has wanted to part of leading this program to our first Colonial Athletic Association Championship and back into the NCAA tournament,” said Linville, a 2003 alumna of the University. “She believes that we are on the brink of greatness and she wants to do the work necessary to be part of our rise to national prominence.”
Drost’s on-field duties include assisting with player development, specifically with the attackers. Her off-the-field duties include day-to-day operations, on-campus recruiting, including camps and clinic, community service efforts, as well as developing alumnae relations.
Drost has built experience in the coaching ranks, working with the TLC Club in Baltimore and working various camps in the tri-state area.
“Last year, as a senior captain, Corrine selflessly put everything she had into the program. Now, as a volunteer assistant, she will have the opportunity to develop professionally and to make an impact in a new leadership role in the program,” said Linville of Drost’s new role with the program. “As a fellow Blue Hen, I know that Corrine will be the first one to challenge and encourage our student-athletes to give everything they have in order to claim our first CAA Championship.”
A four-year letter winner and three-year starter for the Blue Hens, Drost earned a spot in the starting lineup 41 times while making 62 appearances. Over the course of her career, Drost improved her season goal total each year, including a career-high 30 in 2011. Over the final 18 games of her career, Drost tallied at least one point, a streak that dated from the 2010 season finale until her final game as Hen.
During her career, Drost played both the midfield and attack positions. Through the midfield, Drost snagged 52 draw controls, another stat she improved each season at Delaware, as well as collecting 44 groundballs.
During Drost’s time with the Blue Hens, the team amassed an overall record of 35-33, including 15-13 in the CAA. The team made back-to-back appearances in the conference tournament in her freshman and sophomore seasons, finishing as the league’s runner up in 2009.
Drost earned the team’s Janet Smith “Grit Award”, named for the long-time Delaware head coach, who led the Hens from 1980-89 and collected three national championships. The award is given annually to the player who best embodies Smith’s mantra “grit is what sets some apart.”
Prior to her arrival in Newark, Drost was a two-sport standout at Hereford High School in Baltimore County, Md. A three-year letter winner in both lacrosse and soccer, she was selected All-County and All-City in lacrosse as a junior in 2006. That same season, the honor roll student also served as a soccer captain in the fall of her senior year (2006).
A native of Parkton, Md., Drost now resides in Wilmington, Del.
Updated 10/11/11
Head Coach Kateri Linville
Assistant Coach Kristin Hopson
Assistant Coach Kristen Carr
Volunteer Assistant Coach Corrine Drost
