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Vegas Strong Coaching Staff
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Dacia Persky

Director & National Team Coach

Wellesley College

NCAA DIII

Attack

Coach Dacia is a graduate of Bishop Gorman High School and a REBEL alumna from the class of 2015. She attended Wellesley College in Boston, Massachusetts where she was an Economics major and four-year member of the school's NCAA DIII lacrosse team. Dacia was an attacker for the Blue, earning several all-conference honors throughout her career. She holds the highest points record at Wellesley, accruing 223 points in 65 games. Upon graduation in 2019, Dacia worked as an investment analyst and coached a Massachusetts girls lacrosse club team at the youth and high school levels. She relocated to Las Vegas in 2020. Since returning, Dacia has been working as a real estate investment analyst, serving as the head coach for Bishop Gorman High School, coaching with REBEL lacrosse. She founded Vegas Strong Lacrosse in 2023.

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Lindsay Clarken

National Coach

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Roger Williams University

NCAA DIII

Midfield

Coach Lindsay is a graduate of Roger William University in Rhode Island where she was a four-year member of the women’s DIII lacrosse team and served as co-captain of the team her junior and senior years. In 2023, Lindsay moved from NYC to Las Vegas where she runs the events team for The Sphere and joined the Vegas Strong community. She is a Vegas Strong National coach and will join the Bishop Gorman coaching staff this Spring.

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Jessica Beswick

14U Coach

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University of Colorado mesa

NCAA DII

Midfield

Coming Soon...

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KatY Rodina

10U Coach

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University of Nevada Las Vegas

WCLA

Attack

Coming Soon...

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Brittany Keller

Director

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Georgia Institute of Technology

WCLA

Defense

Coach BK grew up in Pittsburgh playing soccer. She first picked up a lacrosse stick in college at Georgia Tech, where she played defense and midfield for their WCLA team while earning her degree in Mechanical Engineering. In the years since graduating, BK has lived in several different states before settling in Las Vegas 5 years ago. She started her coaching career as the JV girls lacrosse coach for Downers Grove North High School in Illinois. Until recently, BK was the Head Coach for the In addition to coaching the Vegas Strong middle school team, BK was the head coach for the Faith Lutheran Middle School and Gorman High School JV girls lacrosse teams. She loves teaching brand new players and watching them fall in love with lacrosse.

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Holly Drown

National Coach

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UMASS AMHERST

NCAA DI

midfield

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London Thompson

Regional Coach

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University of Nevada las vegas

WCLA

Defense

Coach London was born and raised in Tulsa, Oklahoma. After graduating high school she moved to Las Vegas in 2018 to attend UNLV and pursue a degree in Kinesiology. During her time at UNLV she played defense for their WCLA team. She also served as the team’s president for two years, while also serving as president of UNLV’s Sport Club Council. After her time at UNLV, London began coaching at Bishop Gorman High School as a JV Coach and has been there now for 3 years. When London is not at lacrosse practice she’s either traveling, pursuing another athletic endeavor (such as running), or spending time with her family. She is very excited to join the Vegas Strong coaching team this summer, and can’t wait to continue teaching the sport she loves.

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Alex Mojado

10U Coach

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Lawrence Technological university

NAIA

Goalie

Coming Soon...

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Josh anderson

National Coach

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University of Nevada Las Vegas

MCLA

Defense

Coach Josh was born and raised in Las Vegas. He played lacrosse for Durango High School and went on to help start and play for UNLV lacrosse from 2003-2005. After stepping away from the game for several years, he came back in 2014 to coach Liberty High School's varsity team. Since then, Coach Josh has coached both boys and girls at all levels from 8U all the way up to the varisty level. He is currently coaching with Pirates Lacrosse and Coronado High School women's lacrosse program. Coach Josh is married to his high school sweetheart, and they have 3 kids together. He currently owns and operates his own heating and air conditioning company.

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Em Jurbala

14U Coach

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University of Nevada las Vegas

goalie

Born and raised in Las Vegas, Coach Em Jurbala grew up playing lacrosse in the Vegas valley, goaltending for Coronado High School during the spring season and for various teams throughout the club seasons. After stepping away from the sport while she earned a journalism degree at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Jurbala returned to lacrosse as a coach for Palo’s middle school team. Reconnecting with her past, Jurbala became a coach for REBEL where she bounced around anywhere from helping with the newest players to working with developmental level high school players. Now, as part of Vegas Strong’s team of talented coaches, Jurbala coaches middle schoolers with Coach BK. Off the field, Jurbala enjoys her job at Las Vegas Magazine, where she covers the exciting happenings of the Valley. When she isn’t working or coaching, you can most often find Jurbala volunteering or at home making very alright loaves of bread.

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Sedona Sargent

Regional Coach

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University of Colorado pueblo

NCAA DII

Midfield

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Molly Carstensen

Skills & Drills

Coach

UC DAVIS & CU BOULDER

NCAA DI

Midfield

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