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Elizabeth Ann O'Boyle

Elizabeth Ann O'Boyle was born and raised in Olney, Maryland. She was born at the Montgomery General Hospital on September 20,1976 to Joan and Michael O’Boyle Jr. She was the youngest of eight children, Maureen, Kathleen, Michael III, Patricia, John, Kevin, and Timothy. Both of her parents attended St. Johns College, which didn’t include sports but it came with a Masters from NYU (MBM). Michael O’Boyle Sr. and Nora O’Boyle are the parents of Elizabeth’s father, and John and Sigred Berryman are the parents of her father; her origin included Irish and American. Her family origins consists of Irish and American, in which grandmother (father’s mother) was born in Ireland (Ennis, County Claire), while her grandfather’s parents were born in America. At an early age, Elizabeth began her educational journey at St. Elizabeth’s for elementary school in Rockville, Maryland. She then moved on to the Academy of the Holy Cross in Kensington, Maryland (1994) to start and finish her high school career. She played Soccer and Basketball during the course of her time at Holy cross and sustained a few injuries during her high school career. At the age of thirteen, Elizabeth sustained a herniated disk while playing soccer, and a broken leg during her senior year from soccer as well.

Once Elizabeth’s high school journey was completed, she continued her education at Gettysburg College in 1998, where she was a part of the soccer and basketball team; she was a goalie and played the guard position in basketball. She majored in Psychology and minored in History and Education, with plans to become a teacher and a coach. She was also a graduate assistant for Elnira College from 1999 to 2000 in New York, and then attended the University of Rochester, where she received a Masters of Education. After receiving her Masters she decided to return to her roots and traveled to Ireland, where she bought a bus.

Her fist career was a teaching position at a high school Germantown, Maryland, where she taught Psychology and History for a semester. She was an Assistant coach for 4 years, where her team made Back to back final four appearances in the Division- 3 NCAA basketball tournament. She then took on the role as the Head coach at Montclair State University, in Montclair, New Jersey for three years. Shortly after, she switched roles and locations, this time becoming an Associate Head coach at Canisius College in Buffalo for 4 years (2011-2014).

After a run in Buffalo, where accepted the Head Coach position at Stony Brook University in Long Island, NY. Her move to Stony Brook University, led to the team’s first appearance in the America East Championship game, along with a WNIT Appearance. This was followed by her accepting a head coaching position the following year Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) (16 wins first season, 23 wins 2nd season, and a WNIT appearance in the 2015-2016 season).

FUN FACTS: Favorite color- Blue Favorite food: French Fries Favorite Book: The Alchemist by;Paul Coelho Favorite Sports Team: Boston Celtics Best Athletic Moment: Running the NYC Marathon with my younger brother and raising $10,000 for Muscular Discography Association (in loving memory of my niece, Christian Gregson) at 25 years old; Funny Kid!