Cara Gorman, a two-time NCAA Division I Tournament national champion, returns to Saint Michael's for her sixth season as an assistant coach with the women's lacrosse program in 2013.

Gorman helped lead the team to a 9-7 record in her first season in 2008, with the squad tying the program record for victories in a season. The Purple Knights advanced to the Northeast-10 Conference Tournament semifinals.

Gorman spent the previous three seasons (2005-07) as an assistant coach at the University of Vermont. She also served as an assistant coach at Utica (N.Y.) College during the 2004 season.

Gorman was a goalkeeper at the University of Maryland, helping the Terrapins won back-to-back national championships, and three Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Tournament titles. Maryland was 73-15 during her career, with Gorman going 4-1 between the pipes with a .526 save percentage in 20 contests.

A native of Amsterdam, N.Y., Gorman graduated from Maryland in 2003 with a degree in psychology. She was a four-year ACC Academic Honor Roll selection, and Maryland Scholar-Athlete. She was also inducted into Maryland's chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, the nation's oldest and largest academic honor society.