Hannah Nelson Named Assistant Coach for Hockey and Lacrosse

MEQUON, Wis. – Hannah Nelson was named the assistant coach for the Concordia Wisconsin women's hockey and women's lacrosse teams on Monday. Nelson brings an extensive knowledge of both hockey and lacrosse to Concordia Wisconsin.

Nelson comes to the shores of Lake Michigan from Buffalo State where she served as the assistant coach for the women's hockey team for the last two seasons.

Before Buffalo State, Nelson was a two-sport student-athlete at Trine from 2017 until 2022.

She completed her bachelor's degree in Health and Physical Education, with three minors in Coaching, Exercise Science, and Sport Psychology in 2021. Nelson earned a master's degree in Organizational Leadership from Trine in 2023.

As a freshman, Nelson was a member of the inaugural season of women's ice hockey at the University and the first collegiate women's team in Indiana. She scored the program's first goal, also the first for a collegiate women's ice hockey program from Indiana.

During her time at Trine, Nelson was selected as American Hockey Coaches Association (AHCA) Krampade All-American Scholar three times, while being named to the Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association (IWLCA) Academic Honor Roll three times as well.

A native of Libertyville, Illinois, Nelson also has coaching experience at the national level, serving on the coaching staff of the U15 USA National Development Camp from 2019-20. She has also helped to found and coach youth hockey and learn-to-skate programs in the Upper West Indiana Area. She also worked the National Camp in 2019, 2020 and 2022.