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Lizzie Hamlett enters her second season as assistant coach for the Kent State field hockey program in 2025.
In Hamlett's first season as assistant coach in 2024, the Flashes posted a 7-12 overall record, finishing fourth in the MAC at 5-3. In the MAC tournament, Kent State recorded a 1-0 overtime win over five-seed Ball State in the quarterfinal before falling 3-2 in the semifinal to one-seed James Madison. The 2024 team featured four players who earned All-MAC honors.
Hamlett was Director of Analytics as a part of the staff alongside head coach Heather Hefner at Liberty in 2023. She assisted in a variety of areas in this role, including leadership development and mental conditioning. The Lady Flames posted a 17-3 record and earned the program's first-ever at-large berth to the NCAA Tournament. In addition to capturing the BIG EAST regular season championship with an unbeaten 7-0 record, Liberty went on the road and knocked off No. 1 North Carolina, the eventual national champion.
Prior to beginning her coaching career, Hamlett was a five-year student-athlete for the Lady Flames from 2018-22 and is tied for second in career games played with 96. She helped Liberty win BIG EAST regular season and tournament titles in her final two seasons. The Fredericksburg, Virginia native led the Lady Flames to a NCAA runner-up finish during the fall 2021 campaign, as the team became the first in school history to advance to a national championship game at the NCAA Division I level.
Individually, Hamlett was a two-time NFHCA All-South Region honoree, earning first team recognition in 2022 and second team honors in 2021, and a two-time All-BIG EAST selection, receiving first team honors in 2022 and second team recognition in 2021. She sits just outside of the top-10 in program history in goals (26), assists (20) and points (72).
Hamlett earned a bachelor's degree in strategic communication: social media management from Liberty in December 2021. She also earned a master's degree in sport management from Liberty in May 2023.
