Hannah Nielsen

Hannah Nielsen is an Australian lacrosse player turned coach, born on 28 November 1987 in Adelaide. She came up through the Brighton Lacrosse Club in her home city, the same club that produced Jen Adams, and went on to play college lacrosse for the Northwestern University Wildcats in the United States. At Northwestern she won four national championships and was a three-time All-American. She took both the Tewaaraton Trophy and the Honda Sports Award, in her junior and senior seasons, and she holds NCAA records for career assists, assists in a season and assists in a single game. For Australia she played on the under-19 team in 2003 and 2007 and on the senior team that won the 2005 World Cup, and she was chosen as an All-Star at the 2009, 2013, 2017 and 2022 World Cups. After playing she moved into coaching, first as an assistant at the University of Colorado and then as head coach of the University of Michigan women's lacrosse team.