NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL COACH of the DECADE

Chris Robinson is a legendary girls’ lacrosse coach, renowned for leading the McDonogh School of greater Baltimore to nine consecutive national championships and a 177-game winning streak against the nation's most challenging competition. The year before Coach Robinson arrived at McDonogh in 2006, the team had a record of 8-13. In April 2009, his team lost to a powerhouse from upstate New York, then never lost again during his tenure there, which ended after the 2017 season. Prior to creating the McDonogh dynasty, Coach Robinson led Mount Hebron High School to five consecutive Maryland public school state championships. Through 2021, his high school coaching career record is 391-21-1 over 21 seasons with 10 national #1 teams and a national #4 ranking by Inside Lacrosse at Lake Highland Prep in 2019.

Coach Robinson moved to central Florida to coach at Lake Highland and to help expand the growth of girls’ lacrosse across the region. His passion for teaching is unmatched, and his philosophy is simple: “It’s all about the girls. We focus on teaching girls how to be the best teammates, students, and contributors they can be. The winning takes care of itself.”

Coach Robinson has coached more than 100 high school All Americans over the years, including arguably the greatest player of all-time and three-time Tewaaraton Award Winner, Taylor Cummings, along with Zoe Stukenberg, another Tewaaraton Winner, and Megan Whittle, 2018 Tewaaraton finalist and the all-time leader in career goals at the University of Maryland. His former players are leaders in the sport today, and are also leaders in many professions across the country.

As Chief Operating Officer of Sol Blazers Lacrosse, Inc., Coach Robinson oversees all operations and focuses on enhancing and developing all aspects of the sport throughout the region.

Corrigan Sport's 2021 Youth Coach of the Year

Melissa is from Rochester, New York and has been coaching girls’ lacrosse in central Florida for four years as the Assistant Varsity Coach at Lake Highland Prep, M&D Orlando 2026 Black Coach, and a private instructor, focusing on individualized skill plans and development strategies for each player.

As Director of Operations, Melissa will focuses on player development and the logistics of growing the sport throughout greater Orlando and beyond.

Contact: Melissa.Villanti@SolBlazers.org

Alexis is originally from Longwood, FL. She began playing lacrosse in 2008 and grew up in the Central Florida lacrosse community. A 2016 Seminole High School graduate & 2x Varsity captain, she went on to be recruited as a defender at Emerson College in Boston, MA. She began coaching Middle School for her former club, Beast Lacrosse, the summer of her freshman year, and has continued every summer since. Upon graduation in 2019, she returned to Seminole County to give back to the game that has given her so much. Currently, she serves as Head Girls Lacrosse Coach for Seminole High School’s program, Head Coach for Storm Regional MS & HS teams, as well as an active member of the Central Florida Women’s Lacrosse Officials Association, and is now more than excited to jump into her new role as Co-Director of Sol Blazers North Seminole!

Contact: Alexis@SolBlazers.org