Acacia Walker Position: Associate Head Coach Experience: Second season

Acacia Walker enters her second season as associate head coach for Boston College. In her role, Walker serves as the Eagles' offensive coordinator and plays a key role in recruiting, as well as in many other facets of the daily operations of the BC program.

Walker continues to be an active player at the elite level, as she was recently named to the 2011-12 U.S. Women's Senior National Lacrosse Team. Prior to this year's selection, Walker had been involved with the U.S. Women's National Team for the past nine years. She won a Gold Medal with the 2009 World Cup Team in Prague, Czech Republic and was also a member of the 2010-11 U.S. National Team that was undefeated on American soil.

Prior to working with the Eagles, Walker was the associate head coach at the University of Massachusetts. During her tenure, Walker acted as the offensive coordinator, handled recruiting responsibilities and helped lead the team to two consecutive Atlantic 10 Conference Championships. She also handled travel, budget management, video breakdown, and camps.

From 2005-2008, she was an assistant coach at Northwestern, where the Wildcats won three consecutive NCAA National Championships and three consecutive ALC Conference Championships.

Walker graduated from Maryland in 2005 with a degree in American Studies. She played for the Terrapins and captained the team in her senior year. She was an IWLCA All American as well as an All ACC selection. In 2005 she won the University of Maryland M Club `James H. Kehoe' Award, and in 2004 and 2005 was a Tewaaraton Candidate, the award given to the male and female Collegiate National Player of the Year.

At age 15, Walker was the youngest member of the World Championship Under-19 Team that won gold in Perth, Australia in 1999.

Walker hails from Annapolis, Md. and currently resides in Boston, Mass.