COACHES

Coach Katherine Bowers is entering her 6th season as the Head Coach of the Walnut Hills Girls Varsity Lacrosse program after coaching the Walnut Hills Junior High Girls program for the 2019 season. In 4 seasons (excluding the COVID season), Walnut Hills has captured Eastern Cincinnati Conference (ECC) championships in 2023 and 2024 and finished as runners-up in 2022. Their recent success culminated in a regional finalist appearance in 2024. Katherine's was recognized with ECC Coach of the Year awards in 2022, 2023, and 2024. Coach Bowers has also been the Director and coach of the Eagles Youth Girls Lacrosse program since its inception in 2017. Prior to her involvement with Walnut Hills, Bowers was the Head Coach for both the women's soccer and lacrosse teams at NCAA Division III Lycoming College leading the lacrosse Warriors to their first 11-win season in team history. Bowers has also held assistant coaching positions for The Ohio State University women's lacrosse team as well as for Capital University and Oberlin College. As a player, Bowers played 4 years of soccer and lacrosse at NCAA Division III Oberlin College. On the lacrosse field, Bowers led Oberlin to 3 conference titles in her 4 years and was named all North Coast Athletic Conference (“NCAC”) in each year. She earned the conference's Rookie of the Year award in her first year and the conference's Defensive Player of the Year in her senior season. A two-time All-Region selection, Bowers was tabbed a first-team NCAA All-American after her senior campaign and was named as a member of the NCAC All-Decade Team in both soccer and lacrosse. Katherine was inducted into the Oberlin College Athletics Hall of Fame in 2009. At the conclusion of her senior year, Bowers was invited to the US Women's National Lacrosse Team camp. Currently, she plays for the post-collegiate club Cincinnati Queens.