Karen Heggernes has joined Homegrown Lacrosse as the new Director of Development, focusing on raising funds for our service based initiatives here at Homegrown. Karen has been around the Minnesota lacrosse community ever since she started her high school team back in 2005. Karen’s coaching experience ranges from NCAA, high school head coach, travel club coach and owner, as well as many other hats in her years. Her most recent position earned her as 4x Midwest Women’s Lacrosse Conference Coach of the Year and 5x NCAA tournament appearances with Hamline University. While she is currently not coaching and enjoying time with her wife and 3 year old child, she is excited to be a supporting role behind the scenes of our programs. She is thrilled to be a part of Homegrown’s commitment to sports based youth development and community building. Karen has a passion for all things women and girls sports. 

Favorite Movie: A League of Their Own

Dream Vacation: Barcelona - already been twice but wanna go again and share it with my family!