Lake Forest College Softball
Coaching Staff
Assistant Coach Laura Matthews

Laura Matthews joins the Forester coaching staff in 2009 after four seasons as a player at the University of Dayton.

Matthews worked for Kemper Sports Management in 2008 and as a Sport Marketing Intern for the Nashville Predators in 2007 and Vanderbilt University in 2006. She was also an instructor for Worth Club K Softball Camps in 2005.

During her playing career Matthews was an ESPN The Magazine Second Team Academic All-American and an Atlantic 10 Academic All-Conference honoree as a senior in 2008. She was named to the Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll all four seasons and was a member of the Softball Leadership Team, Dean's List, and National Society of Collegiate Scholars and Honor's Program at Dayton.

She graduated Magna Cum Laude from Dayton in May of 2008.

Head Coach Joe Kinsella
Assistant Coach Lindsey Shifley