High School Director
Ellen Goncher Ellen began playing lacrosse in the San Francisco Bay Area. She played four years of Varsity lacrosse at Palo Alto High School and continued her lacrosse career at the University of Washington. Ellen served as President of the UW team for the 2020-2021 season. During her senior year, she was a team captain and ranked 10th in the WCLA for total points. She was named Attack MVP for the Northwest Women's Lacrosse League and received the "For the Love of the Game" Award.
Ellen began her coaching career with Vand'al Lacrosse in the Summer of 2020, and has worked with the High School Select team her entire time with the club. For the past three seasons, she has been an Assistant Coach with the Woodinville Girls Lacrosse Program. Ellen aspires to create a positive environment in which players want to push themselves to become better athletes, lacrosse players, and people. Ellen is a USA Lacrosse Level 1 Certified coach.
Ellen is looking forward to meeting returning and rising high school players during fall and winter off-field activities. The board will look forward to introducing Ellen and the rest of our 2025 coaches to the community in February at the Club-Wide Kick Off!
High School Varsity Assistant Coach
& Youth Program Director
Grace Reid grew up in Kirkland, Washington, attended the International Community School and played for Lake Sammamish Lacrosse Club. She is a graduate of the University of Puget Sound, where she played lacrosse for the NCAA DIII Loggers and served as captain for two years. She fell in love with coaching her senior year of college while coaching the University Place Vikings 3/4 team. She went on to coach at Stadium High School and then led the Bellarmine Prep varsity program to their first-ever winning season and 1st place conference finish in 2015. She is also proud to have founded 253 Lacrosse, a club program based out of the South Sound. Grace has coached high school and youth club lacrosse for 253Lacrosse, Vand'al Lacrosse since 2013. She currently coaches the CitySide 2028 team.
Grace has been part of the Bellevue Wolverines Girls Lacrosse family for 5 years and truly believes that the players, parents and community at Bellevue are unmatched! She has coached almost every BWGL team at least once - from Junior Varsity Assistant to Varsity Assistant, K-2, 5/6, 7/8 - she's seen it all! Grace currently serves as the Varsity Assistant Coach and Youth Program Director.
Grace is looking forward to another phenomenal season of team camaraderie, hard work and Ws!
High School Junior Varsity Assistant Coach
Nikki Stuck Born and raised outside of Baltimore, MD, Nikki has been engaged in lacrosse from a young age. She played throughout middle and high school before moving to Seattle to attend the University of Washington. At UW, she competed on the WCLA D1 team and served as team president during her senior year. During college, she started coaching at the 5/6 level with 253 Lacrosse. Over the past three years, she has coached their high school select team, helping young athletes develop their skills and love for the sport. Currently, she is the assistant coach for the UW lacrosse team and is excited to join Bellevue for her first season. Nikki is amped to coach alongside such a talented staff and looks forward to working with the athletes.
7th & 8th Grade Head Coach
Amanda "Flo" Hutson works to foster a positive and inclusive environment where every athlete feels valued and empowered. Her focus is on developing not only physical skills but also mental resilience and teamwork. Coach Flo strives to inspire confidence, encourage personal growth, and install a lifelong love of sports in her athletes.
- Over 10 years of coaching experience.
- Tahoma Summer 2025 Summer Team - Middle School. Assistant Coached summer tournaments.
- Girls on the Run 2017-today. Co-coached a program for female students in Washington State where teachers coach students and culminates with a 5K run (Ardmore Elem., Wilburton Elem., Medina Elem.)
- Mercer Island 2017-2019. Head Coach of K-2/3-4 and JV, Assistant Coach for Varsity.
- Steward School 2014-2016 (Richmond, VA) Varsity Head Coach- Field Hockey; Varsity Assistant Coach-Lacrosse. During that time, traveled with junior and senior athletes to Kingston, Jamaica with the Fields of Growth organization coaching and performing community service.
7th & 8th Grade Assistant Coach
Kelsey Minister born and raised in Bellevue, Kelsey's lacrosse journey began when she was inspired by my older cousins playing on the East Coast. In 5th grade, one of them sent Kelsey her first stick, and throughout middle and high school, lacrosse gradually took priority over club soccer. She attended Interlake High School, played for NSI, and played club for PSS, before continuing her education at the College of the Holy Cross in Massachusetts, where she competed for and captained the Division 1 Women's Lacrosse team.
3rd & 4th Grade Head Coach
Boyd Malphrus Originally from Durham, NC, Boyd picked up her first lacrosse stick in middle school and quickly fell in love with the sport. Boyd played high school lacrosse at Deerfield Academy in Massachusetts, then went on to compete at the D1 level in both field hockey and lacrosse at the University of Virginia (‘11) - GO HOOS! Boyd and her family recently moved to Redmond this past August and are enjoying all that the PNW has to offer. In addition to being a certified Physician Assistant, Boyd is a proud mom to two aspiring lacrosse stars, with a third coming this May (another BWGL Wolverine)! She is incredibly honored and excited to join the BWGL family this spring as the 3-4 team coach and a K-2 team parent!