Geri Merrell finished her third season as an assistant coach with the Union College women’s lacrosse team in 2024.
Union has reached the Liberty League semifinals in all three of her seasons on the sideline at Union, working alongside interim head coach Jessica Davos in 2022 and current head coach Alyssa Treanor since the start of the 2023 campaign.
Merrill comes to Schenectady from Grand Rapids, Mich., where she served as head girls lacrosse coach at East Grand Rapids High School for one season and as an assistant coach at Aquinas College (NAIA) for four years. She led East Grand Rapids to a 23-2 record and a MHSAA Division II State Championship during her one year at the helm, while helping the Saints to a WHAC Tournament semifinal appearance during her final season.
Merrell played collegiate lacrosse for Olivet College, serving as a four-year captain for the Comets. She led the team to the best season in program history as a senior, scoring a school-record 50 goals with 10 assists for a record 60 points in 2015. A two-time All-MIAA second-team honoree, she is the school’s all-time leader in goals (155), assists (19), points (174), shots (374) and ground balls (126), while also holding school single-game records for goals, assists and points as well.
Merrill graduated from Olivet in 2015 with a bachelor’s degree in business administration with a marketing concentration.
