Abigail Lagos has joined the Butler women's lacrosse staff as an assistant coach.
Lagos comes to Butler from Duquesne University where she recently completed her first year of collegiate coaching, helping the Dukes triple their win total from the 2023 season. Focusing primarily on the attack, Lagos helped increase Duquesne's offensive totals in categories including points, shots, shots on goal, and shots per game. The Dukes earned two A-10 player-of-the-week selections as well as a postseason All-A-10 selection.Â
Lagos was a captain during all four seasons of her playing career at the University of Indianapolis, competing from 2017-2022. Her team won the 2022 NCAA Division II National Championship, at which she was named to the All-Tournament team. That same season, Lagos was named Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association National Player of the Year. She won back-to-back honors as a junior and senior that included: IWLCA National Attacker of the Year, IWLCA All-America First Team, All-Midwest First Team, GLVC Attacker of the Year, and All-GLVC First Team. Lagos' Greyhounds won four GLVC conference titles and appeared in four NCAA DII tournaments during her playing career. Additional accolades for the three-time team MVP include: IWLCA All-America Second Team (2020), All-Midwest Second Team (2018), and All-GLIAC Second Team (2018). She was also a member of the National Leadership Society over her entire career at UIndy.Â
Lagos graduated from Indianapolis in 2020 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology and then continued in graduate school, earning a Master of Science in Sports Management in 2022. She moved on and joined the roster for one season as a player/coach at national-powerhouse Syracuse University where she received a Certificate of Conflict and Collaboration in 2023.
In addition to her player-coach experience at Syracuse, Lagos has multiple years of additional coaching experience. Beginning in 2016, she spent four summers as an assistant coach at New Hampshire Lighthouse Club Lacrosse. During the summers of 2021 and 2022, she coached high-school-level teams at Major Force Lacrosse, where she also guided student-athletes through the NCAA recruiting process. During that same time period, Lagos gained more valuable experience within the sector by assisting at the NCAA Eligibility Center, with a primary focus on Division I and II student-athletes.