HEAD COACH JEFF WILSON
In his sixth year as Head Coach of the Kangs, Jeff Wilson has brought the program 3 KingCo Championships, 3 KingCo Regular Season Championships, 2 state tournament appearances and 2 state championship game appearances. He was awarded KingCo 3A Coach of the year in his 2nd season, and Washington state 3A Coach of the year in his 3rd season. After 2 wins his first season, the team has had 65 wins since then. His energy, passion and positive attitude have established a culture for the program that make the game FUN for the players while yielding tremendous success. When he started, he promised to change the culture (#CTC), which is exactly what he’s done!
Jeff graduated from Edmonds Woodway in 2009 and had earned a NCAA Division 1 men’s basketball scholarship when he was involved in an automobile crash which unfortunately ended his college career before it ever had a chance to begin. Being forced to rethink what his contribution to basketball would be, that fall he started coaching the 5th grade boy’s feeder for Edmonds Woodway High School. He coached those boys every year in both feeder and AAU programs before those players graduated high school last year.
In spring 2010, Coach Wilson began coaching boy’s AAU basketball year-round and later assisted with the girls’ teams. His job responsibilities included planning and running camps, and training individuals and groups. In the spring of 2013, he became the Varsity coach for the girls AAU team. Over the next 3 years, the girls in that program finished in the top 3 in 15 straight nationally ranked college viewing tournaments. Eight of the 10 girls on one team received full-ride college basketball scholarships. He has also coached and trained 10 other girls that are currently playing college basketball.
Prior to coaching the Kangs, Coach Wilson was the EWHS’ girls Junior Varsity coach for two years.
jewilson@lwsd.org
In his sixth year as Head Coach of the Kangs, Jeff Wilson has brought the program 3 KingCo Championships, 3 KingCo Regular Season Championships, 2 state tournament appearances and 2 state championship game appearances. He was awarded KingCo 3A Coach of the year in his 2nd season, and Washington state 3A Coach of the year in his 3rd season. After 2 wins his first season, the team has had 65 wins since then. His energy, passion and positive attitude have established a culture for the program that make the game FUN for the players while yielding tremendous success. When he started, he promised to change the culture (#CTC), which is exactly what he’s done!
Jeff graduated from Edmonds Woodway in 2009 and had earned a NCAA Division 1 men’s basketball scholarship when he was involved in an automobile crash which unfortunately ended his college career before it ever had a chance to begin. Being forced to rethink what his contribution to basketball would be, that fall he started coaching the 5th grade boy’s feeder for Edmonds Woodway High School. He coached those boys every year in both feeder and AAU programs before those players graduated high school last year.
In spring 2010, Coach Wilson began coaching boy’s AAU basketball year-round and later assisted with the girls’ teams. His job responsibilities included planning and running camps, and training individuals and groups. In the spring of 2013, he became the Varsity coach for the girls AAU team. Over the next 3 years, the girls in that program finished in the top 3 in 15 straight nationally ranked college viewing tournaments. Eight of the 10 girls on one team received full-ride college basketball scholarships. He has also coached and trained 10 other girls that are currently playing college basketball.
Prior to coaching the Kangs, Coach Wilson was the EWHS’ girls Junior Varsity coach for two years.
jewilson@lwsd.org
ASSISTANT VARSITY COACH LIZZE GIOVACCHINI
This is Coach Lizzie's 5th year as the varsity assistant coach. She is currently 27 years old living in Kirkland and a Lake Washington High School alumni - class of 2014. During her time as a student athlete at LW, she was a 3-year varsity basketball player helping lead her team to state as a senior captain. She also was a 3 year varsity volleyball player and a 2 year head coxswain at Sammamish rowing association.
Lizzie then continued her education at the University of Portland pursuing a degree in healthcare and finished her degree at Bellevue College. She is now a general/vascular/OBGYN diagnostic sonographer at Evergreen Hospital.
This is Coach Lizzie's 5th year as the varsity assistant coach. She is currently 27 years old living in Kirkland and a Lake Washington High School alumni - class of 2014. During her time as a student athlete at LW, she was a 3-year varsity basketball player helping lead her team to state as a senior captain. She also was a 3 year varsity volleyball player and a 2 year head coxswain at Sammamish rowing association.
Lizzie then continued her education at the University of Portland pursuing a degree in healthcare and finished her degree at Bellevue College. She is now a general/vascular/OBGYN diagnostic sonographer at Evergreen Hospital.
