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Simmons University

Simmons College Athletics
 300 The Fenway Boston, MA 02115
Division 3 Massachusetts Northeast
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Ann Marie Jaworski

Ann Marie Jaworski enters her second year at the helm of the Sharks in the fall of 2023.


Jaworski returns to the City of Boston following an outstanding four-year Division I playing career at Boston University. As a player, she became the Terriers' first three-time captain and, most recent, recipient of the Boston University's Aldo "Buff" Donelli Leadership Award. In 2018, she helped guide the Terriers to their fourth Patriot League title in six seasons with an 11-7-4 overall mark and a 7-0-2 record against league opponents. Jaworski was also a member of the United States U19 Women's National Team, being invited to U.S. training camps in Davis and Chula Vista, California and the Auckland, New Zealand International Competition in 2017.


"I am a big believer in surrounding yourself with dedicated individuals who will challenge you to be your best day in and day out. Most of all, I am grateful and excited for the opportunity to coach, educate, and empower strong young women both on and off the soccer field. Go Sharks!"


After graduating with a degree in psychology, Jaworski remained with the Terriers as the Director of Women's Soccer Operations. While pursuing her Master's in Education, she received Boston University's Applied Human Development Master's Program Student Achievement Award.


She comes to Simmons with a plethora of soccer knowledge and coaching experience. As an undergraduate, Jaworski spent the summer months coaching high school girls, helping develop and refine their techniques at the Terrier Training Summer Academy. Her coaching expertise quickly became apparent to other coaches in the area.


Five years after beginning her work at the Terrier clinics, Jaworski accepted an opportunity to coach at Harvard University's Crimson Soccer Clinic in 2021. Here, she broadened her coaching network, while also expanded her coaching repertoire by widening her range of youth soccer players, coaching young girls ages six to 13.


In addition, she received the United Soccer Coaches College Player Award of Distinction, while also excelling in the classroom. Jaworski earned the Robert J. & Sandra A. Moses Student-Athlete Scholarship and was also a two-time women's soccer academic achievement award recipient.


A native of Grinnell, Iowa, Jaworski currently resides in Brighton, Massachusetts. Her father, Brian Jaworski, is the Head Men's Soccer Coach and an Associate Professor of Education at Grinnell College. Her younger brother, John, plays Division I ice hockey for Sacred Heart University and her other younger brother, Calvin, plays Division I football for the University of Northern Iowa.

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Amber Verrill

Amber Verrill, CSCS returned to Simmons as the Sports Performance Coach at the beginning of the 2022-2023 academic year after serving as an assistant soccer coach for the Sharks for multiple years.


In her new role, Verrill will work directly with all nine Simmons varsity athletic programs and coaches. She will work to develop athlete programs to address the needs of the team as well as specific to the individual athlete to allow them to compete at their optimum level. Verrill will also provide support and education regarding sports nutrition and psychology to student-athletes. In addition, she will regularly communicate with athletic trainers to discuss risk management, energy system development and return to play protocols.


Away from Simmons, Verrill has served as the head strength and conditioning coach at Flight Performance and Fitness. She had direct oversight of three coaches, who provided programs and coaching for athletes of all levels from high school to professional athletes. Additionally, Verrill was a guest lecturer in the graduate Physical Therapy program, speaking on the importance of communication strategies between healthcare providers and fitness professionals to better the outcome for individuals’ return to sport activity. Away from strength and conditioning, Verrill spent time as a youth soccer coach for the U8 Boys team in Windham, Maine and seven years coaching with the Special Olympics in southern maine.


During her time as an undergraduate at Simmons, Verrill was one of the most cerebral players on the field in her four-year career in goal. She enjoyed great success, posting a 1.22 goals against average in over 800 minutes of action, while owning a 5-1-0 record, including a pair of shutouts. Over her career she helped the Sharks to a 29-16-0 GNAC mark and reach the postseason each season, including a championship game appearance in 2012.


Verrill graduated from Simmons in 2016 with a Bachelor’s degree in Exercise Science and completed a pair of strength and conditioning internships with Northeastern University and Flight Performance and Fitness. She also founded and owns Ambitious Strength, a strength and conditioning company that focuses on providing coaching services for new and seasoned powerlifters looking to keep up with their competitive nature.

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Lexi Schaffer

Lexi Schaffer completed her first year as an assistant soccer coach under first year head coach Ann Marie Jaworski.


Schaffer comes to Simmons with extensive knowledge of soccer and the Boston community after spending the past three years as an outside forward and defender at Boston University. Appearing in 20 games over the course of three years, she helped anchor a Terrier defense that reached the title game for the second time in four years in 2021.


During the 2021 season, Schaffer played a career single-game high 20 minutes in a 1-0 shutout victory over non-conference Yale University. At the end of the season, she received the Terrier Award, a year after, earning the team’s most valuable player award in 2020. Additionally, Schaffer served as a three-year coach at the Terrier Training Academy.


Away from the soccer pitch, Schaffer was a three-time academic honor roll student. She also helped create and was a strong leader with the Boston University Athletics Anti-Racism Leadership Committee.


A native of Cherry Hill, New Jersey, Schaffer is finishing her degree in health science at Boston University and has a desire to work in the maternal and child global health field.

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