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Sara Vosburg named Shippensburg University’s Assistant Lacrosse Coach

Shippensburg University has hired former Raiders player Sara Vosburg as an assistant lacrosse coach. She will assist head coach Brooke DellaValle with practice planning, scouting, skill development, recruitment and academic support.

Vosburg began her collegiate coaching career this past spring as a volunteer assistant at Goucher College near Baltimore. She also coaches with the Ultimate Maryland club program.

A forward at Shippensburg from 2022 through 2025, Vosburg earned All-Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Eastern Division First Team honors twice. She finished her career fourth in school history in points with 206, sixth in goals with 151, sixth in assists with 55, ninth in draw controls with 123 and 10th in caused turnovers with 57.

As a senior, Vosburg recorded career highs of 49 goals, 32 assists and 81 points. Her assists and points totals each rank third in Shippensburg’s single-season history. She recorded nine hat tricks, including a six-goal, six-assist performance against Holy Family. Her 12 points were the most by a PSAC player in a 2025 regular-season game.

Vosburg was selected for the 2025 Intercollegiate Women’s Lacrosse Coaches Association Division II Senior All-Star Game. She also earned three College Sports Communicators Academic All-District At-Large honors and two IWLCA Academic Honor Roll selections.

A member of the Wood Honors College, Vosburg graduated summa cum laude in May 2025 with a criminal justice degree, minors in Spanish and psychology, and a 3.992 cumulative GPA. She is pursuing a master’s degree in Homeland Security & Counterterrorism at American University.

Vosburg is a Baltimore native and graduate of Notre Dame Preparatory School.

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On January 1, 2022, the torch was passed to Nathan Neil and his firm, Neil Publishing, LLC. Neil, a local entrepreneur with multiple thriving businesses in Chambersburg, shares Vicky's fervent commitment to both the community and the world of local journalism.

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