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Meet the Dartmouth Coaches



Myra Sack
AU Director
Year:
2010
Nicknames:
Booie
Favorite Quote:
Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.
Favorite Athlete:
Derek Jeter
Favorite Food:
Coffee Ice Cream
Favorite Movie:
Home Alone One (and Two)
Notable Acheivements:
Passed Econ 10!

Alex Jenny

Year:
2010
Nicknames:
Jennay (said like in Forrest Gump)
Favorite Quote:
“I firmly believe that any man's finest hour, the greatest
fulfillment of all that he holds dear, is that moment when he has worked his
heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle -
victorious.”
-Vince Lombardi
Favorite Athlete:
Kevin Garnett
Favorite Food:
Pizza
Favorite Movie:
Rudy and Braveheart
Notable Acheivements:
Semi-Finalist for the William V. Campbell Trophy    
Kelsey Quick
 Year:
2010
Nicknames:
Kels
Favorite Quote:
"Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight of defeat"
- Teddy Roosevelt
Favorite Athlete:
Allison Rose Hubbard
Favorite Food:
Steak
Favorite Movie:
Wedding Crashers
Notable Acheivements:
Won U-15 youth soccer nationals    
Matt Dornak
Year:
2010
Nicknames:
Knees
Favorite Quote:
"If you rest, you rust."
Favorite Athlete:
Steve Prefontaine
Favorite Food:
Fried Broccoli
Favorite Movie:
Avatar
Notable Achievements:
Played on the Dartmouth Varsity Football team for four years.    
Mariel Lacina
Year:
2010
Nicknames:
Mare, Myrtle
Favorite Quote:
"Goaltending is a normal job, sure. How would you like it in your job if every time you made a small mistake, a red light went on over your desk and 15,000 people stood up and yelled at you."
- Jacques Plante
Favorite Athlete:
Ken Dryden, Steve Yzerman
Favorite Food:
Smoothies
Favorite Movie:
Remeber the Titans
Notable Acheivements:
Founded Green Gear in Fall 2009  (www.greengear.weebly.com)  
Evan Stephens
 Year:
2011
Nicknames:
Steve-o
Favorite Quote:
“Everyone has a plan, until you get punched in the face, then you just have to fight.”
Favorite Athlete:
Nicholas Lidstrom
Favorite Food:
Steak and Potatoes
Favorite Movie:
Top Gun
Notable Acheivements:
All-Ivy selection, 2009
Team Captain for the Cedar Rapids Rough Riders, 06-07  
Brian Seitz
 
