Girls Varsity Lacrosse

Coach Bissett joined Loomis Chaffee in the summer of 2019 after an impressive tenure at the Wheeler School in Rhode Island, where she served as the head coach of girls lacrosse and girls basketball, taught physical education, and worked as a class dean.

Stephanie earned a bachelor's degree from Syracuse University, where she was a four-year letter winner on the lacrosse team. While at Syracurse, she was named to the BIG EAST Academic All-Star Team, the Intercollegiate Women’s Lacrosse Coaches Association All-Northeast Regional Team, and the All-BIG EAST Second Team, and she was named to the Athletic Directors Honor Roll four times. After graduating from Syracuse she earned a master's degree in sport leadership at Northeastern University.

As a high school athlete in Maryland, Stephanie helped Mt. Hebron's lacrosse team to three consecutive national championships between 2002 and 2004. She was a three-time Howard County Times All-County First Team honoree and a First-Team Baltimore Sun All-County and Second Team All-Metro selection in 2004, as well as a first-team Washington Post All-County and All-Metro selection. Additionally, she was named a U.S. Lacrosse All-America Honorable Mention in 2004 and was selected to the national tournament team her junior year.

Stephanie also played soccer and basketball in high school, helping the basketball team to a county championship in 2002. As a captain of the soccer, basketball, and lacrosse teams her senior year, she was named the Mt. Hebron's Female Athlete of the Year.

On the Island, Stephanie serves as a dean of students and assists with the girls basketball program.

This is Emma’s first year at Loomis Chaffee. She is a graduate of Westminster School (2018) and College of the Holy Cross (2022). At Holy Cross, Emma earned a bachelor’s degree in English while playing Division I Women’s Ice Hockey. After Holy Cross, she continued her athletic and academic careers at the University of Maine, where she earned her Master’s in the Art of Teaching and played her final year of hockey (2023). Emma teaches Sophomore English and coaches JV field hockey, girls varsity hockey, and girls varsity lacrosse. Emma lives in Flagg Hall, where she enjoys the incredible view of the Meadows from her apartment. Her favorite aspect of Loomis Chaffee is seeing her students excel intellectually in the classroom, athletically on the field, court, or ice, artistically on the stage or canvas, and during other extracurriculars.