Laura Hebert was named the national coordinator of officials for women’s lacrosse, bringing three decades of experience as both an on-field official and a playing rules administrator in the sport at the national and local levels.
Hebert will direct the national women’s lacrosse officiating program across all three divisions.
On the field, Hebert has officiated at the finals site in the Divisions I and III Women’s Lacrosse Championships. She also attended NCAA Women’s Lacrosse Rules Committee meetings as the representative from U.S. Lacrosse from 2004-08.
Hebert, the principal of Twinsburg High School in Ohio, also is the former president of the U.S. Lacrosse Women’s Division board of governors. She retired from on-field officiating in 2014.
She thinks her experiences in the sport will help her adapt to her new national coordinator role.
“I know conference assignors, officials and coaches in women’s lacrosse,” Hebert said. “So that is a good network of stakeholders that will help. Being a school administrator and a teacher makes me aware…
