Ann Elliott Whidden

Ann Elliott Whidden, born in 1984 as Ann Michelle Elliott, is an American college lacrosse coach and former player. As a defender she was a three-year starter for the Northwestern Wildcats women's lacrosse team from 2004 to 2007, earning third-team All-American honors from Inside Lacrosse in her senior season and helping the Wildcats win three consecutive NCAA national championships in 2005, 2006 and 2007. She then joined the Northwestern coaching staff, winning three more titles as an assistant and associate coach. In 2012 the University of Colorado Boulder named her the first head coach of its new women's lacrosse program, which began play in 2014. She also coached with two United States national team championship teams, and in 2022 she was inducted into the Ohio Lacrosse Hall of Fame.