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2026 Women's Lacrosse Roster

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12 Gencie Coan

  • Height 5-9
  • Class Senior
  • High School Greenville HS
  • Hometown Greenville, S.C.
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Biography

Honors: 2025 Second Team All-Conference

2025 (Junior): Played in 15 games and made nine starts this season for the Valkyries...Finished third on the team with 40 goals this season (Ranks 14th in program history), finished third on the team with 19 assists (Ranks 10th in program history), and second on the team in points with 59 (Ranks 13th)...Coan also recorded 89 total shots, 67 shots on goal, one game-winning goal, two free position goals, 23 ground balls, seven caused turnovers and 50 draw control wins...Had a pair of career high nine point performances against Southern Wesleyan (3/8) and Shorter (3/22) this season...Coan's 99 career goals are the eighth most in program history...her 53 career assists are the second most in program history...her 152 career points are the third most in program history...and her 174 draw control wins are the most in program history. 

2024 (Sophomore):
Played and started in all 17 games this for Converse...Finished third on the team with 39 goals this season (Ranks 15th in program history), tied for third on the team with 19 assists (Ranks 10th in program history), and fourth on the team in points with 58 (Ranks 14th in program history)...Coan also recorded 83 total shots, 64 shots on goal, had two game-winning goals, six free position goals, 32 groundballs, forced 17 turnovers, and led the team with 65 draw control wins (Ranks 3rd in program history)...Tied her career total with 5 goals against both Southern Wesleyan (3/23) and Chowan (4/13)...Tied her career high in points (7) against Chowan (4/13/24)...Won a career high 11 draw controls against North Greenville (4/9), which is the third most in a single game in program history...Coan's 34 career assists are the sixth most in program history...her 124 career draw control wins currently rank third in program history.   

2023 (Freshman): Played in 17 games and made 16 starts during her freshman season at Converse...finished the season with 20 goals, 15 assists, 35 points, 48 total shots, 37 shots on goal and a trio of free position goals...finished second on the team in ground balls (35) and draw control wins (59)...finished third on the team in caused turnovers with 21 on the season...scored a career high 5 goals against Erskine (3/28) and also finished with a career best 7 points against the Flying Fleet.  

Prep: Played lacrosse and volleyball in high school...scored 29 goals, 24 takeaways and had 42 groundballs in her career...Greenville News Top 5 Player, All-State Defender, All-State Midfielder, Upper State Midfielder and Upperstate Defender...played club for Lax Maniax. 

Personal: Is the daughter of Tom Coan and Kim Williams...has two brothers Lucas and Judd...Father played college basketball for Lander.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 12

    2023Freshman

    MF/A
    5'7"
    12
  • 12

    2024Sophomore

    MF/A
    5'9"
    12
  • 12

    2025Junior

    MF/A
    5'9"
    12
  • 12

    2026Senior

    MF/A
    5'9"
    12