 Year:
2012
Nicknames:
BSeitz, sizzle
Favorite Quote:
Something inside of me just said 'Hey, wait a minute, I want to
beat him,' and I just took off. -Prefontaine
Favorite Athlete:
Francesco Totti
Favorite Food:
Sushi
Favorite Movie:
Remember the Titans
Notable Acheivements:
Ran twice at USATF Indoor National Championships.
Read Harry Potter #7 in one sitting (16 hours)  
Kelly Hood
Year:
2012
Nicknames:
Hoody
Favorite Quote:
"Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined."
-Henry David Thoreau
Favorite Athlete:
Lance Armstrong
Favorite Food:
Pizza, Chocolate Ice Cream
Favorite Movie:
Good Will Hunting
Notable Acheivements:
Played in the PanAm games in Argentina for the US Indoor Field Hockey Team.  
Nick Sisodia
Year: 2012
Nicknames:
Sis, Rick
Favorite Quote:
We have no chance, let's take it
Favorite Athlete:
Michael Jordan
Favorite Food:
Barbecue
Favorite Movie:
Hardball
Notable Acheivements:
Played squash for team USA in juniors
Roomates with fellow AU player Kirk Crecco  
Trevor Leafe
 Year:
2012
Nicknames:
Leafe, T-Money, Rhat
Favorite Quote:
"Not a shred of evidence exists in favor of the idea that life is serious." Brendan Gill
Favorite Athlete:
Lance Armstrong
Favorite Food:
Burrito
Favorite Movie:
Mighty Ducks, Miracle
Notable Acheivements:
Eastern Regional Team 2008-Current, 15th U.S. National    Erin Fleishli      Year:
2012
Nicknames:
Fleisch
Favorite Quote:
"The Vision of a Champion is someone who is bent over, drenched in sweat, and the point of exhaustion, when no one else is watching."
-Anson Dorrance
Favorite Athlete:
Joe Thorton
Favorite Food:
Cheese pizza
Favorite Movie:
Cheaper by the Dozen
Notable Acheivements Dartmouth Women's Soccer Freshman of the year
Peter Williamson
 Year:
2012
Nicknames:
Petey, Pita (bread), Pumpkin, Senor
Favorite Quote:
"Perfect Practice Makes Perfect"
Favorite Athlete:
Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson
Favorite Food:
Fruit
Favorite Movie:
Caddyshack, Happy Gilmore
Notable Achievements:
I've played in a bunch of national tournaments, won the Ivy League title as an individual, hope to be successful as a professional  
Kirk Crecco
 Year:
2012
Nicknames:
Brom, Wetco
Favorite Quote:
"You're the only person who can hold yourself back"
Favorite Athlete:
Michael Jordan
Favorite Food:
Steak and Mashed Potatoes
Favorite Movie:
Coach Carter
Notable Acheivements:
2008 NH Basketball Player of the Year.  Roomates with AU Coach Nick Sisodia  
Maarten van Ess
Year:
2012
Nicknames:
Maarty
Favorite Quote:
"We are what we repeatedly do; excellence, then, is not an act but a habit." - Aristotle
Favorite Athlete:
Wayne Rooney
Favorite Food:
Chicken Parm
Favorite Movie:
Gladiator
Notable Acheivements:
NSCAA Academic All-American (2008), 2007 State Final MVP  
Aurelia Solomon
 Year:
2013
Nickname:
Ray
Favorite Quote:
"You get out what you put in"
Favorite Athlete:
Michelle Akers
Favorite Food:
Parmesan cheese
Favorite Movie:
Remember the Titans, 10 Things I Hate About You
Notable Achievements:
Two time Ivy League Rookie of the Week (2009)  
Elizabeth Hamlin
 Year:
2013
Nicknames:
Lib, Libber, Libster
Favorite Quote:
"I'm obsessed with the opposition's goal."
Favorite Athlete:
Fernando Torres
Favorite Food:
Pickles
Favorite Movie:
The Incredibles
Notable Achievements:
High School PE Award  
Emma Brush
 
Year:
2013
Nicknames:
Brushie
Favorite Quote:
"Go farther, go further, go harder. Is that not why we came, and if not, then why bother?"
Favorite Athlete:
Cristiano Ronaldo
Favorite Food:
Lobster
Favorite Movie:
Remember the Titans
Notable Acheivements:
ummm...    
Kevin Dzierzawski
Year:
2013
Nicknames:
Macho Man
Favorite Quote:
"To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift."
Favorite Athlete:
Jim Thorpe
Favorite Food
 Fetuccini Alfredo with Chicken
Favorite Movie:
RUDY
Notable Acheivements:
Recognized as one of the Top 100 Soccer Players in the Nation a few years ago   
 
Lisa Masini
 
 Year:
2013
Favorite Quote:
"Dance like no one is watching,
sing like no one is listening,
love like you'll never get hurt,
and live like it's heaven on earth."
Favorite Athlete:
LeBron James
Favorite Food:
Peanut butter
Favorite Movie:
Hitch
Notable Acheivements:
State champion in soccer, selected to field hockey national futures tournament  
Paige Dekker
 Year:
2013
Nicknames:
Paigey
Favorite Quote:
"Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude" -Zig Ziglar
Favorite Athlete:
Kristine Lilly
Favorite Food:
Ice cream
Favorite Movie:
Cinderella Man
Notable Acheivements:
Part of the Dartmouth Women's soccer team!  
Sarah Leonard
Year:
2013
Nicknames:
Lenny
Favorite Quote:
"I think, therefore I am"
Favorite Athlete:
Roger Federer
Favorite Food:
Sweet potato
Favorite Movie:
The Graduate
Notable Acheivements:
Ranked #1 USTA New England Section, Passed Linguistics 1 Fall Term  
Kim Rose
 Year:
2013
Nicknames:
Kim, Kimmy
Favorite Quote:
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us (Walt Emerson)
Favorite Athlete:
Derek Jeter
Favorite Food:
Fettuchine Alfredo
Favorite Movie:
Slumdog Millionaire
Notable Acheivements:
Won NewYork Soccer State Cup Championship 8 times...was Ivy League Rookie of Week last season.