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Bagwell has amassed 475 dual match wins in her career, third-most among active Division III head coaches, with 449 of those wins coming in her 31 seasons at Amherst. She ranks among the all-time top 10 in both wins and winning percentage in Division III history. Bagwell has led the team to 15 or more wins in 18 campaigns and her teams have posted 20-win seasons on five occasions.

The Kokomo, Indiana, native led the Purple & White to Amherst's first NCAA national championship in any sport as her 1999 squad capped a perfect 19-0 season with a 5-2 win over arch-rival Williams in the national championship match. Bagwell's squads have reached at least the quarterfinals in 24 of the last 27 NCAA Division III Tournaments, including 15 trips to the semifinals, with five national runner-up finishes and four third-place finishes. Since the NESCAC began crowning a conference champion in 2001, Bagwell's teams have captured nine NESCAC titles.

Bagwell’s squads produced back-to-back national singles champions in 1999 and 2000 and have been even more successful in doubles action, taking home the NCAA title on six occasions (2007, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014). Amherst's six doubles championships are more than any other school in Division III history. Bagwell coached Jordan Brewer '14 and Gabby Devlin '14 as they became the only doubles pair in Division III history to win three national championships and Devlin became only the second woman to win four Division III doubles titles. A total of 26 Amherst student-athletes have earned 62 All-America selections during Bagwell's tenure.

Bagwell earned Boston Area Coach of the Year honors at the annual Boston Sports Awards in September of 2000, going up against former Boston Red Sox manager Jimy Williams and former Boston Bruins head coach Pat Burns — among others — for the honor. Bagwell was named the 2007 and 2014 NESCAC Coach of the Year, and in 2011 she was honored as the ITA's Northeast Coach of the Year.

As an undergrad, Bagwell spent three seasons at Columbus College before transferring to the University of Texas–Permian Basin, where she helped lead the Falcons to an NAIA National Tournament appearance. She graduated from the University of Indiana in 1986 with a degree in history/physical education and worked as a teaching pro at the Jimmy Connors United States Tennis Center in Florida. Prior to moving to Amherst, Bagwell spent three seasons coaching tennis and squash at Hamilton College.

At Mount Holyoke College

• Regarded as one of the top coaches in the northeast and has won over 250 matches as the head coach at Mount Holyoke College.
• Has had student-athletes earn multiple NEWMAC honors, including the NEWMAC Women's Tennis Athlete of the Year in 2001.
• His players have earned 24 NEWMAC All-Conference honors, including five following the 2006 season.
• Three student-athletes have earned NEWMAC Women's Tennis Rookie of the Year honors under Santiago's leadership.
• Guided the Lyons to appearances in 16 of the last 17 NEWMAC Tennis Tournaments.
• Lyons have advanced to the tournament Semifinals in three of the last five seasons.
• Earned ITA Northeast Region Coach of the Year honors at the conclusion of the 2004-05 season.

Before Mount Holyoke College

• Assistant Coach for the men's tennis team at The Ohio State University.
  • Helped lead the Buckeyes to a Big Ten Championship in 1991.
  • In 1986, Santiago was an assistant coach for women's tennis team at Ohio University.

Playing Career

• Once ranked among the top five amateur players in Puerto Rico, Santiago played tennis for four years at the University of Puerto Rico and was named Most Valuable Player in his senior season.
• He received his Bachelor of Arts Degree in physical education from Puerto Rico and his Master of Science degree in physical education from Ohio.

More about Coach Santiago

Santiago's players have offered instruction to young people in the local community and have conducted weekly workouts for faculty and friends. His teams travel to his home in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico during spring break most seasons.

In addition to his duties as tennis coach at Mount Holyoke, Santiago also teaches all levels of raquet sports, including tennis, badminton and squash. He is also heavily involved with Mount Holyoke's Posse Scholars Program, and serves as the Posse 3 mentor, which graduated in 2016.

After not competing in the 2020 or 2021 season due to COVID-19, Lawrence led the Pioneers to their most winningest season in over a decade in the 2022 spring season. In addition to her coaching commitments at Smith, Lawrence is one of the founding members of the Smith Athletics Equity and Inclusion Council.

Before her time at Smith, Lawrence was the head coach for both the Men's and Women's tennis programs at Hartwick College in Oneonta, NY. While at Hartwick, on the women's side she coached three Empire-8 all-conference singles team selections and Hartwick's first Empire 8 Player of the Year. On the men's side, she led them to their first conference appearance in almost a decade and tied the team's 1988 record for most wins in a season.

Lawrence served as the Director of Summer Programs and a coach at Simcoe Tennis in Ontario, Canada. From 2007 to 2015, she coached high-performance junior teams and worked with athletes who have competed at the NCAA Division I, Division II and Division III levels. Her work with the program played an integral role in the creation and development of junior leagues that mirrored the college format, giving juniors the opportunity to prepare for the college student-athlete experience.