Wendy Elles - Gettysburg '96

Elles was named head women’s soccer coach at Lyndon State College on Friday, June 26, 2009 after a lenghty nation-wide search which yeiled several strong candidates. She comes to the Lady Hornets program after serving as Education Director and Director of Coaching for the Far Post Soccer Club Inc, a premier club located in Essex Junction, Vt., which is committed to the development of individuals and teams who are striving to improve and succeed at all levels of the game.

Prior to coming to Lyndon, Elles served as an assistant coach at Endicott College (2005-2008), the University of Vermont (1997-2003) and Farleigh Dickinson University (1996-1997).  Her primary responsibilities included, but were not limited to, practice organization, recruiting, academic monitoring, athletic conditioning and fundraising.

In her playing days at Gettysburg (Pa.) College, Elles was no stranger to success. She was named the Centennial Conference Player of the Year in 1995 and garnered Third-Team All-American honors that season as well. A three-time All-Centennial First-Team All-Star (1993-95), Elles was also named an All-Middle Atlantic Conference First-Team All-Star her freshman season (1992) and earned First (1995), Second (1992 & 1994) and Third (1993) Team All-Region honors during her career with the Bullets.

Elles, who played on two Centennial Conference championship teams and competed in the NCAA National Championship Tournament in 1993 and 1994, will open her first training camp on Saturday, Aug. 22 on the Lyndon State campus.

In addition to her coaching responsibilities, Elles also performs the duties of Student-Athlete Academic Coordinator. The position entails monitoring the academic progress of all Lyndon State student-athletes, as well as the oversight of performance assessments for the same throughout the academic year.

Becky Armstrong - Lyndon State '07

Coach Armstrong enters her third season as assistant coach for the women’s soccer team.  A native Vermonter, she graduated from Lyndon Institute in 2002 where she was a four-year member of  the varsity girls’ soccer team. 

Upon graduation, Armstrong attended St. Lawrence University in Canton, N.Y. where she played soccer and softball at the NCAA Division III level. After two years at SLU, she transferred to Lyndon State, graduating in May 2007 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration. She was a three-year starter on two Sunrise Conference Championship teams, as well as a two-year captain of the squad. 

Armstrong was also a member of the LSC softball team for two years as a starting infielder and also captained the squad her senior year. A two-time All-American Scholar-Athlete Award winner, Armstrong received the Dudley Bell Female Athlete of the Year Award for the 2005-06 academic year.

She is currently employed at a family-owned business, Armstrong’s Better Hearing Service of St. Johnsbury, Vt., where she is pursuing a career there as a licensed hearing aid dispenser.