Redfern announces hiring of Kelley Putnam
8/4/2008 12:00:00 AM | Women's Lacrosse
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Putnam continued, “I think that Lehigh and the Patriot League share many of the same values I have in guiding student athletes to become successful people on and off the field.”
“Kelley is a product of two nationally recognized lacrosse programs,” Redfern explained. “Her enthusiasm, leadership and teaching ability make her a great fit for our program. I expect her to have an immediate impact on the development of our team.”
While at Johns Hopkins Putnam was selected to participate in the NCAA Division I North-South All-Star Game in 2006 after a career in which she started all four years and served as captain during her senior year. The program’s Rookie of the Year in 2003, Putnam helped lead Johns Hopkins to its first appearance in the NCAA Tournament in 2004, and a repeat appearance in 2005. The Blue Jays were nationally ranked in all four of Putnam’s years, toping out with a number-two ranking in 2002.
A native of
Putnam graduated from Johns Hopkins in 2006 with degrees in political science and Spanish. Putnam was a member of the Dean’s List as well as the Intercollegiate Women’s Lacrosse Coaches Association Academic Honor Roll and the All-American Lacrosse Conference Academic Honor Roll.
Putnam has also worked at numerous lacrosse camps, working with elementary, middle and high school students in that time, and she served as the Facilitator for the Child Assault Prevention (CAP) Program in
