Girls Coaches

Girls Director/Head Coach

Coach Courtney learned lacrosse in the Northern Virginia/Washington, DC area starting in 1993. She played defense, middie, and specialized in draw controls. She was team Captain at West Springfield HS, where she received All-Metro Area Honors and was invited to the Elite 200 Recruiting Camp at Loyola University. She walked-on at her academic school of choice, the University of Virginia. There, she made the Varsity team in the fall of 1999, a top-ten Division I school. After that year, she resigned from the Varsity team and played one year on the UVA Club team before ultimately deciding to focus full time on her academics.

After graduating from college, Coach Courtney began coaching in 2003, starting with a middle school girls' team in Lexington, Virginia. Upon moving to Augusta in 2007, she co-founded the first girls' lacrosse team in the area at Lakeside High School with Coach Curt Gary. She then led that program to 10 consecutive winning seasons from 2008-2017, commanding respect from Atlanta teams and putting Augusta on the map for girls' lacrosse. As well, she grew the program from an initial 14 players to upwards of 60+, added the JV team, and earned eight GHSA state tournament bids, with multiple 2-seed bids from the region.

Coach Courtney's greatest pride is her relationships with her players and helping them to achieve their goals. She has assisted a number of players to get recruited to play in college and has already seen two former players go on to become coaches themselves.

Girls Head Coach

As the only ALC coach to graduate from a Columbia County High School, Coach Maier is the most "home-grown" member of staff. Graduating with Honors from Evans HS in 2021, Sarah also earned All-State Honorable Mention and First-team All-Area selections as a Midfielder and Team Captain. She then went on to Presbyterian College on a Lacrosse scholarship, but has now found her home at Catawba College where she will be playing on the women's team, majoring in Environmental Sustainability with a concentration in Natural Resource Management, and minoring in Biology and Zoology.

Having played lacrosse since 2009, Sarah has plenty of experience with the local and state club scene. She was a leader on the inaugural Augusta Patriots Girls team from 2016 to 2019, then also saw time with the Eagle Stix and Victory Lacrosse programs before graduating High School. It was her experiences with these programs that has her so eager to come back as a coach with ALC. She's excited to help young girls develop and grow while creating the same kind of great memories she has as a club player.

In her rare time-off from studying and training, Sarah loves hiking, art, and spending time with her family dachsund, Jake.

Girls Head Coach

Coach Little is the Head Women’s Lacrosse coach at Emmanuel college, where he has had the privilege of coaching one 1st Team All-Conference player, as well as five Academic All-Conference players. Before that, he was also an Assistant coach for both the men’s and women’s teams at Emmanuel.

He began coaching in the club ball circuit in 2017, Coaching the 2021 Boys team with LB3 Gwinnett through 2020, to include their All-Star team in 2018. He then went on to coach Boys aged 5th-9th grade at Southern Express before coming here to Augusta Lacrosse Club to lead our 2027-2028 Boys team this Summer.

He was a part of Emmanuel College Men's inaugural team in 2012 where he played Defense, LSM and even some short-stick D midfield for 4 seasons before graduating.

Coach Little is originally from Vero Beach, FL and attended Vero Beach High School. Where he played Midfield and helped bring home a District Championship going 14-4 his senior year.

Coach Little has close ties to the CRSA and wants nothing more than to grow the game of lacrosse in the Augusta area!

Girls Head Coach

Coach Little is the Head Women’s Lacrosse coach at Emmanuel college, where he has had the privilege of coaching one 1st Team All-Conference player, as well as five Academic All-Conference players. Before that, he was also an Assistant coach for both the men’s and women’s teams at Emmanuel.

He began coaching in the club ball circuit in 2017, Coaching the 2021 Boys team with LB3 Gwinnett through 2020, to include their All-Star team in 2018. He then went on to coach Boys aged 5th-9th grade at Southern Express before coming here to Augusta Lacrosse Club to lead our 2027-2028 Boys team this Summer.

He was a part of Emmanuel College Men's inaugural team in 2012 where he played Defense, LSM and even some short-stick D midfield for 4 seasons before graduating.

Coach Little is originally from Vero Beach, FL and attended Vero Beach High School. Where he played Midfield and helped bring home a District Championship going 14-4 his senior year.

Coach Little has close ties to the CRSA and wants nothing more than to grow the game of lacrosse in the Augusta area!