BTL STAFF
JOSH LESKO
tommy heberer

CURRENT: Co-Head Coach at May River High School
Coach Heberer brings over 9 years of coaching experience at the HS, club, and collegiate levels. He has coached HS lacrosse at Sidwell Friends School (DC), Heritage High School (VA), and now May River High School in Bluffton, SC. Coach H has helped 50+ student-athletes in their recruiting process.
Coach Heberer was named the US Lacrosse (Potomac Chapter) Coach of the year in 2015. He previously coached club lacrosse for 3d Lacrosse Mid-Atlantic and Team Carolina. He also spent 3 years coaching in college at Lenoir-Rhyne University where he was also the recruiting coordinator.
During his time at LR, he helped coach the Bears to 3 consecutive conference titles, and appearances in the NCAA quarterfinals (2017) and NCAA final four (2018).
Coach Heberer grew up in Woodbridge, VA and played lacrosse at Woodbridge HS and he played collegiately at Wingate University, where in 2007 he helped lead the Bulldogs to their first conference championship in program history. When he isn't on the lacrosse field, he is spending time with his wife Amanda, two sons Cal & Reid, and daughter Charlie.
Coach Heberer brings over 9 years of coaching experience at the HS, club, and collegiate levels. He has coached HS lacrosse at Sidwell Friends School (DC), Heritage High School (VA), and now May River High School in Bluffton, SC. Coach H has helped 50+ student-athletes in their recruiting process.
Coach Heberer was named the US Lacrosse (Potomac Chapter) Coach of the year in 2015. He previously coached club lacrosse for 3d Lacrosse Mid-Atlantic and Team Carolina. He also spent 3 years coaching in college at Lenoir-Rhyne University where he was also the recruiting coordinator.
During his time at LR, he helped coach the Bears to 3 consecutive conference titles, and appearances in the NCAA quarterfinals (2017) and NCAA final four (2018).
Coach Heberer grew up in Woodbridge, VA and played lacrosse at Woodbridge HS and he played collegiately at Wingate University, where in 2007 he helped lead the Bulldogs to their first conference championship in program history. When he isn't on the lacrosse field, he is spending time with his wife Amanda, two sons Cal & Reid, and daughter Charlie.
kara cooke

CURRENT: Head Coach of HHIHS Girls Lacrosse Team & BTL HS Girls
PREVIOUSLY: Assistant Coach for Brown University ('98-'99)
Inducted into the US Lacrosse Hall of Fame in 2019
IN LACROSSE:
- Was a three-time All-American, earning first team honors as a defender in both 1997 & 1998
- Helped lead UVA to the ACC title as a senior ('98) and was named MVP of the ACC Championship that year
- Earned regional All-American Honors in both field hockey and lacrosse
- Cooke was selected to the ACC's 50th Anniversary Team in 2002 and was named a WPLL Legend in 2017
- She was a member of the 2001 and 2005 U.S. World Cup Teams, winning the gold medal in 2001 and the silver in 2005. As a member of the U.S. Women's National Team Program from 1997-2006, she also played on the U.S. Touring Team against Australia in 2000
Coach Cooke earned her M.Ed. in Counseling from The Citadel in 2003 and currently works on the island as a certified personal trainer. When she isn't on the field with her HS team, training youth lax or with clients, she is cheering on UVA Sports and spending time with her family- husband Tim Cooke (golf instructor at Sea Pines Resort), and children Brody (14) and Connor (13)
PREVIOUSLY: Assistant Coach for Brown University ('98-'99)
Inducted into the US Lacrosse Hall of Fame in 2019
IN LACROSSE:
- Was a three-time All-American, earning first team honors as a defender in both 1997 & 1998
- Helped lead UVA to the ACC title as a senior ('98) and was named MVP of the ACC Championship that year
- Earned regional All-American Honors in both field hockey and lacrosse
- Cooke was selected to the ACC's 50th Anniversary Team in 2002 and was named a WPLL Legend in 2017
- She was a member of the 2001 and 2005 U.S. World Cup Teams, winning the gold medal in 2001 and the silver in 2005. As a member of the U.S. Women's National Team Program from 1997-2006, she also played on the U.S. Touring Team against Australia in 2000
Coach Cooke earned her M.Ed. in Counseling from The Citadel in 2003 and currently works on the island as a certified personal trainer. When she isn't on the field with her HS team, training youth lax or with clients, she is cheering on UVA Sports and spending time with her family- husband Tim Cooke (golf instructor at Sea Pines Resort), and children Brody (14) and Connor (13)