Kayla Treanor is an American women’s lacrosse athlete who is currently a member of the US women's national team and head coach at Syracuse University. Kayla played with the Syracuse Orange at the collegiate level from 2012-2016, won gold in the 2011 FIL World Cup, and won gold in the 2016 FIL World Cup with team USA.
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Four-time All-American Kayla Treanor led the Syracuse women's lacrosse team to unprecedented success on the field and now she guides the program from the sidelines. Treanor was named the third head coach in program history on June 23, 2021.
After starring for the Orange from 2013-16, Treanor started her coaching career at Harvard, where she served as an assistant for former Orange head coach Lisa Miller for one year. She joined the coaching staff at Boston College in 2017. In her four seasons with the Eagles, Boston College advanced to the championship game three times (2020 season cancelled due to Covid-19 pandemic) and claimed the national championship in 2021. Under her tutelage, two Eagles, Sam Apuzzo and Charlotte North, earned the Tewaaraton Award as Boston College ranked among the top offenses in the nation.
Treanor led the Orange to four consecutive appearances at Championship Weekend from 2013-16 and a spot in the 2014 national championship game. She is the only player in program history to earn IWLCA first-team All-America honors in each of her four seasons. Treanor was a three-time finalist for the Tewaaraton Award and Honda Award and earned the IWLCA Attacker of the Year Award in three consecutive seasons (2014-16). In addition, she was the ACC Offensive Player of the Year in 2014, 2015 and 2016 and earned a spot on the NCAA All-Tournament Team in each of her four seasons.
The Niskayuna, N.Y. native also earned recognition for her work in the classroom. In 2016, she earned the ACC Women's Lacrosse Scholar Athlete of the Year award and was named to the All-ACC Academic Team.
Treanor ranks seventh on the NCAA and second on Syracuse's all-time scoring list (393 points). Treanor holds the school record for career goals (260) and ranks fourth in career assists (133). She set the single-season school record with 79 goals in 2014 and established the program mark for draw controls in a season (217) in 2016, which stood as the NCAA record until 2019.
In addition to her success at Syracuse, Treanor has excelled on the international stage for Team USA. She helped the U.S. take home gold at the 2017 Federation of International Lacrosse (FIL) Women's World Cup. Treanor amassed 43 points on 24 goals and 19 assists – all team highs – in the tournament, which included a record-setting 12-point performance against England in pool play. She will take part in a training camp with Team USA June 29-July 1 in preparation for next summer's World Championship.
Treanor has played professionally since 2017 and currently plays and serves on the Player Executive Committee for Athletes Unlimited.