ANNAPOLIS, Md. – Brooke Shriver has joined the Navy women's lacrosse program as the associate head coach it was announced by head coach Cindy Timchal.
 
"I am super excited to join the Navy women's lacrosse staff," Shriver said. "I am extremely honored and grateful for this opportunity. The Naval Academy is truly a special place where our nation's leaders are being developed every day and I am lucky to be a part of it. A huge thank you to Mr. (Chet) Gladchuk and Cindy (Timchal) for this amazing opportunity. I can't wait to get started!"
 
"We are excited Brooke has joined our Navy women's lacrosse staff," Timchal said. "Brooke brings a championship pedigree to all aspects of our program. She was a three-time national champion as a player at Northwestern and, as a coach, she helped Penn State to some of its best years, including back-to-back Final Four appearances in 2016 and 2017. Most recently, Brooke has been coaching at the high school level, serving as the head coach of the Bryn Mawr School in Baltimore. We are lucky to have her join us."
 
Shriver, who also served as an assistant athletic director at the Bryn Mawr School in Baltimore, Md., helped the Mawrtians to a 21-17 overall record in four seasons, which included a shortened season due to the coronavirus pandemic. In addition to her coaching responsibilities, Shriver served as a scheduling coordinator for all sports. She scheduled all games for all teams, as well as organized and planned athletic-wide events, including NLI Signing Day, sports assemblies and spirit days. Shriver also ran a leadership program for team captains of every sport and led discussions on ways to improve leadership.
 
Shriver served as an assistant coach for the USA U-19 Women's Lacrosse Team, helping the U.S. win the gold medal at the 2019 World Cup Championship in Peterborough, Ontario. Shriver primarily coached the defense and assisted with scouting and film breakdown sessions.
 
Shriver worked as an assistant coach at Penn State for five years (2012-17). She helped lead the team to an overall record of 71-31 with five NCAA Tournament appearances, including four NCAA Quarterfinals (2013, '15, '16, '17) and a pair of Final Fours (2016, '17). Penn State won the 2015 B1G Tournament Championship, while earning a share of the American Lacrosse Conference (ALC) regular-season title and reaching the ALC Tournament semifinal game in 2013.
 
Prior to Penn State, Shriver served as an assistant coach at Mount St. Mary's. In 2012, she helped The Mount win eight games and reach the Northeast Conference championship game.
 
Collegiately, Shriver was a four-year starting midfielder for Northwestern (2008-11). She was a part of 85 wins, three national championships (2008, '09, '11) and four American Lacrosse Conference titles (2008, '09, '10, '11). She finished her career with 106 points (88 goals, 18 assists), including a career-high 32 (25 goals, 7 assists) in her senior season, 74 ground balls, 34 draw controls and 18 caused turnovers. Appearing in four-consecutive NCAA Championship contests, Shriver totaled 14 goals in 16 NCAA postseason games. Also an excellent student, Shriver was a three-time ALC Academic Honor Roll and Academic All-Big Ten honoree, and a two-time recipient of the Big Ten Distinguished Honors Scholar Award (2009, '10).
 
She received a degree in communication studies from Northwestern in 2011, and went on to earn her master's degree in education leadership from Penn State in 2016.
 
A native of Baltimore, Md., Shriver gained experience as a coach with the Wildcat Elite Club, TLC Lacrosse and at the Amonte Sports Lacrosse Camps. The former Brooke Matthews is married to David Shriver, who is an assistant men's lacrosse coach at Georgetown. The couple currently resides in Annapolis.