Brent Warzocha/UAlbany Athletics

Shonly Wallace

  • Title
    Assistant Coach

Wallace returns to UAlbany, having been hired ahead of the 2026 season, after an accomplished playing and coaching career at the collegiate, professional, and international levels. She brings experience in offensive development, recruiting, video analysis, and player mentorship as the Great Danes continue to build toward the 2026 campaign.

Wallace most recently served as an assistant coach at Dartmouth College, joining the Big Green staff ahead of the 2025 season. 

In 2024, Wallace also returned to UAlbany as a coaching assistant while completing graduate coursework, contributing to offensive development, goaltender support, and video operations during the Great Danes’ season. 

In addition to her collegiate coaching roles, Wallace was named to the coaching staff as a college scout for the Albany FireWolves of the National Lacrosse League in October 2024, becoming the first female scout in NLL history. She continues in that role with the franchise that has now relocated as the Oshawa FireWolves. She also serves as an assistant coach for the Lacrosse Canada West U17 National Development Team. 

In her one season as a player at the University at Albany in 2023, Wallace scored 51 goals and added five assists for a total of 56 points in her lone season as a Great Dane, bolstering UAlbany's offense alongside Katie Pascale, Sarah Falk, and Bryar Hogg, each of whom recorded more than 50 points during the 2023 season. Wallace appeared and started in 18 of UAlbany's 20 games in 2023, including both games in the NCAA Tournament, the upset of #12 Virginia and the Second Round matchup at #5 Denver.

A 2018 Under Armour All-American in of high school, Before UAlbany, Wallace enjoyed a standout collegiate career across three programs. She began her career at Stony Brook University, helping the Seawolves capture the 2019 America East Championship. She then transferred to the University of Oregon, where she played three seasons and led the Ducks in scoring in 2022 with 40 goals, earning Pac-12 All-Tournament honors. 

At the international level, Wallace has represented Team Canada in multiple competitions, including the World Lacrosse Super Sixes event in 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2025, and the inaugural 2024 Women’s Box Lacrosse World Championships in Utica, New York. She helped Canada earn a silver medal at the event, marking the program’s first medal in Women’s Box World Championship history. Wallace first competed for Canada in the 2019 U19 Women’s World Cup Championships in Peterborough, ON, earning silver.