Lacrosse
Tianna Wallpher
- Title:
- Assistant Coach
- Email:
- wallphert21@ecu.edu
- Phone:
- (252) 737-5326
On June 27, 2023 Tianna Wallpher was named Interim Head Coach of East Carolina lacrosse.
Wallpher completed her second season with the program in 2023 after being named an assistant lacrosse coach at East Carolina in August 2021.
In 2023, Wallpher led a dominant defensive unit which ranked nationally in scoring defense (no. 21) and save percentage (no. 11) en route to the program's first 10-win season.
Led an ECU defensive unit in 2022 which had the best save percentage and the second best goals against average in a season in program history. The team went on to win the most games in program history with nine.
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Wallpher arrives in Greenville after spending the past two seasons as a volunteer assistant at Johns Hopkins University. While with the Blue Jays, Wallpher helped tutor three All-Americans, including defenders Annika Meyer and Trinity McPherson. Johns Hopkins went a combined 12-10 in the two seasons with Wallpher on staff, earning a bid to the 2021 NCAA Tournament.
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Prior to heading to Johns Hopkins, Wallpher spent a season as a volunteer assistant coach at her alma mater, Towson. While with the Tigers, she helped defenders Olivia Conti and Sami Chenoweth earn spots on the All-CAA First Team with Towson reaching the CAA Semifinals.
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Along with her coaching duties, Wallpher has spent time playing at the highest levels of lacrosse. She is coming off playing in the Athletes Unlimited Professional Lacrosse League and has also played in the Women’s Professional Lacrosse League from 2018 to 2020. In 2019, Wallpher was named an WPLL All-Star and led the Brave to the WPLL Championship.
Wallpher played collegiate lacrosse at Towson where she served as a team captain in 2018. That year she also earned IWLCA Third-Team All-America honors, National Strength and Conditioning Association All-America honors, as wel as being nomiated for NCAA Woman of the year, CAA Female Scolar Athlete of the year and CAA Female Leadership and Excellence. In 2018, Wallpher was also inducted into Chi Alpha Sigma of the NAtional Student-Athlete Honors Society.
Walpher earned First Team All-CAA honors 2016-18, CAA All-Tournament honors in 2016, IWLCA First Team Mid-Athlantic All-Region honors in 2017 and 2018, and was named to the Inside Lacrosse All-Rookie team in 2015.
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Wallpher graduated from Towson in 2018 with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration.
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Wallpher completed her second season with the program in 2023 after being named an assistant lacrosse coach at East Carolina in August 2021.
In 2023, Wallpher led a dominant defensive unit which ranked nationally in scoring defense (no. 21) and save percentage (no. 11) en route to the program's first 10-win season.
Led an ECU defensive unit in 2022 which had the best save percentage and the second best goals against average in a season in program history. The team went on to win the most games in program history with nine.
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Wallpher arrives in Greenville after spending the past two seasons as a volunteer assistant at Johns Hopkins University. While with the Blue Jays, Wallpher helped tutor three All-Americans, including defenders Annika Meyer and Trinity McPherson. Johns Hopkins went a combined 12-10 in the two seasons with Wallpher on staff, earning a bid to the 2021 NCAA Tournament.
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Prior to heading to Johns Hopkins, Wallpher spent a season as a volunteer assistant coach at her alma mater, Towson. While with the Tigers, she helped defenders Olivia Conti and Sami Chenoweth earn spots on the All-CAA First Team with Towson reaching the CAA Semifinals.
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Along with her coaching duties, Wallpher has spent time playing at the highest levels of lacrosse. She is coming off playing in the Athletes Unlimited Professional Lacrosse League and has also played in the Women’s Professional Lacrosse League from 2018 to 2020. In 2019, Wallpher was named an WPLL All-Star and led the Brave to the WPLL Championship.
Wallpher played collegiate lacrosse at Towson where she served as a team captain in 2018. That year she also earned IWLCA Third-Team All-America honors, National Strength and Conditioning Association All-America honors, as wel as being nomiated for NCAA Woman of the year, CAA Female Scolar Athlete of the year and CAA Female Leadership and Excellence. In 2018, Wallpher was also inducted into Chi Alpha Sigma of the NAtional Student-Athlete Honors Society.
Walpher earned First Team All-CAA honors 2016-18, CAA All-Tournament honors in 2016, IWLCA First Team Mid-Athlantic All-Region honors in 2017 and 2018, and was named to the Inside Lacrosse All-Rookie team in 2015.
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Wallpher graduated from Towson in 2018 with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration.
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