JUNIOR VARSITY COACH MADELINE KERR
Coach Kerr is originally from the suburbs of Chicago, Illinois and moved to the Pacific Northwest in the summer of 2019.
She teaches at Community School in Kirkland in a multiage classroom of 4th and 5th Graders with a Masters Degree in Curriculum Instruction. Joining the LW Basketball program has allowed her to continue her passion for basketball after playing and being around the game for so long. This is her 6th year coaching and 3rd year coaching at LWHS.
In high school she made varsity all 4 years playing both basketball and softball. She continued her love for basketball at Augustana College in Rock Island, Illinois.
Coach Kerr is originally from the suburbs of Chicago, Illinois and moved to the Pacific Northwest in the summer of 2019.
She teaches at Community School in Kirkland in a multiage classroom of 4th and 5th Graders with a Masters Degree in Curriculum Instruction. Joining the LW Basketball program has allowed her to continue her passion for basketball after playing and being around the game for so long. This is her 6th year coaching and 3rd year coaching at LWHS.
In high school she made varsity all 4 years playing both basketball and softball. She continued her love for basketball at Augustana College in Rock Island, Illinois.
JUNIOR VARSITY ASSISTANT COACH KARA NORVET
This is Kara’s first season on the LW coaching staff.
Originally from Minnesota, Kara grew up playing competitive basketball. She spent 4 years on the Varsity team in high school, earning 3 trips to the state tournament and class 3A runner-up in 2012-2013. She went on to play 4-years at Lake Forest College in Illinois, ending her career in the 2018 conference championship.
Kara moved to the Pacific Northwest in July 2022 after stints in New York City and Dallas. She lives and works here in Kirkland.
This is Kara’s first season on the LW coaching staff.
Originally from Minnesota, Kara grew up playing competitive basketball. She spent 4 years on the Varsity team in high school, earning 3 trips to the state tournament and class 3A runner-up in 2012-2013. She went on to play 4-years at Lake Forest College in Illinois, ending her career in the 2018 conference championship.
Kara moved to the Pacific Northwest in July 2022 after stints in New York City and Dallas. She lives and works here in Kirkland.
ASSISTANT COACH KELLY CONROY
Coach Kelly teaches 11th grade U.S. History and AVID here at Lake Washington High School. Kelly played competitive basketball since she was in 5th grade, but ultimately hung up her basketball shoes to attend Washington State University. She is looking forward to getting back on the basketball court!
Coach Kelly teaches 11th grade U.S. History and AVID here at Lake Washington High School. Kelly played competitive basketball since she was in 5th grade, but ultimately hung up her basketball shoes to attend Washington State University. She is looking forward to getting back on the basketball court!
ATHLETIC TRAINER DELANEY FARMER, ATC
Delaney Farmer, Licensed Athletic Trainer, received his degree from Washington State University in 2007. Since then Delaney has been the Athletic Trainer for Sammamish high school for 2 years and with LWHS since December 2010. Outside of LWHS, Delaney is also a Licensed Massage Therapist (since 2007) and runs his own practice in Bellevue. For 7 years he worked with the Seattle Sounders and 10 years with the Seattle Storm as the team massage therapist. During the summer months, Delaney travels the world with USA Track and Field, USA Diving and USA Ultimate Frisbee working with our junior and Olympic athletes. His professional and personal goal is to one day work at the Olympics.
He owns his own manual therapy practice in Redmond, PRM Sports Therapy (link).
Delaney Farmer, Licensed Athletic Trainer, received his degree from Washington State University in 2007. Since then Delaney has been the Athletic Trainer for Sammamish high school for 2 years and with LWHS since December 2010. Outside of LWHS, Delaney is also a Licensed Massage Therapist (since 2007) and runs his own practice in Bellevue. For 7 years he worked with the Seattle Sounders and 10 years with the Seattle Storm as the team massage therapist. During the summer months, Delaney travels the world with USA Track and Field, USA Diving and USA Ultimate Frisbee working with our junior and Olympic athletes. His professional and personal goal is to one day work at the Olympics.
He owns his own manual therapy practice in Redmond, PRM Sports Therapy (link).
Principal - Christine Bell (cbell@lwsd.org)
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Athletic Director - Rick O'Leary (roleary@lwsd.org)
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Supporting Sports Medicine Team Physician - Dr. Adrielle Fry, MD
Lake Washington High School and its related Web Sites:
- LWHS Girl's Basketball on King County Athletics
- LWHS Girl's Basketball on MaxPreps.com
- LWHS' Wikipedia entry
- Other LWHS Athletic Teams
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Kirkland, WA 98033
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